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Office Of Health Data And Program Management > PRAMS Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring SystemFor further information, please contact: Please notify Maine PRAMS on how you use our data (e.g. Presentations, funding applications, program planning or evaluation) OR contact us if you would like to share any comments on our website and how we might improve it. Thanks! The Program. PRAMS is an on-going, population-based surveillance system designed to identify and monitor selected maternal behaviors and experiences before, during, and after pregnancy among women who have recently given birth to a live infant. Data are collected monthly from women using a mail/telephone survey. The Problem in Maine. Although Maine's infant mortality and low birth weight rates are low compared to other states, there has been minimal improvement during the past decade in the low birth weight rate. Information gathered through the Maine PRAMS project will allow generation of data for use in policy-making and planning in the maternal and child health care arena. The Goal. The overall goal of PRAMS is to provide data and analyses on maternal behaviors during pregnancy and early infancy which will be used to improve maternal and infant health in Maine
PRAMS Survey Topics. The PRAMS survey is mailed to a sample of approximately 125 women each month. Women complete the surveys and return them to the Office of Data, Research, and Vital Statistics. The data are ultimately grouped together to provide information for the entire state of Maine. Some of the topics used on the survey include:
Program Activities. PRAMS provides data to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and to other public and private agencies and organizations to:
Other PRAMS Participating States:
Fact Sheets. Analysis data are available for the years 1988-1999 Series 1 Number 1 -Who is the Typical Pregnant Smoker? 1988-1992, 11/3/93 Series 1 Number 2 -Smoking Behavior of Maine Women During and After Pregnancy, 1988-1992, 11/3/93 Series 2 Number 2 -Adolescent Pregnancy and Violence, 1988-1992, 1/5/94 Series 2 Number 7 -Well Baby Care, 1988-1992, 3/16/94 Series 2 Number 12 -Prevalence of Breastfeeding, 1988-1992, 5/19/94 Series 2 Number 13 -Drinking During Pregnancy in Maine, 1988-1992, 5/19/94 Series 2 Number 23 -Adolescent Mothers, 1988-1992, 7/10/94 Series 4 Number 10 -Characteristics of Breastfeeding Mothers, 1990-1994, 8/96 Series 4 Number 16 -Smoking and Drinking During Pregnancy Prenatal Care Counseling, 1993-1994, 12/96 Series 4 Number 17 -Mothers Who Smoke, 1993-1994, 12/96 Series 4 Number 18 -Mothers Who Drink Alcohol, 1993-1994, 12/96 Series 5 Number 4 -Adolescent Mothers and Stress, 1989-1994, 1/97 Series 6 Number 2 -Physical Abuse During Pregnancy, 1996, 2/98 Series 6 Number 8 -Intendedness of Pregnancy, 1996, 6/98 Series 6 Number 12 -Folic Acid Awareness, 1996, 8/98 Series 6 Number 13 -Low Birth Weight, 1996, 8/98 Series 6 Number 18 -Infant Sleep Position and SIDS, 1996, 12/98 Series 7 Number 6 -First Time Mothers, 1996-1997, 5/99 Series 7 Number 10 -Specialty of Attending Physician, 1996-1997, 8/99 Series 8 Number 1 -Prevalence of Breastfeeding, 1997, 1/00 Series 8 Number 14 -Newborn Characteristics, 1998, 7/00 Series 9 Number 1c -Births to Unmarried Women, 1998, 1/01 Series 9 Number 7 -Prenatal Care, 1998, 5/01 Series 9 Number 9 -Infant Mortality, 1992-1997, 6/01 Series 9 Number 10 -Postpartum Hospital Stay, 1995-1999, 7/01 Series 9 Number 12 -Multiple Births, 1989-1998, 10/01 Series 9 Number 14 -Intendedness of Pregnancy, 1999, 10/01 Series 10 Number 3-Alcohol Use During Pregnancy, 1999, 5/02 Series 11 Number 1-Characteristics of Premature Births, 2000, 1/03 Series 11 Number 8-Oral Health During Pregnancy: 2000 Series 11 Number 12-Smoking and Maine's New Mothers, 1999-2000 DATA 1999 PRAMS Data Brochure-Statewide Highlights (pdf) 2001 PRAMS Data Brochure-Statewide Highlights (pdf) MMWR Articles. Cigarette Smoking During the Last 3 Months of Pregnancy Among Women Who Gave Birth to Live Infants--Maine, 1988-1997 (May 28,1999 /48(20); 421-425) Receipt of Well-Baby Care--Maine, 1988-1992 (February 18, 1994 / 43(06); 105-110) Surveillance Report Highlights. Highlights for Maine from the PRAMS 1998 Surveillance Report Highlights for Maine from the Prams 1999 Surveillance Report Links to Other Resources. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) PRAMS: Maine Department of Health and Human Services:
Funding Sources: PRAMS is funded by a cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (U50/CCU/113503). NOTE: All quotes on this web site are comments written by PRAMS participants.
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