# Component A (Core Surveillance): The Pennsylvania Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PA PRAMS) Project

> **NIH ALLCDC U01** · PENNSYLVANIA STATE DEPT OF HEALTH · 2020 · $160,020

## Abstract

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 Pennsylvania PRAMS Project
Component A: Core Surveillance
Project Summary/Abstract:
The purpose of the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) is to
provide unique jurisdiction-specific and population-based data on people recently
delivering a live birth or stillborn infant to examine the association between risk factors
and maternal and infant outcomes, explore disparities, and compare health indicators
across jurisdictions. A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) grantee since
2007, the Pennsylvania (PA) PRAMS project’s mission is to promote the collection,
analysis, and dissemination of population-based data of high scientific quality and to
support the use of data to develop policies and programs in order to reduce maternal
and infant morbidity and mortality. This mission is accomplished in partnership with the
Bureau of Health Statistics and Registries, the Bureau of Informatics and Information
Technology, and Title V Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant program. The
goals for the PA PRAMS project for the next five-year period are:
• To monitor the prevalence of maternal behaviors and experiences before, during,
 and after pregnancy and investigate emerging issues;
• To identify and address health inequities and the related structural and
 institutional barriers affecting the health outcomes of people with a live birth and
 their infants;
• To analyze and disseminate PA PRAMS data to monitor progress on Title V and
 Healthy People performance measures and drive the development or
 modification of programs and policies to improve the outcomes of the maternal
 and child health population.
Guided by the PRAMS Committee, analysis, translation, and dissemination of PA
PRAMS data to both PA Department of Health stakeholders and external partners will
be used to inform and drive programs, policies, research, and systems change to
improve inequities in maternal and child health outcomes throughout PA.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10227435
- **Project number:** 1U01DP006626-01
- **Recipient organization:** PENNSYLVANIA STATE DEPT OF HEALTH
- **Principal Investigator:** Erin Emily McCarty
- **Activity code:** U01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** ALLCDC
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $160,020
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2021-05-01 → 2026-04-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10227435

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10227435, Component A (Core Surveillance): The Pennsylvania Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PA PRAMS) Project (1U01DP006626-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10227435. Licensed CC0.

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