What to know
This website provides a select list of recent publications that use data from the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS). These publications were written by authors in CDC's Division of Reproductive Health.
PRAMS Publications, MMWR, and Vital Signs
Highlighted Publications
Ramer S, Nguyen AT, Nelson JM, et al. Breastfeeding by disability status in the United States: Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System, 2018-2020. Am J Public Health. 2024;114(1):108-117.
DeSisto CL, Stone N, Algarin N, et al. Design and methodology of the Study of Associated Risk of Stillbirth (SOARS) in Utah. Public Health Rep. 2022;137(1):87-93.
Garfield CF, Simon CD, Stephens F, et al. Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System for dads: a piloted randomized trial of public health surveillance of recent fathers' behaviors before and after infant birth. PLoS One. 2022;17(1):e0262366.
O'Connor M, Czarnik M, Morrow B, D'Angelo D. Opioid use during pregnancy: an analysis of comment data from the 2016 Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System survey. Subst Abus. 2022;43(1):649-656.
Strid P, Fok CCT, Zotti M, et al. Disaster preparedness among women with a recent live birth in Hawaii—results from the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS), 2016. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2022:16(5):2005-2014.
Coy KC, Haight SC, Anstey E, et al. Postpartum marijuana use, perceptions of safety, and breastfeeding initiation and duration: an analysis of PRAMS data from seven states, 2017. J Hum Lact. 2021;37(4):803-812.
Haight SC, King BA, Bombard JM, et al. Frequency of cannabis use during pregnancy and adverse infant outcomes, by cigarette smoking status – 8 PRAMS states, 2017. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2021;220:108507.
Kortsmit K, Li R, Cox S, et al. Workplace leave and breastfeeding duration among postpartum women, 2016-2018. Am J Public Health. 2021;111(11):2036-2045.
D'Angelo D, Cernich A, Harrison L, et al. Disability and pregnancy: a cross-federal agency collaboration to collect population-based data about experiences around the time of pregnancy. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2020:29(3):291-296.
Goyal S, Kortsmit K, Cox S, et al. Prevalence of home births and associated risk profile and maternal characteristics, 2016-2018. Obstet Gynecol. 2020;136(6):1195-1203.
Hirai AH, Kortsmit K, Kaplan L, et al. Prevalence and factors associated with safe infant sleep practices. Pediatrics. 2019;144(5):e20191286.
D'Angelo DV, Bauman BL, Broussard CS, et al. Prevalence and maternal characteristics associated with receipt of prenatal care provider counseling about medications safe to take during pregnancy. Prev Med. 2019;126:105743.
Kapaya M, Boulet SL, Warner L, Harrison L, Fowler D. Intimate partner violence before and during pregnancy, and prenatal counseling among women with a recent live birth, United States, 2009-2015. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2019;28(11):1476-1486.
Kortsmit K, Williams L, Pazol K, et al. Condom use with long-acting reversible contraception vs non-long-acting reversible contraception hormonal methods among postpartum adolescents. JAMA Pediatr. 2019;173(7):663-670.
Garfield CF, Simon CD, Harrison L, et al. Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System for Dads: Public Health Surveillance of New Fathers in the Perinatal Period. Am J Public Health. 2018;108(10):1314-1315.
Shulman HB, D'Angelo DV, Harrison L, Smith RA, Warner L. The Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS): overview of design and methodology. AmJ Public Health. 2018;108(10):1305-1313.
Vital Signs
Ko JY, D’Angelo DV, Haight SC, et al. Vital signs: prescription opioid pain reliever use during pregnancy — 34 U.S. Jurisdictions, 2019. MMWRMorb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2020;69(28):897-903.
Bauman BL, Ko JY, Cox S, et al. Vital signs: postpartum depressive symptoms and provider discussions about perinatal depression — United States, 2018. MMWRMorb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2020;69(19):575-581.
Bombard JM, Kortsmit K, Warner L, et al. Vital signs: trends and disparities in infant safe sleep practices – United States, 2009-2015. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2018;67(1):39-46.
MMWR
Salvesen von Essen B, Kortsmit K, D'Angelo DV, et al. Opportunities to address men's health during the perinatal period-Puerto Rico, 2017. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2021;69(5152):1638-1641.
Ko JY, Coy KC, Haight SC, et al. Characteristics of marijuana use during pregnancy—eight states, Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System, 2017. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2020;69(32):1058-1063.
Kapaya M, D’Angelo DV, Tong VT, et al. Use of electronic vapor products before, during, and after pregnancy among women with a recent live birth — Oklahoma and Texas, 2015. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2019;68(8):189-194.
Robbins C, Boulet SL, Morgan I, et al. Disparities in preconception health indicators — Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2013–2015, and Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System, 2013–2014. MMWR Surveill Summ. 2018;67(No. SS-01):1-16.
Dee DL, Pazol K, Cox S, et al. Trends in repeat births and use of postpartum contraception among teens – United States, 2004-2015. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2018;66(16):422-426.