# Component A [Core Surveillance] Alaska Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)

> **NIH ALLCDC U01** · ALASKA STATE DEPARTMENT OF HLTH-SOC SVCS · 2023 · $65,913

## Abstract

Project Summary
The Alaska Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) Project is an on-going
survey of mothers of newborns initiated by the State of Alaska Division of Public Health, Section
of Maternal, Child and Family Health in 1990. PRAMS was developed by the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of Reproductive Health and is part of CDC's
initiative to reduce infant mortality and low birth weight. PRAMS collects state-specific,
population-based data on maternal attitudes and experiences before, during, and after
pregnancy by means of a mailed survey with phone follow-up for mail non-respondents. PRAMS
was designed to supplement Vital Records data by providing state-specific data on maternal
behaviors and experiences to be used for planning and assessing perinatal health programs.
The global goal of PRAMS is to reduce infant morbidity and mortality by influencing maternal
behaviors during and immediately after pregnancy. Four specific objectives to achieve PRAMS'
goal are:
To collect population-based data of high scientific quality.
To conduct comprehensive analyses.
To translate results from analyses into information for planning and evaluating public
health programs and policy.
To build state capacity to collect, analyze, and translate data to address relevant public
health issues dealing with pregnancy and early infancy.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10840757
- **Project number:** 6U01DP006589-03M001
- **Recipient organization:** ALASKA STATE DEPARTMENT OF HLTH-SOC SVCS
- **Principal Investigator:** Katherine A Perham-Hester
- **Activity code:** U01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** ALLCDC
- **Fiscal year:** 2023
- **Award amount:** $65,913
- **Award type:** 6
- **Project period:** 2021-05-01 → 2026-04-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10840757

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10840757, Component A [Core Surveillance] Alaska Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) (6U01DP006589-03M001). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10840757. Licensed CC0.

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