# PRAMS COMMONWEALTH HEALTHCARE CORPORATION

> **NIH ALLCDC U01** · COMMONWEALTH HEALTHCARE CORPORATION · 2024 · $175,000

## Abstract

Component A: Core Surveillance
5-year period of performance
The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Pregnancy Risk Assessment
Monitoring System (CNMI PRAMS)
ABSTRACT
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring
System (CNMI PRAMS) will be a joint research project between the Commonwealth Healthcare
Corporation (CHCC) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The project
involves the development and completion of a protocol and implementation of a population-
based surveillance system designed to identify maternal attitudes and experiences before,
during and after pregnancy. Research indicates that maternal behaviors during pregnancy
impact infant birthweight, gestation and mortality rates. The CNMI PRAMS will strengthen
capacity in the CNMI to produce high quality data not available from other sources relating to
pregnancy and the first few months after birth and enable the monitoring of maternal and infant
health indicators over time. The goal of CNMI PRAMS is to identify maternal risk behaviors that
may affect both maternal and infant health. Findings from CNMI PRAMS will be used to
enhance the understanding of maternal behaviors among the territory’s diverse population and
their relationship with adverse pregnancy outcomes. The CNMI CHCC will use PRAMS
surveillance data for program planning and evaluation and influencing public health practice and
policy for maternal and child health programs.
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (CNMI PRAMS)
RFA-DP-21-001

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10820152
- **Project number:** 5U01DP006579-04
- **Recipient organization:** COMMONWEALTH HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
- **Principal Investigator:** Heather Santos Pangelinan
- **Activity code:** U01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** ALLCDC
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $175,000
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2021-05-01 → 2026-04-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10820152

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10820152, PRAMS COMMONWEALTH HEALTHCARE CORPORATION (5U01DP006579-04). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10820152. Licensed CC0.

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