Fact Sheets & Special Reports

• Understanding the Breastfeeding Landscape in Alabama Fact Sheet
• Alabama Project LAUNCH Health Disparities Impact Statement 2018
• PRAMS: Overview of Design and Methodology
• Do You Want to Be Pregnant? It's Not Always a Yes-or-No Answer.
• US Opioid Crisis: Addressing Maternal and Infant Health
• Maternal Cigarette Smoking Alabama - PRAMS, 2012-2015
• CDC Vital Signs, January 2018: Safe Sleep for Babies
• Disparities in Preconception Health Indicators - Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2013-2015, and Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System, 2013-2014
• Vital Signs: Trends and Disparities in Infant Safe Sleep Practices (United States, 2009-2015)
• Alabama Breastfeeding Topic Report, 2012-2014
• How PRAMS Influences Public Health in Alabama 
• Pregnancy and Alcohol Use in Alabama, November 1998

PRAMS Survey Materials

• Help Alabama Shine Brochure
• Help Alabama Shine Flyer
• PRAMS Fact Sheet for Providers

Lost Mothers: Maternal Mortality in the U.S.

NPR and ProPublica teamed up for the following series on maternal mortality in the U.S.

• U.S. Has the Worst Rate of Maternal Deaths in the Developed World
• U.S. Hospitals Struggle To Protect Mothers When Childbirth Turns Deadly
• 'If You Hemorrhage, Don't Clean Up': Advice From Mothers Who Almost Died
• Many Nurses Lack Knowledge Of Health Risks To Mothers After Childbirth
• Black Mothers Keep Dying After Giving Birth. Shalon Irving's Story Explains Why
• Nearly Dying In Childbirth: Why Preventable Complications Are Growing In U.S.