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Alaska

Selected PRAMS data

State Exhibits Alaska
Source: PRAMS 2002 Surveillance Report 

Reports

Alaska Department of Health and Social Services. Regional summaries of tobacco use and exposure.* Anchorage, AK: Section of Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Public Health, January 2009.

Schoellhorn J, Perham-Hester KA, Goldsmith Y. Alaska Maternal and Child Health Data Book 2008: Health Status Edition.* Anchorage, AK: Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Unit, Section of Women’s, Children’s and Family Health, Division of Public Health, Department of Health and Social Services, December 2008.

Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska. Healthy Anchorage Maternal and Child Health Indicators Project. December 2008.

Promoting a Healthy Alaska… offering hope and opportunity. Alaska Department of Health and Social Services. 2007 Annual Report. In the Division of Public Health Section of this report, Alaska PRAMS’ award from CDC given at the 2006 National Meeting was recognized. They also highlighted the Epidemiology Bulletin on prentatal iq’mik use.

Alaska Department of Health and Social Services. What State Surveys Tell Us About Tobacco Use Among Alaska Natives: Implications for Program Planning. Anchorage, AK* PDF 1.57MB: Section of Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Public Health, Alaska Department of Health and Social Services; March 2007.

Alaska Maternal and Child Health Data Book 2004: PRAMS Edition.* Anchorage, AK: Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Unit, Section of Women’s, Children’s and Family Health, Division of Public Health, Department of Health and Social Services, September 2005.
Tobacco in the Great Land: A Portrait of Alaska’s Leading Cause of Death* PDF 232KB. State of Alaska, Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Public Health, Section of Epidemiology. February 2004.

Alaska Maternal and Child Health Data Book 2003*. Anchorage, AK: Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Unit, Section of Maternal Child and Family Health, Division of Public Health, Department of Health and Social Services, June 2003.

Fact Sheets

Prenatal Smokeless Tobacco and Iq’mik Use in Alaska* PDF 102KB. State of Alaska Epidemiology Bulletin. State of Alaska, Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Public Health. No. 28; October 10, 2007.

HIV Infection in Alaska through 2005. State of Alaska Epidemiology Bulletin* PDF 767KB (Recommendations and Reports). State of Alaska, Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Public Health. 2007;11(2). [PRAMS 1996–2003 data cited on page 40.]

Findings of the Alaska Maternal-Infant Mortality Review, 1992–2001* PDF364KB. State of Alaska Epidemiology Bulletin (Recommendations and Reports). State of Alaska, Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Public Health 2006;10(3). [Misc indicators from the 2004 Data Book are cited.]

Pre-Pregnancy Physical Abuse* PDF145KB. State of Alaska Epidemiology Bulletin. State of Alaska, Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Public Health, Section of Epidemiology. No. 26; November 7, 2005. [Pre-pregnancy physical abuse by demographics from the 2004 Data Book, 1996–2001, are cited.]

Tobacco Cessation: Kicking the Habit in Alaska (Part 5 of a 5-Part Series)* PDF 173KB. State of Alaska Epidemiology Bulletin (Recommendations and Reports). State of Alaska, Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Public Health, Section of Epidemiology. 2005;9:(1). [Cessation aids and barriers among postpartum women—data from 2003 Data Book are cited.]

Decline in the Prevalence of Neural Tube Birth Defects, Alaska, 1996–2004* PDF 126KB. State of Alaska Epidemiology Bulletin. State of Alaska, Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Public Health, Section of Epidemiology. 2005;15. [Knowledge of folic acid benefits by maternal race are cited.]

Journal articles

Gessner BD. Bed sharing with unimpaired parents is not an important risk for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (Letter to the Editor). Pediatrics 2006;117:994–996.

Gessner BD, Ives GC, Perham-Hester KA. Association Between Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and Prone Sleep Position, Bed Sharing, and Sleeping Outside an Infant Crib in Alaska. Pediatrics 2001;108(4):923–927.

Gessner BD, Perham-Hester KA. Experience of Violence among Teenage Mothers in Alaska. J Adol Health 1998;22:383–388. (Summary digest “Nearly 10% of Teenage Mothers Experience Violence while Pregnant” printed in Family Planning Perspectives 1999;31:106–107.) (Erratum to Table 1 printed in J Adol Health 1999; 24 (6):459.)

Perham-Hester KA, Gessner BD. Correlates of Drinking During the Third Trimester of Pregnancy in Alaska. Mat Child Health J 1997;1(3):165–172.

Contact information
Kathy Perham-Hester (907) 269–3447
                                  
Visit the Alaska PRAMS Web site.* 

PRAMS Follow-Up Survey contact information
Margaret Blabey (907) 269-5657

Alaska PRAMS follow-up survey Web site*

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Page last reviewed: 5/28/09
Page last modified: 5/28/09
Content source: Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion