Category A (New States): Connecticut Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System

项目摘要康涅狄格州(CT)妊娠风险评估监测系统(PRAMS)调查旨在为公共卫生部(DPH)提供有关围产期孕妇健康、经历和行为的重要数据，促进CT母亲对风险和保护因素的了解，并调查这些因素与分娩结果和母婴健康的关系。康涅狄格州居民在出生前2-4个月内分娩的妇女每月将随机抽取出生记录样本。减少种族和民族健康差距是所有DPH方案和倡议的核心。将按产妇种族/族裔对样本进行分层，以便对人口亚组进行单独估计，并进行有意义的比较，以量化和调查围产期指标的差异。这一过程将持续12个月，样本总数为2385名女性。母亲们将收到一系列邮件，这与疾病控制和预防中心概述的方法一致。对于那些在调查的邮寄阶段没有回复的母亲，我们将进行电话跟踪。CT PRMS数据将被整合到解决各州母婴健康优先事项的努力中，以及全州范围内减少低出生体重、婴儿死亡率和健康差距的计划和倡议中。将利用全州范围的伙伴关系为该项目提供信息，并促进CT PREMS结果的广泛传播。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Project Abstract The Connecticut (CT) Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) survey is designed to provide the Department of Public Health (DPH) with important data about maternal health, experiences, and behaviors during the perinatal period, and advance knowledge about risk and protective factors among CT mothers, and to investigate the associations between these factors and birth outcomes and maternal and infant health. Monthly random samples of birth records will be drawn for Connecticut resident women who delivered an infant in state within the preceding 2-4 months. Reducing racial and ethnic health disparities is central to all DPH programs and initiatives. The sample will be stratified by maternal race/ethnicity in order to produce separate estimates for population subgroups, and to allow for meaningful comparisons to quantify and investigate disparities in perinatal indicators. This process will span 12-months, with a total sample size of 2,385 women. Mothers will receive a series of mailings, consistent with a methodology outlined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Telephone follow-up will be conducted for those mothers who did not respond during the mail phase of the survey. CT PRAMS data will be integrated into efforts to address state Maternal and Child Health priorities, as well as statewide plans and initiatives to reduce low birth weight, infant mortality, and health disparities. Statewide partnerships will be utilized to inform the project and facilitate wide dissemination of CT PRAMS findings.