Tennessee Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System
Record Type
DataSet
Source
Tennessee State Government
Title Acronym
TN PRAMS
Source URL
Description
The Tennessee Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) is an ongoing survey of mothers who have recently given birth. PRAMS was developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of Reproductive Health in an effort to reduce infant mortality and low birth weight.
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Keywords
Birth Certificates; Pregnancy; Pregnancy, High Risk; Newborn; Infant; Health Behavior; Population Surveillance; Pregnancy Complications; Risk Assessment; Maternal Behavior; Prenatal Care; Postnatal Care; Perinatal Care; Risk-taking; Socioeconomic Factors; Delivery of Health Care; Health Services Accessibility; Childbirth; Social Determinants of Health
Purpose
Beginning in 2006, Tennessee partnered with the CDC with the goal of improving the health of mothers and infants by reducing adverse pregnancy outcomes such as low birth weight, infant morbidity and mortality, and increasing positive birth outcomes in Tennessee.
Record Originator
InfoPac
Topic Subset
PHSR
UI
5830
Date Revised
July 11, 2018, 7:17 a.m.