# Tennessee PRAMS - Monitoring Maternal & Child Health in Tennessee

> **NIH ALLCDC U01** · TENNESSEE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH · 2020 · $165,913

## Abstract

Tennessee Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)
 Project Abstract
 Component A – Core Surveillance
Surveillance Project Summary
The Tennessee (TN) Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) is a collaborative
project with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Tennessee Department of
Health (TDH) to monitor state-specific population-based maternal attitudes, behaviors and
experiences within the state of Tennessee. While TN PRAMS has participated in these surveillance
efforts for more than eight years, additional efforts have been identified that will improve response
rates and the dissemination of data.
Five-year Goals and Objectives
In the next five years, TN PRAMS will continue monitoring maternal behaviors before, during, and
after pregnancy that may influence birth outcomes. Additionally, we will concentrate on improving
response rates by: (1) increasing awareness of surveillance activities throughout the state, particularly
in the urban/rural areas identified as experiencing high rates of poor maternal health outcomes, and
(2) expanding the dissemination of PRAMS data by partnering with key stakeholders to identify those
in need of surveillance data to support their public health intervention efforts.
Resources
The TN PRAMS Project is a combined effort among the Division of Policy, Planning, and
Assessment’s Offices of Surveillance, Epidemiology & Evaluation (SEE), Vital Records (VR), and Healthcare
Statistics (HS); TDH’s Division of Family Health and Wellness (FHW), and the CDC. VR provides
samples from electronic birth certificates, FHW provides expertise in the area of mothers and infants
under study, and SEE provides staff and resources for implementation, data analysis and
dissemination. TN PRAMS is staffed by two full time positions: a program coordinator (1/2 grant and
state funded) and a data manager (1/2 grant and state funded). The Director of SEE, a MCH
epidemiologist, provides leadership as the Principal Investigator. The Director of FHW, a physician,
directs the Title V MCH Block Grant than plays a key role in the provision of maternal and child
health services in Tennessee. All offices work together in one collaborative effort to fulfill the TN
PRAMS grant goals.
Analysis Plan, Evaluation & Dissemination
Over the next five years, TN PRAMS will generate reports and fact sheets for publication on the TDH
website. Additionally, TN PRAMS will support FHW’s ongoing efforts to improve maternal health
behaviors, such as the state safe sleep initiative (Welcome Baby). TN PRAMS provides prevalence
estimates and trends of TN babies’ sleeping positions, mothers’ behaviors and knowledge of suitable
sleeping behaviors. Evaluation is conducted throughout the lifetime of the project as set forth by the
PRAMS model supplied by the CDC. To date, TDH has successfully completed and submitted eight
full years of data (2007 to 2014). The ninth year of data collection is currently in process.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9931575
- **Project number:** 5U01DP006245-05
- **Recipient organization:** TENNESSEE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
- **Principal Investigator:** Angela M Miller
- **Activity code:** U01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** ALLCDC
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $165,913
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2016-12-30 → 2021-04-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9931575

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9931575, Tennessee PRAMS - Monitoring Maternal & Child Health in Tennessee (5U01DP006245-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9931575. Licensed CC0.

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