Multi-Year Ohio Pregnancy Assessment Survey Dashboard Improves Statewide Maternal and Infant Health Capabilities

Submitted by KHoward on January 30, 2020 - 2:12 pm

Today, the Ohio Colleges of Medicine Government Resource Center (GRC) released a redesigned Ohio Pregnancy Assessment Survey (OPAS) Series dashboard, Ohio's most comprehensive and interactive source of statewide population-based maternal and infant health data. 

Among its updates, the OPAS dashboard now includes statewide and Ohio Equity Institute (OEI) county specific results for 2018, including metrics on health care access and health behaviors and conditions. 

The dashboard is a free, user-driven tool that helps state agencies, local communities and researchers to monitor impacts of health policy, identify gaps in health services and examine trends in women's health status and health risk in Ohio.

For more information on OPAS and the updated dashboard, visit https://grcapps.osu.edu/opas/ or contact GRCCommunications@osumc.edu.

The OPAS is funded by the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) and the Ohio Department of Medicaid (ODM) and administered by the Ohio Colleges of Medicine Government Resource Center. The views expressed in this publication are solely those of the authors and do not represent the views of the state of Ohio or federal Medicaid programs. The OPAS dashboard includes data provided by ODH which should not be considered an endorsement of the study or its conclusions.