National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia (Drs Robinson and Kaminski and Ms Kotzky); Center for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Support, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia (Mr McCord); Cherokee Nation Assurance, Arlington, Virginia (Mr McCord); Center for Public Health Law Research, Temple University, Beasley School of Law, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Mss Cloud, Cook, and Amoroso); ChangeLab Solutions, Oakland, California (Mss Watts and Johnson); Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, Oak Ridge, Tennessee (Ms Kotzky); Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia (Ms Barry); The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio (Dr Kelleher); and Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio (Dr Kelleher).
Correspondence: Lara R. Robinson, PhD, MPH, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Hwy, MS, Atlanta, GA 30341 ([email protected]).
This manuscript was supported by Cooperative Agreement Numbers NU38OT000307 and NU38OT000141 awarded to ChangeLab Solutions and funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This research was supported in part by an appointment to the Research Participation Program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention administered by the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education through an interagency agreement between the US Department of Energy and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.The findings and conclusions in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This document was coauthored by a Cherokee Nation Assurance contractor in the Public Health Law Program (PHLP) in the Center for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Support at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).This manuscript was developed as part of a multi-institution collaborative project. Additional authors were included because of the multiple institutions involved and all authors contributed meaningfully and significantly to the final product. Maya Hazarika Watts, JD, provided legal expertise and contributed to the writing of the manuscript. Kim Kotzky, MPH, contributed to the introduction section and worked on the figures. Caroline M. Barry, BA, contributed to the introduction section and worked on the figures. Rebecca Johnson, MPH, provided scientific direction for the framing of the manuscript. Kelly J. Kelleher; MD, MPH, provided scientific direction and pediatric expertise. Dr Kelleher also contributed significantly to the writing of the discussion section of the manuscript.
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
