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Maternal Child Health Epidemiology Section

Mission Statement: The Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Section provides scientific support and guidance to Maternal and Child Health programs to facilitate the data-driven, informed decision-making needed to protect, promote, and preserve the health of Michigan's children and families.

Vision Statement:  The Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Section will provide responsive and timely data collection, analysis, and translation to public health practitioners, while maintaining a contextual understanding of how Epidemiologic methods can contribute to innovative and preventative solutions to future MCH challenges.

MCH Epi Section Team Values:

  1. Quality Work
  2. Integrity
  3. Active Partnerships
  4. MCH Leadership
  5. Timeliness
  6. Responsiveness/Good Communication

Priority Areas: Click on the links below to access data and epidemiologic findings for selected areas of Maternal Child Health Epidemiology, as well as a description of each area's epidemiologist.

Infant Health Epidemiology

Birth Defects/ Early Hearing Detection and Intervention

Newborn Screening

Michigan Maternal Mortality Surveillance Program

Family Planning

Michigan Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System

For more information or to request a different format for any of the publications on this page, please contact: Chris Fussman (MCH Epidemiology Section Manager).


Section Wide Projects:
  

Preconception Health
Preconception Health: Nutrition and Physical Activity - 2020
Preconception Health: Reproductive Health and Family Planning - 2021

COVID-19
COVID-19 and Pregnancy

Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, Michigan, 2012-2021
Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, Michigan, 2010-2020
Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, Michigan, 2010-2018
Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Length of Stay, Michigan, 2010-2015
Burden of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome in Michigan

Adolescent Sexual Health
Michigan Adolescent Sexual Health Dashboard - 2023
Michigan Adolescent Sexual Health Dashboard - 2019
Detroit Sexual Health Dashboard - 2019

Teen Pregnancy
Teen Pregnancy and Live Birth in Michigan - 2021
Teen Pregnancy and Live Birth in Michigan - 2020
Teen Pregnancy and Live Birth in Michigan - 2019
Teen Pregnancy and Live Birth in Michigan - 2018
Teen Pregnancy in Michigan - 2017
Teen Pregnancy in Michigan - 2016
Teen Pregnancy in Michigan - 2015
Teen Pregnancy in Detroit - 2015

Adverse Childhood Experiences
Adverse Childhood Experiences in Michigan, 2011-2012 Fact Sheet

Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCS)
Michigan Data Brief 2007 

Home Visiting
Maternal Infant Health Program-Return on Investment

Maternal Health
Maternal and infant outcomes among women enrolled in MI Medicaid, 2008-2013

MCH Databook
MCH Data book 2000-2009 
MCH Data book 1996-2005 

Michigan Perinatal Survey
2005 Michigan Perinatal Survey Report 

States Monitoring Assisted Reproductive Technology (SMART) Collaborative
Michigan's Surveillance Plan, FY 2010-2012 
Michigan Assisted Reproductive Technology Summit

                                                                                       
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