# Kentucky Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) program

> **NIH ALLCDC U01** · KY ST CABINET/HEALTH/FAMILY SERVICES · 2020 · $153,417

## Abstract

PRAMS Project Summary
The Kentucky Department for Public Health is seeking CDC grant funding to develop,
implement, and maintain the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)
program. The establishment of this surveillance system will provide Kentucky access to high
quality data of selected maternal attitudes, behaviors and experiences prior to, during and
shortly after pregnancy. The data collected will fill gaps in existing maternal and child health
data, and will be used for the purposes of planning, enhancing and evaluating maternal and
child health programs. Data from PRAMS will also assist in monitoring Kentucky's progress in
reaching national and state performance measures for Title V and progress towards program
goals for maternal and infant health, as well as Healthy People 2020.
The Healthy People 2020 goals and objectives encompass a variety of health outcomes,
behaviors and health systems indicators that impact the health and well-being of women, infants
and children. PRAMS data may be utilized in Kentucky to monitor progress towards meeting
these national goals. In particular, PRAMS provides data on social determinants of maternal
health such as pre-pregnancy health behaviors and health status which may be influenced by
factors such as access to services and stress. Social determinants of infant health including
racial disparities, income levels, education and health insurance coverage are also included in
the PRAMS survey. These data are critical to implement a life course perspective focused on
improving maternal and infant health outcomes. In addition, data from PRAMS will provide the
required information to monitor progress towards national and state performance measures for
the Title V block grant.
PRAMS data will also enhance the ability of Kentucky to evaluate existing MCH programs and
develop new strategies. PRAMS data may be helpful in determining whether programs are
adequately reaching the targeted population. For example, the PRAMS survey provides
information on the number of women who need resources regarding smoking cessation services
and the number of women who actually received those services. Additionally, PRAMS may
provide information on changes in the health outcome of interest for a specific
program/intervention.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9924408
- **Project number:** 5U01DP006199-05
- **Recipient organization:** KY ST CABINET/HEALTH/FAMILY SERVICES
- **Principal Investigator:** Tracey Danielle Jewell
- **Activity code:** U01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** ALLCDC
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $153,417
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2016-05-01 → 2021-04-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9924408

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9924408, Kentucky Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) program (5U01DP006199-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9924408. Licensed CC0.

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