The Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS): Overview of Design and Methodology

Data System. The Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) is an ongoing state-based surveillance system of maternal behaviors, attitudes, and experiences before, during, and shortly after pregnancy. PRAMS is conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Division of Re...

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Published in:American journal of public health (1971) 2018-10, Vol.108 (10), p.1305-1313
Main Authors: Shulman, Holly B, D'Angelo, Denise V, Harrison, Leslie, Smith, Ruben A, Warner, Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
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AJPH Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System
Attitudes
Babies
Birth certificates
Birth control
Birth weight
Births
Childrens health
Collaboration
Consent
Data analysis
Data collection
Data processing
Departments
Disease control
Disease prevention
Ethnicity
Family Health
Government
Health care
Health care policy
Health surveillance
Indicators
Infant mortality
Infants
Internet
Jurisdiction
Maternal & child health
Maternal and Infant Health
Maternal and infant welfare
Medicaid
Medical screening
Minority & ethnic groups
Monitoring
Monitoring systems
Mothers
Other Statistics/Evaluation/Research
Pregnancy
Prevention
Public health
Race
Reporting requirements
Reproductive health
Residence
Review boards
Risk assessment
Risk factors
Surveillance
Telephone numbers
Telephone surveys
Weight
Womens health
Women’s Health
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Summary:Data System. The Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) is an ongoing state-based surveillance system of maternal behaviors, attitudes, and experiences before, during, and shortly after pregnancy. PRAMS is conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Division of Reproductive Health in collaboration with state health departments. Data Collection/Processing. Birth certificate records are used in each participating jurisdiction to select a sample representative of all women who delivered a live-born infant. PRAMS is a mixed-mode mail and telephone survey. Annual state sample sizes range from approximately 1000 to 3000 women. States stratify their sample by characteristics of public health interest such as maternal age, race/ethnicity, geographic area of residence, and infant birth weight. Data Analysis/Dissemination. States meeting established response rate thresholds are included in multistate analytic data sets available to researchers through a proposal submission process. In addition, estimates from selected indicators are available online. Public Health Implications. PRAMS provides state-based data for key maternal and child health indicators that can be tracked over time. Stratification by maternal characteristics allows for examinations of disparities over a wide range of health indicators.
ISSN:0090-0036
1541-0048
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.2018.304563