Validation of Selected Items on the 2003 U.S. Standard Certificate of Live Birth: New York City and Vermont

2015109 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Patricia M. Dietz · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Jennifer M. Bombard · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Candace Mulready-Ward · New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

John Gauthier · Vermont Department of Health

Judith E. Sackoff · New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Peggy Brozicevic · Vermont Department of Health

Abstract

Further research is needed to determine how best to improve the quality of data on the birth certificate. Future revisions of the birth certificate may consider removing those items that have consistently proven difficult to report accurately.

Topics & Keywords

Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions Gestational Diabetes Research and Management Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: Public Health Reports

Volume 130, Issue 1, pp. 60-70

DOI: 10.1177/003335491513000108

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