# Alabama Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)

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

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract
The main objective of the Alabama Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)
Project is to provide accurate data to researchers, health care providers, and policymakers in order
to ultimately improve the health of Alabama mothers and infants. This objective is in accordance
with the Alabama Department of Public Health’s mission to improve the health of all Alabamians.
The design and methods of the PRAMS project include drawing a sample from the state birth
certificate registry file and sending surveys, according to protocol, to the mothers who are selected.
The survey contains information concerning the behaviors and experiences before, during, and
shortly after the pregnancy, which is vital to determining Alabama Public Health policy and
produces timely, high quality data representative of the jurisdiction’s population to monitor risk
factors for maternal and infant health. PRAMS provides state-based data for key maternal and
child health indicators that can be tracked over time. The PRAMS team conducts comprehensive
analysis of PRAMS data based on a jurisdiction specific analysis plan designed to inform
programmatic activities, research, and public health practice. Through various reports, the team
translates and disseminates analytic results into useable information for public health action that
can guide program development and evaluation, in collaboration with the Alabama PRAMS
Steering Committee. PRAMS reports provide state-specific data on maternal behaviors and
experiences, to be used for planning and assessing perinatal health programs, and for describing
maternal experiences that may contribute to maternal and infant health. The overall goal of
PRAMS is to reduce infant morbidity and mortality, and maternal morbidity by influencing
maternal behaviors during and immediately after pregnancy.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10236589
- **Project number:** 1U01DP006600-01
- **Recipient organization:** ALABAMA STATE DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
- **Principal Investigator:** Grace H. A. Thomas
- **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/10236589

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10236589, Alabama Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) (1U01DP006600-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10236589. Licensed CC0.

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