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Association of SIDS and Infant Mortality Programs and Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs. 2011. Infant sleep position and bedsharing: Using PRAMS to impact programs and policy. Lansing, MI: Association of SIDS and Infant Mortality Programs; Washington, DC: Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs, (ASIP/AMCHP webinar series no. 5)

Annotation: This webinar, held on June 29, 2011, is the fifth in a series of quarterly webinars to strengthen sudden unexpected infant death (SUID), sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), infant safe sleep, and bereavement services across the United States. It focuses on the use of Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) data to inform program planning and research on sudden infant death. Topics include a review of PRAMS' history and methodology, and data on maternal behaviors that influence or impact SIDS and SUID; findings from a Florida study of linked birth certificate and PRAMS data on infant mortality and racial disparities in SUID; and examples of how states are using PRAMS data in SIDS and SUID prevention programs. A question and answer session is also included. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Case studies, Infant death, Infant health, Infant mortality, PRAMS, Pregnancy, Research methodology, Risk management, SIDS, SUID, State programs, Statistical data

O'Brien J, Bensyl D, Gilbert BC, D'Angelo D, Angus L, Whitehead N, PRAMS Working Group. 2008. PRAMS and unintended pregnancy. Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System, 4 pp.

Annotation: This fact sheet discusses the impact of unintended pregnancy on women and children and why measuring unintended pregnancy is important. It also discusses the prevalence rates and trends of unintended pregnancies resulting in live births, maternal characteristics, contraception's role in unintended pregnancy and trends and prevalence in contraceptive use and unintended pregnancy.

Keywords: Contraception, Family planning, Maternal behavior, PRAMS, Statistical data, Trends, Unplanned pregnancy
   

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