# RFA-DP-21-001 Nevada Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System

> **NIH ALLCDC U01** · HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF · 2024 · $174,248

## Abstract

Abstract
 Component A: Core Surveillance
Nevada Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS):
RFA-DP-21-001
Abstract
Existing data suggest numerous Nevada maternal and infant health outcomes are
unfavorable compared to national rates and HRSA Maternal and Child Health Bureau
indicators. Nevada falls below the US national average for critical outcomes such as
prenatal care and preventive medical visits, and has higher rates of cesarean deliveries,
early term births, low birth weight deliveries, postneonatal mortality, and neonatal
abstinence syndrome. For many indicators racial disparities exist like those experienced
nationally; in particular, Black mothers and infants in Nevada experience disproportionally
increased rates of sudden unexpected infant death, postneonatal mortality, and cesarean
deliveries. Data sets such as vital records provide limited data to explore the risk factors
associated with these outcomes. This award will expand Nevada’s ability to examine
these outcomes. Nevada does not have any other comprehensive system available to
monitor perinatal trends to guide program activities, health policy, and resource allocation.
PRAMS will enable Nevada to implement surveillance activities of high scientific quality
on selected maternal attitudes, behaviors, and experiences that occur before, during, and
after pregnancy. Nevada PRAMS data will help elucidate the reasons for maternal
behaviors, such as choosing not to breastfeed or not seeking prenatal care and will help
determine the prevalence of domestic/intimate partner violence, postpartum depression,
and contraceptive use. PRAMS data will be used to make data-driven programmatic
decisions to tailor activities to improve birth outcomes and systems of care for Nevada
mothers and children and enhance the State’s capacity to evaluate the impact of program
activities.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10811716
- **Project number:** 5U01DP006587-04
- **Recipient organization:** HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF
- **Principal Investigator:** Vickie Ives
- **Activity code:** U01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** ALLCDC
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $174,248
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2021-05-01 → 2026-04-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10811716

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10811716, RFA-DP-21-001 Nevada Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (5U01DP006587-04). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10811716. Licensed CC0.

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