Congenital Heart Defects Surveillance Across Time and Regions
Congenital Heart Defects Surveillance Across Time And Regions (CHD STAR) is a CDC-funded surveillance program that is currently active in 7 states (Arizona, Georgia, Iowa, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Utah). The goals of CHD STAR are to examine survival, healthcare utilization, co-occurring conditions, and other outcomes over time. Improved understanding of the public health significance of CHDs can lead to improved strategies to decrease mortality and improve the health of people affected by CHDs.
Surveillance
On behalf of CHD STAR, IRCID conducts population-based surveillance of children, adolescents, and adults with congenital heart defects. Most current efforts to conduct population-based surveillance have focused on newborns, and limited population information is available on CHDs past early childhood. CHD STAR strives to better understand experiences and health outcomes related to health equity and identify opportunities to improve the health of people with CHDs.
