# Component A: Core Surveillance, Utah Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)

> **NIH ALLCDC U01** · UTAH STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH · 2020 · $151,764

## Abstract

Since 1999, the Utah Department of Health (UDOH) has conducted the Pregnancy Risk
Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) survey to help improve understanding of maternal
behaviors and their relationship to pregnancy outcomes and to develop policies and programs
to improve outcomes. Utah's crude birth rate is the highest in the nation, and PRAMS provides
essential data that allows UDOH to address health indicators such as stagnant rates of preterm
birth, labor induction, and preconception health behaviors. The Utah PRAMS team includes
three members, two with graduate degrees, one with over 15 years on the project, and the
entire staff is well qualified to continue this important work. Utah PRAMS enjoys effective
cooperation with Utah's Office of Vital Records andStatistics and is valued and supported
throughout UDOH. Utah PRAMS builds on well-established procedures, conducts experiments
to evaluate and improve response rates, and successfully translates data into action through
data dissemination reporting and collaboration on research and policy with UDOH staff and
University of Utah faculty.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9926873
- **Project number:** 5U01DP006216-05
- **Recipient organization:** UTAH STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
- **Principal Investigator:** Laurie Ann Baksh
- **Activity code:** U01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** ALLCDC
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $151,764
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2016-05-01 → 2021-04-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9926873

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9926873, Component A: Core Surveillance, Utah Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) (5U01DP006216-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9926873. Licensed CC0.

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