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New Jersey maternal mortality dashboard: an interactive social-determinants-of-health tool
Juana A Hutchinson-Colas1, Adrian Balica1, Frank A Chervenak2
1The Women's Health Institute and the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.
Journal of Perinatal Medicine
|February 28, 2022
Summary
The New Jersey Maternal Mortality Dashboard (NJMMD) is a new tool to explore maternal mortality (MM) rates and social factors. It helps identify trends and inform interventions to improve maternal health outcomes in New Jersey.
Area of Science:
- Public Health
- Health Informatics
- Reproductive Health
Background:
- The United States has the highest maternal mortality (MM) rate among developed nations.
- New Jersey's maternal mortality rate is among the highest nationally.
- Understanding the drivers of maternal mortality is crucial for healthcare professionals, public health officials, and policymakers.
Purpose of the Study:
- To introduce the New Jersey Maternal Mortality Dashboard (NJMMD), an interactive data visualization tool.
- To provide a platform for exploring maternal mortality data and related health information.
- To facilitate the understanding of relationships between maternal mortality and various demographic and social factors.
Main Methods:
- Developed an open-source application, the NJMMD.
- Utilized publicly available state and federal government data sources.
- Provided a cross-sectional, high-level depiction of potential relationships between MM and health factors.
Main Results:
- Maternal mortality rates are available by year (2005-2017), age, and race/ethnicity.
- Data includes social determinants of health such as insurance coverage, Cesarean birth rates, healthcare provider availability, and poverty rates.
- Interactive bar graphs can be generated for various demographic and social variables.
Conclusions:
- NJMMD is the first publicly available, interactive, state-focused MM tool incorporating social and demographic determinants of health.
- The dashboard enables identification of trends and patterns associated with MM in New Jersey and its counties.
- Outputs can inform interventions, resource allocation, and outcome evaluation for maternal health initiatives.
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