This report is the product of the collaborative efforts of many people at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in each of the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) participating states, and at RTI International. We thank the other members of the PRAMS team at CDC for their review and commentary and also thank the PRAMS Working Group members in participating states for their input. Finally, we thank Katherine Suellentrop, Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH) intern for PRAMS, for her assistance.
Other members of the PRAMS Team at CDC include Christopher Johnson, Leslie Lipscomb, Tonya Stancil, Nedra Whitehead, Toyia Austin, Karen Colberg, Robert Lazo, Ayanna Harrison, Phil Hastings, Kristen Helms, Jean Page, and Srijana Sharma.
The PRAMS Working Group comprises the following state and local collaborators: AlabamaRhonda Stephens, MPH; AlaskaKathy Perham-Hester, MS, MPH; ArkansasGina Redford, MAP; ColoradoAlyson Shupe, PhD; FloridaHelen Marshall; GeorgiaCarol Hoban, MS, MPH; HawaiiLimin Song, MPH, CHES; IllinoisTheresa Sandidge, MA; LouisianaJoan Wightkin; MaineMartha Henson; MarylandDiana Cheng, MD; MichiganYasmina Bouraoui, MPH; MinnesotaJan Jernell; MississippiLinda Pendleton, LMSW; MontanaJoAnn Dotson; NebraskaJennifer Severe-Oforah; New JerseyLakota Kruse, MD; New MexicoSsu Weng, MD, MPH; New York StateAnne Radigan-Garcia; New York CityCandace Mulready, MPH; North CarolinaPaul Buescher, PhD; North DakotaSandra Anseth, RN; OhioAmy Davis; OklahomaDick Lorenz; OregonKen Rosenberg, MD, MPH; Rhode IslandSam Viner-Brown; South CarolinaSylvia Sievers, PhD; TexasTanya J. Guthrie, PhD; UtahLois Bloebaum; VermontPeggy Brozicevic; WashingtonLinda Lohdefinck; West VirginiaMelissa Baker, MA; and the CDC PRAMS Team, Applied Sciences Branch, Division of Reproductive Health.
Report development and publication support was provided by RTI International, under contract number GST0404BF0185, to the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Other RTI staff who participated in preparing the report include Julia Gable, Jennifer Drolet, Norma Gavin, May Kuo, Lucia Rojas Smith, Jiantong Wang, Belinda Weimer, Ellen Wilson, Luhua Zhao, and Randolph Lucas.