# Component A, Delaware PRAMS (Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System) Project

> **NIH ALLCDC U01** · DELAWARE DIVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH · 2022 · $139,652

## Abstract

Component A, Delaware PRAMS (Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System)
Project
Project Abstract
Delaware PRAMS 2021 Project Summary/Abstract PRAMS (Pregnancy Risk
Assessment Monitoring System) is a federally funded, state- specific, population-based
surveillance system designed to identify and monitor selected maternal behaviors and
experiences before, during, and after pregnancy. The purpose of the project is to enable
public health programs to target specific maternal and child health populations for
improved health outcomes. For children this would be a reduction in infant morbidity and
mortality rates, which for Delaware are above the national average. States have used
the PRAMS surveillance data for program planning and evaluation, and changing public
health practice and public health policy for state maternal and child health programs.
The high quality of the PRAMS data enables states to more efficiently develop and
evaluate existing programs such as Newborn Screening, SUID awareness, and the
Maternal and Child Health Block Grant (Title V). PRAMS also provides a system to
monitor the state’s progress towards achieving the Healthy People 2020 goal of
reducing infant and maternal morbidities and mortality. The PRAMS project funds
implementation of a state-wide surveillance system of women of childbearing age.
Surveillance includes analysis of women’s behaviors, practices, and experiences during
pregnancy, childbirth, and two to six months post-partum. A random, stratified sample of
women at least two months post-partum is selected annually for inclusion in the project.
The sampled participants are surveyed to assess behaviors, practices, and
experiences. Descriptive and analytic statistics will provide information on the highest
risk populations in the state, including minorities and women who deliver a low birth
weight baby. Focusing on these groups will enable DPH to better target existing
programs in Maternal and Child Health. Targeting programs at high-risk populations will
impact the rate of morbidity and mortality among women and infants born in the state.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10385676
- **Project number:** 5U01DP006617-02
- **Recipient organization:** DELAWARE DIVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH
- **Principal Investigator:** George Yocher
- **Activity code:** U01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** ALLCDC
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $139,652
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2021-05-01 → 2026-04-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10385676

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10385676, Component A, Delaware PRAMS (Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System) Project (5U01DP006617-02). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10385676. Licensed CC0.

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