Release: NIH to fund national data collection on new mothers with disabilities | NICHD - Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Release: NIH to fund national data collection on new mothers with disabilities | NICHD - Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Release: NIH to fund national data collection on new mothers with disabilities

Collaboration with CDC aimed at pregnancy initiatives and outcomes

Thursday, November 1, 2018

Pregnant woman in wheelchair

The National Institutes of Health will fund the collection of information from women with disabilities who give birth in the United States. The Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) is a survey of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, administered by state health departments. PRAMS covers approximately 83 percent of U.S. births and includes information on mothers’ attitudes and experiences before, during and shortly after pregnancy. PRAMS data are widely used by researchers and state and local governments to evaluate the effectiveness of pregnancy initiatives and outcomes.