Journal article
States Monitoring Assisted Reproductive Technology (SMART) Collaborative: Data Collection, Linkage, Dissemination, and Use
Journal of women's health (Larchmont, N.Y. 2002), Vol.22(7), pp.571-577
07/01/2013
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2013.4452
PMID: 23829183
Abstract
Assisted reproductive technology (ART) refers to fertility treatments in which both eggs and sperm are handled outside the body. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) oversees the National ART Surveillance System (NASS), which collects data on all ART procedures performed in the United States. The NASS, while a comprehensive source of data on ART patient demographics and clinical procedures, includes limited information on outcomes related to women's and children's health. To examine ART-related health outcomes, CDC and three states (Massachusetts, Florida, and Michigan) established the States Monitoring ART (SMART) Collaborative to evaluate maternal and perinatal outcomes of ART and improve state-based ART surveillance. To date, NASS data have been linked with states' vital records, disease registries, and hospital discharge data with a linkage rate of 90.2%. The probabilistic linkage methodology used in the SMART Collaborative has been validated and found to be both accurate and efficient. A wide breadth of applied research within the Collaborative is planned or ongoing, including examinations of the impact of insurance mandates on ART use as well as the relationships between ART and birth defects and cancer, among others. The SMART Collaborative is working to improve state-based ART surveillance by developing state surveillance plans, establishing partnerships, and conducting data analyses. The SMART Collaborative has been instrumental in creating linked datasets and strengthening epidemiologic and research capacity for improving maternal and infant health programs and evaluating the public health impact of ART.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- States Monitoring Assisted Reproductive Technology (SMART) Collaborative: Data Collection, Linkage, Dissemination, and Use
- Creators
- Allison S. Mneimneh - National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health PromotionSheree L. Boulet - Ctr Dis Control & Prevent, Div Reprod Hlth, Natl Ctr Chron Dis Prevent & Hlth Promot, Atlanta, GA 30341 USASaswati Sunderam - Ctr Dis Control & Prevent, Div Reprod Hlth, Natl Ctr Chron Dis Prevent & Hlth Promot, Atlanta, GA 30341 USAYujia Zhang - Ctr Dis Control & Prevent, Div Reprod Hlth, Natl Ctr Chron Dis Prevent & Hlth Promot, Atlanta, GA 30341 USADenise J. Jamieson - Ctr Dis Control & Prevent, Div Reprod Hlth, Natl Ctr Chron Dis Prevent & Hlth Promot, Atlanta, GA 30341 USASara Crawford - Ctr Dis Control & Prevent, Div Reprod Hlth, Natl Ctr Chron Dis Prevent & Hlth Promot, Atlanta, GA 30341 USAPatricia McKane - Michigan Dept Community Hlth, Lansing, MI USAGlenn Copeland - Michigan Dept Community Hlth, Lansing, MI USAMichael Mersol-Barg - Michigan Reproductive MedicineViolanda Grigorescu - Ctr Dis Control & Prevent, Div Reprod Hlth, Natl Ctr Chron Dis Prevent & Hlth Promot, Atlanta, GA 30341 USABruce Cohen - Massachusetts Dept Publ Hlth, Boston, MA USAJoAnn Steele - Florida Dept Hlth, Tallahassee, FL USAWilliam Sappenfield - Univ S Florida, Coll Publ Hlth, Dept Community & Family Hlth, Tampa, FL USAHafsatou Diop - Massachusetts Dept Publ Hlth, Boston, MA USARussell S. Kirby - Univ S Florida, Coll Publ Hlth, Dept Community & Family Hlth, Tampa, FL USADmitry M. Kissin - Ctr Dis Control & Prevent, Div Reprod Hlth, Natl Ctr Chron Dis Prevent & Hlth Promot, Atlanta, GA 30341 USAStates Monitoring ART (SMART) Collaborative
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of women's health (Larchmont, N.Y. 2002), Vol.22(7), pp.571-577
- Publisher
- Mary Ann Liebert, Inc
- DOI
- 10.1089/jwh.2013.4452
- PMID
- 23829183
- ISSN
- 1540-9996
- eISSN
- 1931-843X
- Number of pages
- 7
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/01/2013
- Academic Unit
- Obstetrics and Gynecology; VPMA - Administration
- Record Identifier
- 9984446544702771
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