# Component A  Delaware PRAMS (Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System) Project

> **NIH ALLCDC U01** · DELAWARE DIVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH · 2020 · $136,128

## Abstract

Delaware PRAMS 2016
Project Summary/Abstract
 PRAMS (Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System) is a federally funded, state-
specific, population-based surveillance system designed to identify and monitor selected
maternal behaviors and experiences before, during, and after pregnancy. The purpose of the
project is to enable public health programs to target specific maternal and child health
populations for improved health outcomes. For children this would be a reduction in infant
morbidity and mortality rates, which for Delaware are above the national average.
 States have used the PRAMS surveillance data for program planning and evaluation,
and changing public health practice and public health policy for state maternal and child health
programs. The high quality of the PRAMS data enables states to more efficiently develop and
evaluate existing programs such as Newborn Screening, SIDS awareness, and the Maternal
and Child Health Block Grant (Title V). PRAMS also provides a system to monitor the state’s
progress towards achieving the Healthy People 2020 goal of reducing infant and maternal
morbidities and mortality.
 The PRAMS project funds implementation of a state-wide surveillance system of women
of childbearing age. Surveillance includes analysis of women’s behaviors, practices, and
experiences during pregnancy, childbirth, and two to six months post-partum. A random,
stratified sample of women at least two months post-partum is selected annually for inclusion in
the project. The sampled participants are surveyed to assess behaviors, practices, and
experiences.
 Descriptive and analytic statistics will provide information on the highest risk populations
in the state, including minorities and women who deliver a low birth weight baby. Focusing on
these groups will enable DPH to better target existing programs in Maternal and Child Health.
Targeting programs at high-risk populations will impact the rate of morbidity and mortality
among women and infants born in the state.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9926870
- **Project number:** 5U01DP006239-05
- **Recipient organization:** DELAWARE DIVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH
- **Principal Investigator:** Mawuna Gardesey
- **Activity code:** U01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** ALLCDC
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $136,128
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2016-05-01 → 2021-04-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9926870

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9926870, Component A  Delaware PRAMS (Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System) Project (5U01DP006239-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9926870. Licensed CC0.

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