The Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) monitors selected maternal behaviors that occur during pregnancy and early infancy. PRAMS identifies gaps in health care; provides data on maternal risk factors for needs assessments, program planning, and evaluation; and assesses the impact of behavioral risk factors and health care problems on pregnancy results.
The Pregnancy Nutrition Surveillance System (PNSS) examines the effect of nutrition on pregnancy and birth weight. The data collected from District residents includes weight gain during pregnancy, smoking and drinking before and during pregnancy, hematocrit and hemoglobin levels, and birth outcome.
The DC Healthy Start Tracking System (formerly DCMOMS) is the database that houses all information on DC Healthy Start case-managed women and children. This tracking system is used to record information such as services received, referrals, and follow-up; prenatal care; previous pregnancy history; and birth outcome.
