Birth and Fetal Death Records and Environmental Exposures: Promising Data Elements for Environmental Public Health Tracking of Reproductive Outcomes

Fitzgerald, Edward F.; Wartenberg, Daniel; Thompson, W. Douglas; Houston, Allison

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“…or to study exposure-reproductive disease relationships, are limited by the extent such systems fail to capture men's exposures. For instance, Fitzgerald et al 25. found “father's usual occupation” listed on birth certificates by only one-third of states in the US.…”

Section: Studies Of Human Populations: Designs and Considerationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For instance, Fitzgerald et al . 25 found “father's usual occupation” listed on birth certificates by only one-third of states in the US. Because exposure variables available from surveillance databases are often generalized, careful attention to the appropriate use and interpretation of such data is indicated.…”

Section: Studies Of Human Populations: Designs and Considerationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Assessing the reproductive health of men with occupational exposures

Schrader

Marlow

2014

Asian J Androl

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The earliest report linking environmental (occupational) exposure to adverse human male reproductive effects dates back to1775 when an English physician, Percival Pott, reported a high incidence of scrotal cancer in chimney sweeps. This observation led to safety regulations in the form of bathing requirements for these workers. The fact that male-mediated reproductive harm in humans may be a result of toxicant exposures did not become firmly established until relatively recently, when Lancranjan studied lead-exposed workers in Romania in 1975, and later in 1977, when Whorton examined the effects of dibromochloropropane (DBCP) on male workers in California. Since these discoveries, several additional human reproductive toxicants have been identified through the convergence of laboratory and observational findings. Many research gaps remain, as the pool of potential human exposures with undetermined effects on male reproduction is vast. This review provides an overview of methods used to study the effects of exposures on male reproduction and their reproductive health, with a primary emphasis on the implementation and interpretation of human studies. Emphasis will be on occupational exposures, although much of the information is also useful in assessing environmental studies, occupational exposures are usually much higher and better defined.

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Section: Studies Of Human Populations: Designs and Considerationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Studies Of Human Populations: Designs and Considerationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Assessing the reproductive health of men with occupational exposures

Schrader

Marlow

2014

Asian J Androl

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“…Many surveillance systems and national surveys (e.g., the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System) traditionally have not collected this information. In a 2009 survey, only 16 states voluntarily collected information on parental occupation on birth certificates and 24 collected information on parental occupation on fetal death certificates [Fitzgerald et al, ]. Even when occupational information is collected, it is often incomplete or of poor quality [Shaw et al, ; Brender et al, ]—though the quality of information can be greatly improved when staff are trained on the importance of occupational data [Armenti et al, ].…”

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Factors associated with employment status before and during pregnancy: Implications for studies of pregnancy outcomes

Rocheleau

Bertke

Lawson

et al. 2017

American J Industrial Med

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Employment status was significantly associated with many common risk factors for adverse pregnancy outcomes. Pregnancy outcome studies should consider adjustment or stratification by employment status. In studies of occupational exposures, these differences may cause uncontrollable confounding if non-employed women are treated as unexposed instead of excluded from analysis. Am. J. Ind. Med. 60:329-341, 2017. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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“…For example, in a comparison of California hospital discharge records and death certificates, Fiscella and Meldrum28 noted wide variation in the data agreement by race/ethnicity, but a comparison of death certificates with self-reported race/ethnicity found high agreement in Texas 27. Lastly, Fitzgerald and colleagues’29 warrants specific attention because of all the VRIS studies, it was the only one concerned with the relevancy of the data. Instead of assessing whether data were free-from-error or complete, the authors sought what types of additional data would be useful.…”

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“…In addition, the majority of included studies (17 out of 23) were cross-sectional analysis of the information system records, often compared to data generated in clinical settings or in other information systems 16–21,23–28,30–35. The remaining articles were case studies,15,22,36 a review of documents,29 and qualitative.? ?1…”

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Quality and integration of public health information systems: A systematic review focused on immunization and vital records systems

Vest

Kirk

Issel

2012

OJPHI

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Objectives:Public health professionals rely on quantitative data for the daily practice of public health as well as organizational decision making and planning. However, several factors work against effective data sharing among public health agencies in the US. This review characterizes the reported barriers and enablers of effective use of public health IS from an informatics perspective.Methods:A systematic review of the English language literature for 2005 to 2011 followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) format. The review focused on immunization information systems (IIS) and vital records information systems (VRIS). Systems were described according to the structural aspects of IS integration and data quality.Results:Articles describing IIS documented issues pertaining to the distribution of the system, the autonomy of the data providers, the heterogeneous nature of information sharing as well as the quality of the data. Articles describing VRIS were focused much more heavily on data quality, particularly whether or not the data were free from errors.Conclusions:For state and local practitioners to effectively utilize data, public health IS will have to overcome the challenges posed by a large number of autonomous data providers utilizing a variety of technologies.

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Birth and Fetal Death Records and Environmental Exposures: Promising Data Elements for Environmental Public Health Tracking of Reproductive Outcomes

Abstract: If these data elements are accurate and well-reported, their addition to birth, fetal death, and other health records may aid in environmental public health tracking.

Cited by 9 publications

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Assessing the reproductive health of men with occupational exposures

Assessing the reproductive health of men with occupational exposures

Factors associated with employment status before and during pregnancy: Implications for studies of pregnancy outcomes

Quality and integration of public health information systems: A systematic review focused on immunization and vital records systems

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