The Health Status Report
The life course perspective conceptualizes birth outcomes as the end product of not only the nine months of pregnancy but the entire life course of the mother before the pregnancy. Disparities in birth outcomes, therefore, are the consequences of both differential exposures during pregnancy and differential developmental trajectories across the life span. |
The Health Status Report produced by PNMC with the Finger Lakes Health Systems Agency and the Monroe County Department of Public Health includes data that extend beyond traditional measures of perinatal health to include the environmental, behavioral, and biological determinants of health. These data inform a deeper understanding of the dynamics of health development by exploring the determinants that support or suppress health trajectories for various groups within the community. Following are key findings from that report in the life course health development framework: |
