# Minnesota Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) Component A

> **NIH ALLCDC U01** · MINNESOTA STATE DEPT OF HEALTH · 2020 · $154,513

## Abstract

Project Summary:
The Minnesota Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) is an ongoing, population-based
surveillance system designed to identify and monitor selected maternal experiences and behaviors that occur
before and during pregnancy and during the child’s early infancy among a stratified sample of women
delivering a live birth. The purpose of PRAMS is to collect state-specific, population-based data on maternal
and child health indicators of high scientific quality to inform programs and policies relating to maternal and
infant health. PRAMS began as part of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) initiative to reduce
infant mortality and low birth weight. The objectives for PRAMS are: 1) to continue surveillance of selected
maternal attitudes, behaviors and experiences that occur prior to, during, and after pregnancy; 2) provide a
high quality data source for ongoing monitoring of risk factors for maternal and infant health; 3) to analyze and
translate PRAMS data to inform planning and evaluation of public health programs and policy; 4) to build
capacity for collecting, analyzing and translating data to address relevant maternal and infant health issues.
Minnesota-specific objectives include addressing the large disparities in pregnancy-related health that are
masked by the small size of Minnesota’s populations of color and American Indian and to provide useful results
to inform and influence public health planners throughout the state. Minnesota PRAMS contributes to the
mission of the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) “protecting, maintaining and improving the health of all
Minnesotans” by contributing to key MDH goals, most importantly, that all Minnesotans are given a healthy
start in life. Minnesota PRAMS collects information from Minnesota-resident mothers who had a live birth in
Minnesota within the last three to six months. Mothers are selected using a monthly stratified, systematic
sample of recently filed birth certificates. Currently, U.S.-born African American and American Indian women
are oversampled as these are priority higher-risk populations. Mothers are offered the survey by mail and later
by telephone. The monthly samples are combined into an annual file, weighted for non-response, non-
coverage and sample design. Results from MN PRAMS are used to provide weighted annual estimates of
experiences and behaviors of Minnesota-resident women who had a live birth in Minnesota that year.
Protecting, maintaining and improving the health of all Minnesotans

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9924411
- **Project number:** 5U01DP006217-05
- **Recipient organization:** MINNESOTA STATE DEPT OF HEALTH
- **Principal Investigator:** Mira Grice Sheff
- **Activity code:** U01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** ALLCDC
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $154,513
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2016-05-01 → 2021-04-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9924411

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9924411, Minnesota Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) Component A (5U01DP006217-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9924411. Licensed CC0.

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