# DP21-001 Mississippi Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) - Component A

> **NIH ALLCDC U01** · MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH · 2024 · $175,000

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT
Mississippi continues to experience challenges in its healthcare delivery and the health outcomes of its
citizens—among them our state’s pregnant women and newborns. The Mississippi State Department of Health
(MSDH) proposes to continue its collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),
along with its individual state and territorial PRAMS programs, by participating in the CDC PRAMS Program’s
Component A: Core Surveillance initiative. Under the continued leadership of Lei Zhang, PhD, MS, MBA, the
Mississippi PRAMS Program has identified three specific aims and, within those aims, it has developed five
goals:
Aim 1: Utilizing the CDC PRAMS protocol, implement the Mississippi PRAMS Program to optimize
surveillance practices and data captured of Mississippi’s pregnant women, their outcomes, and issues they
encountered immediately prior to, during, and shortly after their pregnancy.
 Goal 1: Implement population-based surveillance within Mississippi on selected maternal behaviors and
 experiences that occur prior to, during, and shortly after pregnancy among women with a recent live birth,
 including emerging issues and post-disaster surveillance needs, as they arise.
 Goal 2: Ensure surveillance data is of high scientific quality, timely, and comparable to other jurisdictions
 by following the methodology documented in the CDC PRAMS protocol.
Aim 2: Working with CDC, the Mississippi PRAMS Steering Committee and other Mississippi stakeholders,
provide analysis of Mississippi PRAMS data that is informative and supports relevant public health practices,
research, and programs.
 Goal 3: Conduct comprehensive analyses of Mississippi PRAMS data based on a written analysis plan
 designed to inform programmatic activities, research, and public health practice.
 Goal 4: Translate and disseminate analytic results into useable information for public health action that
 can guide program development and evaluation, in collaboration with the Mississippi PRAMS Steering
Committee.
Aim 3: Collaborating with public health officials, legislators, and researchers both within Mississippi and
throughout the nation, address strategies to improve health equity and health outcomes among pregnant
women and their newborn infants.
 Goal 5: Advance public health efforts that focus on preventable causes of infant mortality and maternal
 mortality with a health equity focus utilizing collaborative research and strategic partnerships.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10840756
- **Project number:** 5U01DP006585-04
- **Recipient organization:** MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
- **Principal Investigator:** Dorthy Young
- **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/10840756

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10840756, DP21-001 Mississippi Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) - Component A (5U01DP006585-04). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10840756. Licensed CC0.

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