March of the Dimes Offering Vital Maternal Care Data through Peristats

As the president and CEO of Randall Blum Insight Consulting in Dallas, Texas, Randall "Randy" Blum provides strategic guidance and support for Fortune 500 companies that endeavor to foster the growth of millennial employees. He also offers mid-level manager training and millennial research services. Alongside his work responsibilities, Randall Blum is passionate about community involvement and supports the March of the Dimes.

Established in 1938 by president Franklin D. Roosevelt as the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, the March of the Dimes lead efforts to end preventable maternal deaths and alleviate or reduce maternal health risks. Also, the organization has programs to stop preventable preterm births. You can assist as an advocate, volunteer, or contribute to the cause. Another way the March of the Dimes assists is through supporting research, education, and resources such as Peristats.

An online resource, Peristats offers free perinatal statistics coalesced by the March of Dimes Perinatal Data Center from maternal and infant data in the United States. From the city to national level, the data comes from government agencies and health organizations, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC), National Center for Health Statistics(NCHS), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and others.

Peristats ensures that stakeholders in maternal medical care, such as researchers, policymakers, media, health professionals, and medical librarians, have access to data for their subject-specific tasks, from formulating presentations to health assessments. The data consist of current and past data on preterm, cesarean birth rates, health insurance, all by race, maternal age, and other valuable baselines in over 60,000 tables, forms, graphs, and reports.

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