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Division of Reproductive Health: Activities—Pregnancy Risk Assessment
Monitoring System (PRAMS) |
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PRAMS is an ongoing state- and population-based surveillance system designed
to collect information on self-reported maternal behaviors and experiences
that occur around the time of pregnancy. PRAMS generates statewide estimates
of perinatal health indicators among women who recently delivered a live
infant. Each participating state uses a standardized data collection method
developed by CDC. PRAMS staff in each state collect data with mail and
telephone questionnaires. Because PRAMS data are state- and
population-based, findings are generalizable to an entire state’s population
of women delivering a live-born infant.
Since PRAMS began in 1987 with five states and the District of Columbia, it
has grown
tremendously. Currently 37 states, New York City , and South
Dakota Yankton Sioux Tribe participate in PRAMS covering approximately 75%
of all births in the United States.
PRAMS surveillance data have been used to:
- Set priorities for reproductive public health programs, services, or
resources;
- Develop and modify policies;
- Advocate for new programs in maternal and child health;
- Identify new resources for public health programs and services.
Activities and Accomplishments
The following 9 additional sites joined PRAMS in April 2006 and are
currently collecting their first year of PRAMS data:
Massachusetts
Missouri
Virginia
Tennessee
Wyoming
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
South Dakota, Yankton Sioux Tribe (Point in Time)
CDC’s PRAMS team completed a number of publications:
Pregnancy Intention and Contraceptive Use
Ahluwalia IB, Whitehead N, Bensyl D. Pregnancy intention and
contraceptive use among adult women.
Matern Child Health J.
2007 Jul;11(4):347–-51.
Health of Hispanic Population
McDonald JA, Suellentrop K, Paulozzi LJ, Morrow B. Reproductive
Health of the Rapidly Growing Hispanic Population: Data from the
Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System, 2002.
Matern Child
Health J. 2007.
Challenges in the Early Postpartum Period
Kanotra S, D'Angelo D, Phares TM, Morrow B, Barfield WD, Lansky A.
Challenges Faced by New Mothers in the Early Postpartum Period: An
Analysis of Comment Data from the 2000 Pregnancy Risk Assessment
Monitoring System (PRAMS) Survey.
Matern Child Health J.
2007.
PRAMS Fact Sheet on Preterm Delivery
CDC PRAMS 2000, 2001, and 2002
surveillance
reports
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Page last reviewed: 10/5/07
Page last modified: 10/5/07
Content source: Division
of Reproductive Health,
National Center for Chronic Disease
Prevention and Health Promotion
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