Journal article
Addressing Maternal Health During CDC’s Ebola Response in the United States
Journal of women's health (Larchmont, N.Y. 2002), Vol.26(11), pp.1141-1145
11/01/2017
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2017.6719
PMCID: PMC5746310
PMID: 29140769
Abstract
Previous outbreaks suggest that pregnant women with Ebola virus disease (EVD) are at increased risk for severe disease and death. Healthcare workers who treat pregnant women with EVD are at increased risk of body fluid exposure. Despite the absence of pregnant women with EVD in the United States, CDC activated the Maternal Health Team (MHT), a functional unit dedicated to emergency preparedness and response issues, on October 18, 2014. We describe major activities of the MHT. A high-priority MHT activity was to publish guiding principles early in the response. The MHT also prepared guidance documents, provided guidance and technical support for hospital preparedness, and addressed inquiries. We analyzed maternal health inquiries received through CDC-INFO, MHT, and CDC’s Medical Investigations Team from August 2014 to December 2015. Internal call logs used to capture, monitor, and track inquiries for the three data sources were merged. Inquiries not related to maternal health issues and duplicates were removed. Each inquiry was categorized by route (email/phone), inquirer type, and topic. In total, 201 inquiries were received from clinicians, public health professionals, and the public. The predominant topic was related to infection control for high-risk situations such as labor and delivery. During the Ebola response, most inquiries were received
via
email rather than telephone, a notable shift compared to the H1N1 emergency response. Lessons learned during the H1N1 and Ebola responses are currently informing CDC’s Zika Response, an unprecedented emergency response primarily focused on reproductive health issues.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Addressing Maternal Health During CDC’s Ebola Response in the United States
- Creators
- Sascha Ellington - National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health PromotionMirna Perez - National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health PromotionDiane Morof - National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health PromotionMarianne E. Zotti - National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health PromotionWilliam Callaghan - Centers for Disease Control and PreventionDana Meaney-Delman - National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious DiseasesMaleeka Glover - Office of Readiness and ResponseQuynh-Chau Ha - Office of the DirectorDenise J. Jamieson - National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of women's health (Larchmont, N.Y. 2002), Vol.26(11), pp.1141-1145
- DOI
- 10.1089/jwh.2017.6719
- PMID
- 29140769
- PMCID
- PMC5746310
- NLM abbreviation
- J Womens Health (Larchmt)
- ISSN
- 1540-9996
- eISSN
- 1931-843X
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/01/2017
- Academic Unit
- Obstetrics and Gynecology; VPMA - Administration
- Record Identifier
- 9984446402602771
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