Birth Defects Prevention Resources

January 2012 is National Birth Defects Prevention Month!  The theme is "And the Beat Goes On… Looking to the Future for Healthy Hearts” which focuses on congenital heart defects, the most common type of birth defect. REACH CNY and The National Birth Defects Prevention Network (NBDPN) are pleased to provide you with the following resource materials to promote birth defects awareness and prevention. 

 

Fact Sheets

Birth Defects Fact Sheets from from the University of South Florida Birth Defects Surveillance Program

• Anencephaly (English, Spanish)
• Congenital Heart Defects (English, Spanish)
• Cleft Lip (English, Spanish)
• Cleft Palate (English, Spanish)
• Down Syndrome (English, Spanish)
• Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (English, Spanish)
• Hydrocephaly (English, Spanish)
• Microtia (English, Spanish)
• Spina Bifida (English, Spanish)
• Pregnancy Loss (English, Spanish)

Other Useful Links

• Pulse/Ox Screening for Newborns
• Resources from NBDPN
• CDC Congenital Heart Defects page
• Congenital Heart Defects 
• Preventing and Treating Birth Defects
• Birth Defects FAQ

For Consumers

• Easy to read info from CDC on Heart Defects
  
• Little Hearts, a support group for families with a CHD child
• CHD Podcast