# Component A (Core)- Maryland Pregnancy Risk		Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)

> **NIH ALLCDC U01** · MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH · 2020 · $172,500

## Abstract

Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) in Maryland
 Executive Summary
 October 2015
Diana Cheng, M.D.
Principal Investigator
Background
 The Maternal and Child Health Bureau and the Vital Statistics Administration have
worked jointly to implement the Maryland PRAMS project since 2000 through a
cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
PRAMS surveys mothers 2-9 months after delivery about factors (such as smoking,
drinking, partner violence, health care coverage, depression, stressors, assisted
reproduction, infections, oral health, maternal employment, labor induction, and chronic
disease history) before, during, and shortly after pregnancy that may have an impact on
pregnancy outcome. The Maryland PRAMS survey booklet is sent monthly to a sample
of new mothers along with an incentive (manicure file). The survey questionnaire, as
well as other PRAMS materials including the introductory letter, question and answer
information, Resource brochure and calendar, is available in both English and Spanish.
Each mother is sent up to three surveys (until a survey is sent back completed) followed
by a telephone interview if no written surveys have been returned. A $100 gift card is
given out monthly to a mother chosen randomly who has completed the mail or phone
survey. Maryland currently utilizes a stratified random sample based on one variable of
infant birth weight. This over-selects mothers who have delivered a low birth weight
infant (<2500 grams).
New Features
 Maryland was one of 5 early adopter states to go live with the new PRAMS Integrated
Data Collections System (PIDS) software and continues to provide feedback to the CDC
on the functionality of newly released features. The Maryland PRAMS Program
Coordinator was asked by the CDC to join a workgroup on PRAMS web methodology as
well as the PRAMStat state workgroup with Northrup Grummand tasked with the
redesign of the current analysis systems for PRAMS data. Maryland was also chosen as
one of five early adopter states to implement the web based survey and will provide best
practice feedback to the CDC to prepare the remaining states for web methodology.
 Data are analyzed annually and currently include reports from 2001 to 2013 birth
years. Program briefs completed in 2015 include “Focus on Cesarean Delivery” and
“Focus on Fertility Treatment Use”. Human Subjects Training occurs annually for all
PRAMS staff and was last completed in June 2015.
Number of Mothers Served
 Approximately 2,000 new mothers are surveyed annually. As of September 2015,
34,058 new mothers in Maryland have been mailed the PRAMS survey since its
inception. Annual weighted response rates since 2001 births have been over 65%.
Budget
Maryland PRAMS is currently funded at $126,653 annually. We are now in the fifth year
of a five year cycle. This application is for year 1 of a competitive grant application.
Due date
The application is due to the CDC on November 20, 2015.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9932178
- **Project number:** 5U01DP006212-05
- **Recipient organization:** MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
- **Principal Investigator:** Lee Woods
- **Activity code:** U01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** ALLCDC
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $172,500
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2016-05-01 → 2021-04-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9932178

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9932178, Component A (Core)- Maryland Pregnancy Risk		Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) (5U01DP006212-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9932178. Licensed CC0.

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