# Component A [Core Surveillance] WV Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System - PRAMS

> **NIH ALLCDC U01** · WEST VIRGINIA STATE DEPT HLTH/HUMAN RSCS · 2020 · $160,020

## Abstract

West Virginia Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System
 (WV PRAMS)
Abstract
West Virginia PRAMS is a joint research project between the West Virginia Office of Maternal,
Child and Family Health (WV OMCFH) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC). The project is an on-going, population-based surveillance system designed to identify
maternal attitudes and experiences before, during and after pregnancy. Research indicates that
maternal behaviors during pregnancy influence infant birthweight, gestation and mortality rates.
PRAMS was developed in 1987 by the CDC because (1) infant mortality rates were not declining
as rapidly as they had in previous years, (2) the prevalence of low birthweight was showing little
change and (3) maternal behaviors such as alcohol and tobacco use and limited use of prenatal care
were contributing to the slow rate of decline in both infant mortality rates and low birthweight
prevalence. Seeing a need to supplement vital records data in order to help establish and maintain
an epidemiologic surveillance system of selected maternal behaviors and experiences, West
Virginia was one of the first states to participate in the project. PRAMS provides data not available
from other sources relating to pregnancy and the first few months after birth. The goal of WV
PRAMS is to identify maternal risk behaviors that may affect both maternal and infant health.
Findings from WV PRAMS are used to enhance the understanding of maternal behaviors and their
relationship with adverse pregnancy outcomes. WV OMCFH uses PRAMS surveillance data for
program planning and evaluation and influencing public health practice and policy for maternal
and child health programs.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10236741
- **Project number:** 1U01DP006593-01
- **Recipient organization:** WEST VIRGINIA STATE DEPT HLTH/HUMAN RSCS
- **Principal Investigator:** Melissa A. Baker
- **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/10236741

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10236741, Component A [Core Surveillance] WV Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System - PRAMS (1U01DP006593-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10236741. Licensed CC0.

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