# Wyoming Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)

> **NIH ALLCDC U01** · WYOMING STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH · 2020 · $119,048

## Abstract

Project Abstract
PRAMS (Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System) is a population-based risk factor surveillance
system designed to identify and monitor behaviors and experiences of women before, during, and after
pregnancy. In April of 2006, the Wyoming Department of Health was awarded a grant from the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to establish PRAMS in Wyoming. Wyoming is focused on illuminating
disparities within the state. The PRAMS project oversamples mothers of low birth weight infants and American
Indian women. These women are oversampled to obtain adequate representation for analysis. Additional
populations of interest include women receiving Medicaid and women enrolled in the Women, Infants, and
Children’s (WIC) program during pregnancy.
PRAMS data is collected by surveying a monthly sample of approximately 100 Wyoming women who had a
live birth in the past two to six months. Wyoming PRAMS uses a combination of two data collection
approaches: statewide mailings of the surveys and telephone follow-up with women who do not return the
survey by mail. The written questionnaires and telephone interviews can both be completed in Spanish when
necessary. Wyoming will add a third source of contact via email beginning in 2016. We believe emails will
allow us to reach women that we have previously been unable to contact via phone or mail.
PRAMS provides statewide data on maternal and child health (MCH) priorities to improve health behaviors and
birth outcomes. PRAMS data identify emerging maternal and infant health behaviors and experiences that
occur during the postpartum period, data not captured by vital records. The major areas of analyses for
Wyoming PRAMS from 2016 to 2020 include breastfeeding duration, healthy and safe relationships among
adolescents, family planning, and infant mortality.
Marketing materials advertise the PRAMS survey across the state in WIC and Public Health Nursing (PHN)
offices. A tribal specific cover was developed to help in increasing response rates among American Indian
women. Several alternative methods are in the process of development to involve WIC and PHN offices to
help increase response rates. Additional alternative methods using email will also be explored to increase
response rates.
Wyoming PRAMS will continue to focus on data dissemination. A PRAMS annual data report will be created in
addition to factsheets, listserv postings, presentations, and fulfilling specific data requests. All information will
be send out via the Wyoming PRAMS listserv as well as posting it on our PRAMS website. The program will
continue to rely on both the overall steering committee and the tribal steering committee to help develop the
analysis and dissemination plans. This will make the work of the PRAMS project most relevant to
stakeholders.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9931671
- **Project number:** 5U01DP006203-05
- **Recipient organization:** WYOMING STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
- **Principal Investigator:** JOSEPH GRANDPRE
- **Activity code:** U01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** ALLCDC
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $119,048
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2016-05-01 → 2021-04-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9931671

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9931671, Wyoming Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) (5U01DP006203-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-27 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9931671. Licensed CC0.

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