Healthy Beginnings: Information Resources for Maternal and Infant Health Naomi GonzalesPublic Health Coordinator National Network of Libraries of MedicineSouth Central Region

Numbers taken from Table 8 of the CDC National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 61, No. 6, October 10, 2012

Top 5 causes account for 56% of infant deaths in 2011

Causes

Resources for Prevention & Education

Resources

MedlinePlus

• Easy-to-read material • Resources in multiple languages• A.D.A.M. Medical Encyclopedia • Includes articles from PubMed

MedlinePluswww.medlineplus.gov

March of Dimes

• Availability of videos• Article Library • List of birth defects• Prenatal and postnatal information for

women and infants

March of Dimeshttp://www.marchofdimes.com/

LactMed

• Drug interactions with breastfeeding mothers• Fully referenced• App available

LactMed (TOXNET)http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?LACT

Research and Statistics

• About PubMed • How to Search • Keyword searching• Pre-structured searches• Structured Evidence Queries

Searching PubMedwww.pubmed.gov

Locating Statistics

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (www.cdc.gov)• Partners in Public Health (

www.phpartners.org)• Kaiser Family Foundation

(kff.org/statedata/)

Locating Statistics

Thank you!

Naomi Gonzales, Public Health CoordinatorNational Network of Libraries of Medicine, South Central Regionnaomi.gonzales@exch.library.tmc.edu or 800-338-7657

Bibliography• CDC Maternal and Infant Health

http://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/MaternalInfantHealth/InfantMortality.htm

• CDC National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 61, No. 6, October 10, 2012http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr61/nvsr61_06.pdf

• HealthyPeople 2020 Maternal, Infant, and Child Health Objectiveshttp://phpartners.org/hp2020/child_health.html

• Kaiser Family Foundation, Infant Death Rate pagehttp://kff.org/other/state-indicator/infant-death-rate/