ohs_2014-022.xml Guide to the Kenneth D. Rosenberg collection Rosenberg (Kenneth D.) collection Sylvie Dakota Huhn, revised by Amy Wagner Oregon Health & Science University, Historical Collections & Archives 2015, revised 2024
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-03-10. Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. 2024 September 19 Original collection was reprocessed to provide better clarity on contents and remove duplicate material; additionally, accession 2014-026 was processed and added to this collection. Oregon Health & Science University, Historical Collections & Archives Kenneth D. Rosenberg collection Rosenberg, Kenneth D. 2014-022 3.78 linear feet 9 hollinger boxes 1993-2014 Kenneth D. Rosenberg, M.D., M.P.H. worked in maternal and child health epidemiology and collaborated with many public health institutions locally and nationally. His work led to the creation and collection of much of this material, including public health reports and promotional publications, work files that lead to a published article, and papers from his work and professional service with Oregon Department of Human Services, Oregon Health and Science University, Oregon Public Health Association, Oregon Health Authority's Public Health Division with a focus on the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System, and other public health collaborators. English .

Materials donated by Ken Rosenberg in multiple parts. Accession 2014-022 was donated on 2014 October 21; the PRAMS materials (accession 2014-026) were donataed on 2014 October 2.

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This collection includes a range of publications and reports produced primarily by the Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS), as well as some other public health organizations. Additionally, it encompasses Kenneth Rosenberg's papers from his time working with the Oregon Public Health Association (OPHA) and Oregon Health Authority (OHA), and background and reference work leading up to an article in the American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) that Rosenberg helped author. A significant amount of the collection is also made up of his papers from Oregon's Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System.

It is organized into four main series: I. Public Health Reports and Publications, II. "Marketing Infant Formula Through Hospitals" article, III. Work and Professional Service, and IV. Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS).

The first series, "Public Health Reports and Publications," contains statistical and promotional health-related materials primarily from the Oregon DHS spanning from 1993 to 2011. Additionally, there is a small portion of publications produced by other public health organizations outside of DHS.

The second series, "'Marketing Infant Formula Through Hospitals' article" includes research, correspondence, presentation materials, multiple drafts, and edits from collaborators leading to the 2008 AJPH article "Marketing Infant Formula Through Hospitals: The Impact of Commercial Hospital Discharge Packs on Breastfeeding." Additional authors of this article were Carissa A. Eastham, M.S., Laurin J. Kasehagen, Ph.D., M.A., and Alfredo P. Sandoval, M.B.A., M.S.

The third series, "Work and Professional Service," consists of correspondence, paperwork, and research from Dr. Rosenberg's time working with OHA, OPHA Epidemiology and Biostatics Section, OPHA mentorship program, DHS, and Oregon Pediatric Society. There are also source materials on a few public health topics like community water fluoridation.

The fourth series, "Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)," is largely made up of administrative materials that supported the making and interpretation of the PRAMS survey sent out to new mothers by the OHA. The survey is used to collect information about people's experiences before, during, and immediately after pregnancy. The series includes correspondence regarding the questions in the surveys, and their efficacy, conversations with PRAMS projects in other states, response rates, and data requests for specific survey results. Additionally, there are PRAMS publications, requests for proposals for computer-assisted telephone interviewing services and the resulting contracts, studies on different PRAMS-related topics, and source material for ongoing assessment of the PRAMS survey.

Kenneth D. Rosenberg, M.D., M.P.H. worked as a maternal and child health epidemiologist at the Office of Family Health in the Public Health Division of the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) from 1997 to 2015. He was also an Affiliate Assistant Professor at Oregon Health and Science University-Portland State University School of Public Health from 1997 to 2016. He graduated from Tufts University School of Medicine in 1973 and the Columbia University School of Public Health with a master's in public health in 1989. He was a post-doctoral fellow in perinatal epidemiology at Yale University School of Medicine from 1991 to 1993.

While working at OHA, Dr. Rosenberg was the program director of the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS), a leader in the country for consistently collecting data and using that data to advocate for policy change benefiting mothers and children.

Dr. Rosenberg has been a member of OPHA since 1997 and was a co-founder of the OPHA's Epidemiology and Biostatistics Section. He was the section's vice–chair, served on the OPHA nominating committee, the program committee, and was on the Board of Directors from 2006 – 2012. He also worked to establish OPHA's mentorship program.

Rosenberg helped start the conversation around the potential negative effects of marketing infant formula through hospitals with his 2008 article Marketing Infant Formula Through Hospitals: The Impact of Commercial Hospital Discharge Packs on Breastfeeding published in theAmerican Journal of Public Health (AJPH).

Kenneth D. Rosenberg collection, Collection Number 2014-022, Oregon Health & Science University, Historical Collections & Archives.

Resources consulted while writing the Biographical Note

Oregon Public Health Association. "Lifetime Achievement: Kenneth D. Rosenberg, MD, MPH." 2015 OPHA Award Winners. Accessed September 10, 2024. https://www.oregonpublichealth.org/2015-conference-awards. Oregon. Department of Human Services Oregon Health Authority Oregon Public Health Association Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (Oregon) Oregon Pregnancy Statistics Public Health Schools, Public Health Breast Feeding Epidemiology Maternal-Child Health Services Children and Youth Medicine and Health I. Public health reports and publications 1993-2011 "Achieving Oregon's Health Birth Benchmarks": Maternity care needs assessment 1994 1 1 "Babies First! Clients' Experience with Care": executive summary 2005 1 2 Child and Family Health Needs Assessment and Recommendations for Public Health-5 booklets 2000 1 3 "Report Card: The Status of Children in Oregon" by Children First for Oregon 1996, 2000, 2006 1 4 "Climate Change Challenging Public Health" by Northwest Public Health 2008 1 5 "Costs of Intimate Partner Violence Against Oregon Women" 2005 1 6 "Early Childhood Matters": Oregon's framework for a statewide birth-through-five early childhood system undated 1 7 "Family Planning a Public Health Success": Oregon family planning annual report 2006 1 8 "A Health Active Oregon: Statewide Physical Activity and Nutrition Plan 2007-2015" circa 2006 1 9 "How to Become a Breastfeeding Friendly Mother Employer" brochure 2006 1 10 Oregon Benchmarks County Data Book 2005 November 1 11 "Oregon Child Fatality Review Team First Annual Report" including letter from state health officer 1998 1 12 Oregon Child Health 2010: Data and Resource Guide 2010 1 13 Oregon commission for child care report to the governor and the legislature: "Child Care and Education: Building a Firm Foundation for Oregon's Family and Oregon's Economy" 2007 1 14 Oregon health services office of family health progress report: "Working to Improve the Health of Oregon's Children, Women, and Families" 2004 1 15 Oregon Perinatal Data Book 2007 1 16 Oregon report on child fatalities: "Keeping Kids Alive" 1995 1 17 Oregon school-based health centers: Standard for certification 2009 1 18 "Oregon Teen Pregnancy Prevention Action Agenda": revision 2002 March 1 19 "Oregon Teen Pregnancy Prevention Action Agenda" 2002 November 1 20 "Oregon Motherscare: Supporting Healthy Pregnancies" brochure 2002 1 21 "Oregon Vital Statistics Annual Report" (vol. 2) 1993 1 22 "Oregon Vital Statistics Annual Report" (vol. 1) 1994 2 1 "Oregon Vital Statistics Annual Report" (vol. 2) 1994 2 2 "Oregon Vital Statistics Annual Report" (vol. 1) 1995 2 3 "Oregon Vital Statistics Annual Report" (vol. 2) 1995 2 4 "Oregon Vital Statistics Annual Report" (vol. 1) 1996 2 5 "Oregon Vital Statistics Annual Report" (vol. 2) including email, handwritten notes 1996 2 6 Oregon youth risk behavior survey summary report 1995 2 7 Oregon youth sexual health plan 2009 2 8 Portland children's investment fund 2006/2007 progress report 2007 2 9 "A Safe Place for Newborns" (DHS information packet for mothers considering giving up a newborn baby) 2002 2 10 School-based health centers status report: "Accessible Health Care for Youth" 2006 2 11 School-based health centers status report: "Quality Health Care for Kids" 2007 2 12 School-based health centers status report: "Healthier Youth, Stronger Communities" 2008 2 13 School-based health centers status report: "Focusing on our Future" 2011 3 1 "Selected Reportable Communicable Disease Summary: 2010 State of Oregon" 2010 3 2 Status of children in Oregon's child protection system 1997 3 3 Status of children in Oregon's child protection system 1999 3 4 Status of Oregon's children county data book from Children First of Oregon 2008 3 5 Turning point-transforming public health state by state 2010 3 6 II. "Marketing Infant Formula Through Hospitals" article 2004-2008 Correspondence, drafts, meeting materials, methodology, Eastham's hiring documents 2005 May-November 3 7 Correspondence with American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) and collaborators, source materials 2004-2007 3 8 Correspondence , drafts 2008 July-August 3 9 Correspondence, drafts, source materials 2008 June-July 3 10 Correspondence, drafts, source materials 2008 August 3 11 Correspondence, drafts, source materials 2008 August 3 12 Correspondence, drafts, AJPH submission information, source materials 2008 August 4 1 Correspondence, internal reviewers, source materials 2004 December, 2005 August 4 2 Correspondence, drafts, one-page version, source materials, "Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative in Ukraine" 2005 August-October 4 3 Correspondence, draft 2006 August 4 4 Correspondence, drafts, edits 2006 March-July 4 5 Correspondence, source materials 2006 July 4 6 Correspondence, draft 2006 July-August 4 7 Correspondence, drafts 2006 July-August 4 8 Correspondence, drafts 2006 September 4 9 Correspondence , drafts 2006 September 4 10 Correspondence, drafts, source materials 2006 September 4 11 Correspondence, AJPH, drafts, source materials, one-page summary 2007 January-February 5 1 Correspondence, AJPH, drafts, source materials 2007 January 5 2 Correspondence, AJPH, drafts, source materials, meeting materials 2006 December-2007 March 5 3 Correspondence, AJPH, source materials 2005-2007 5 4 Correspondence, Eastham's original version, AJPH signature forms, drafts 2006-2007 5 5 Correspondence, AJPH, drafts, source materials, meeting materials 2006 September 5 6 Correspondence, meeting materials, source materials 2006 August-2008 February 5 7 III. Work and professional service 2004-2014 Oregon Public Health Assocation(OPHA) epidemiology and biostatistics (epi-biostat) section: Correspondence, administrative materials, conference planning (folder 1 of 2) 2006-2008, 2012 5 8 OPHA epi-biostat section: Correspondence, administrative materials, conference planning (folder 2 of 2) 2006-2013 6 1 OPHA epi-biostat section: administrative correspondence, mentorship program materials, meeting materials 2010 June-2011 March 6 2 OPHA program committee: annual meeting planning 2010-2014 6 3 OPHA epidemiology forum: planning materials, and correspondence 2003-2009, 2012 6 4 OPHA mentorship program: correspondence, meeting minutes 2010-2014 6 5 OPHA administrative correspondence, marketing materials, meeting materials, bylaws, mentorship materials 2008-2012 6 6 OPHA board manual 2009 6 7 OPHA meeting materials, advocacy materials 2008-2013 6 8 OPHA conference/annual meeting: materials, planning, agendas, handouts, and notes 2006 6 9 OPHA conference/annual meeting: materials, planning, agendas, handouts, and notes 2004-2005 7 1 OPHA conference/annual meeting: abstracts for review and responses 2013 7 2 OPHA conference/annual meeting: conference brochure and notes 2012 7 3 Oregon Pediatric Society: meeting materials, budget materials 2005, 2010 7 4 Community water fluoridation: correspondence, reference materials (folder 1 of 2) 2011-2013 7 5 Community water fluoridation: correspondence, reference materials (folder 2 of 2) 2011-2013 7 6 Correspondence regarding records requests for emails with Eli Schwarz 2014 7 7 Community water fluoridation: correspondence, reference materials 2013 7 8 IV. Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) 1998-2014 Source materials, correspondence regarding Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility, Oregon Prevention Conference, Oregon Public Health Association 2010, 2014 7 9 PRAMS questionnaire booklet in English 1998 7 10 PRAMS questionnaire booklet in Spanish 2002 7 11 PRAMS questionnaire booklet in English 2002 7 12 Meeting materials, questionnaire data, budget information, correspondence 2007-2009 7 13 Correspondence and abstracts for conference 2009 7 14 Correspondence including "mini-proposals" for review 2007 7 15 Correspondence regarding data request, topic proposal, and draft of 2008-2010 strategic plan 2007-2009 7 16 Correspondence and feedback about paper on gestational diabetes mellitus 2009 8 1 "Periconceptional Multivitamin Use Reduces the Risk of Preeclampsia" 2006 8 2 "PRAMS State Timeline May '07 - October '07" and related correspondence 2007 8 3 New Jersey PRAMS data, "mini-proposal" and related correspondence, letter from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) summarizing visit 2002, 2005, 2006 8 4 Correspondence regarding data about pregnant women and smoking, study on pregnant, homeless women receiving support from Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) 2009 8 5 Draft of study on gestational diabetes mellitus with edits undated 8 6 Correspondence regarding confidentiality statement 2009 8 7 PRAMS meeting materials, PRAMS update presentations 2005-2006 8 8 Correspondence and article about discrimination experienced by pregnant women 2008 8 9 Correspondence regarding PRAMS study 2006, 2009 8 10 Correspondence regarding budgets and grants 2009 8 11 Correspondence regarding CDC review, response rates, data requests, "mini-proposal", administrative tasks (folder 1 of 2) 2004-2005, 2008-2009 8 12 Correspondence regarding CDC review, response rates, data requests, "mini-proposal" administrative tasks (folder 2 of 2) 2006, 2008 8 13 "The Perinatal Health of Rural Women: Data from the 2001 Oregon PRAMS Survey" final brochure and corresponding edits and data 2004 8 14 Correspondence regarding new birth certificate's effect on sampling, PRAMS survey edits, data requests. Data from Colorado circa 2003 8 15 Correspondence about PRAMS survey drafts, conflict of interest investigation form 2008 8 16 "2005 Report: Illinois Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System" and 2008 letter from report's project director 2005, 2008 8 17 Source material and correspondence about participation rates 2007-2008 8 18 Correspondence about "mini-proposals" and amendments, data request, and a paper about instruction placement 2008 8 19 Meeting materials, survey data, budget information 2008 8 20 Correspondence about and including draft of PRAMS survey, seminar notes 2008 8 21 Correspondence, quotes, and contracts for Request for Proposal 2657 (RFP 2657) for telephone survey services with Clearwater Research 2008 8 22 Correspondence and draft of contract with Clearwater Research, Incorporated 2008 8 23 PRAMS Journal Club meeting materials and correspondence 2008 8 24 PRAMS grant information, publications from other states' PRAMS circa 2005 8 25 "Pregnancy and Oral Health" by Kim Thomson including thank you note 2003 8 26 Correspondence regarding PRAMS protocols, data analysis, grants, data from other states, proposals for Michigan conference 2004-2008 8 27 Correspondence regarding computer assisted telephone interviewing (CATI) contractor, final draft of RFP 2657 2008 February 9 1 Correspondence regarding State Working Group (SWG), and data requests 2008 January-February 9 2 Correspondence, notes, meeting minutes 2008 February 9 3 Correspondence regarding Benton County Breastfeeding Needs Assessment, source material 2003 9 4 Correspondence regarding survey response rates 2008 February 9 5 Correspondence regarding SWG, survey response rates and incentives, software, meeting materials, PRAMS flyer 2004-2008 9 6 Project review form for Violence Against Women Act Law Enforcement and Prosecution Advocacy Evaluation Pilot Project 2005 9 7 Overall Core Questionnaire Evaluation and related correspondence 2007 9 8 Overall Core Evaluation Summary: All States 2007 9 9 Standard Questionnaire Evaluation: All States 2007 9 10 Standard Questionnaire Evaluation Summary and Recommendations: All States and related correspondence 2007 9 11 "Timing of pregnancy recognition, initiation of prenatal care, and birth outcomes" project paper 2006 9 12 PRAMS publications collected in a folder for distribution circa 2002 9 13 PRAMS publications collected in a folder for distribution, contains some materials in Spanish and materials for a presentation for Mexican public health workers circa 2002 9 14 Oregon Master of Public Health Student Research Symposium materials circa 2002 9 15 Correspondence regarding surveying in special circumstances, meeting materials 2006-2008 9 16 PRAMS grant application for the period of April 15, 2008 - April 14, 2009 and related documents 2007-2008 9 17 Data sharing agreement with CDC, survey revisions, survey questions in Spanish, data requests, and data analysis 2006-2008 9 18 Core Evaluation Summary circa 2003 9 19 Question Appraisal System QAS-99 1999 9 20 Cognitive interviewing guide circa 1999 9 21