Improving surveillance for the hidden half of fetal-infant mortality: a pilot study of the expansion of the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System to include stillbirth.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

In the United States, stillbirths (fetal deaths ≥ 20 weeks' gestation) are now more common than infant deaths. Nationally available data are limited, and little is known about women's experiences around the time of a loss. The Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS), a state-based survey of women with a recent live birth, could be expanded to include women who experienced a stillbirth. We aimed to determine whether women with a recent stillbirth would be amenable to a PRAMS-like survey.

Methods

Eligible women were Georgia residents aged ≥18 years with a reported stillbirth from December 1, 2012-February 28, 2013 identified through fetal death certificates. Women received a handwritten sympathy card, followed by a mailed questionnaire about their health an

SUBMITTER: Christiansen-Lindquist L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6657691 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature