**PRAMS Publication List**

**Journal Articles**

Adams EK, Gavin NI, Handler A, Manning W, Raskind-Hood C. Transitions in
insurance coverage from before pregnancy through delivery in nine
states, 1996--1999. *Health Affairs* 2003;22(1):219--229. 

Adams EK, Miller VP, Ernst C, Nisimura BK, Melvin C, Merritt R. Neonatal
health care costs related to smoking during pregnancy, *Health
Economics* 2002;11(3):193--206.

Adams MM, Bruce CF, Shulman HB, Kendrick JS, Brogan DJ, PRAMS Working
Group. Pregnancy planning and pre-conception counseling. *Obstetrics &
Gynecology* 1993;82(6):955--959.

Adams MM, Brogan DJ, Kendrick JS, Shulman HB, Zahniser CS, Bruce CF.
Smoking, pregnancy, and source of prenatal care: results from the
Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System. *Obstetrics & Gynecology*
1992;80(5):738--744.

Adams MM, Shulman HB, Bruce CF, Hogue C, Brogan DJ, PRAMS Working Group.
The pregnancy risk assessment monitoring system: design, questionnaire,
data collection and response rates. *Pediatr Perinatal Epidemiol*
1991;5(3):333--346. 

Ahluwalia I, Morrow B, Hsia J, Grummer-Strawn LM. Who is breastfeeding?
Recent trends from the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System. *J
Pediatr* 2003;142(5):486--491.

Ahluwalia I, Morrow B, Hsia J. Why do women stop breastfeeding? Findings
from the pregnancy risk assessment monitoring system. *Pediatrics*
2005;116(6):1408--1412.

Ahluwalia I, Merritt R, Beck LF, Rogers M. Multiple Lifestyle and
Psychosocial Risks and Delivery of Small for Gestational Age Infants.
*Obstetrics & Gynecology* 2001;97(5, Part 1):649--656.

Ahluwalia IB, Tessaro I, Grummer-Strawn L, MacGowan C, Benton-Daivs S.
Georgia\'s breastfeeding promotion program for low-income women.
*Pediatrics* 2000;105(6):E85. 

Ahluwalia IB, Johnson CH, Rogers MM, Melvin CL, PRAMS Working Group.
Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS): unintended
pregnancy among women having a live birth. *Journal of Women\'s Health &
Gender-Based Medicine* 1999;8(5):587--589. 

Alozie A, Puder K, Reznar M, Eby E, Zhu B. Folic acid awareness in
Michigan, 1996-1999. *Obstetrics & Gynecology*
2003;102(5pt1):1046--1050.

Beck LF, Gilbert BC. Shults RA. Prevalence of seat belt use among
reproductive-aged women and prenatal counseling to wear seat belts.
*Obstetrics & Gynecology* 2005;192(2):580--585.

Bitler M, Currie J. Does WIC work? The effects of WIC on pregnancy and
birth outcomes. *Journal of Policy Analysis & Management*
2005;24(1):73--91.

Brown BV and Botsko C. A guide to state and local-level indicators of
child well-being available through the federal statisitical system.
Washington, DC: *Child Trends, Inc*.; 1996. 

Bruce CF, Adams MM, Shulman HB, Martin ML, PRAMS Working Group. Alcohol
use before and during pregnancy. *Am J Prev Med* 1993;9(5):267--73. 

Brunner HL, Hogue C. The association between body weight, unintended
pregnancy resulting in a livebirth, and contraception at the time of
conception. *Maternal and Child Health Journal*; Online first edition,
19 October 2005.

Buescher P. A review of available data on the health of the Latino
population in North Carolina. *North Carolina Medical Journal* 2003;
64(3):97--105.

Carmichael SL, Ahluwalia IB, The PRAMS working group. Correlates of
postpartum smoking relapse: results from the Pregnancy Risk Assessment
Monitoring System. *Am J Prev Med* 2000;19(3):193--196. 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Health aspects of pregnancy
and childbirth: United States, 1982--1988. Atlanta, GA: National Center
for Health Statistics, 1995. *Vital and Health Statistics*, Series 23,
No. 18. 

Clark KA, Martin SL, Petersen R, Cloutier S, Covington D, Buescher P,
Beck-Warden M. Who gets screened during pregnancy for partner violence?
*Archives of Family Medicine* 2000;9(10):1093--1099.

Cloud SJ, Baker KM, DePersio SR, DeCoster EC, Lorenz RR. Alcohol
consumptions among Oklahoma women: before and during pregnancy.
*Oklahoma State Medical Association* 1997;90(1): 10--17.

Coleman GJ, Joyce T. Trends in smoking before, during and after
pregnancy in ten states. *Am J Prev Med* 2003; 24(1):29--35.

Colley Gilbert BJ, Johnson CH, Morrow B, Gaffield ME, Ahluwalia IB,
PRAMS Working Group. Entry into prenatal care and breast feeding
initiation have increased in 13 states. *Family Planning Perspectives*
2000; 32:51--52. 

Colley Gilbert BJ, Shulman HB, Fischer LA, Rogers MM. The Pregnancy Risk
Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS): methods and 1996 response rates
from 11 states. *Maternal and Child Health Journal* 1999;3(4):199--209. 

D'Angelo D, Colley Gilbert B, Rochat R, Santelli J, Herold J.
Differences between mistimed and unwanted pregnancies among women who
have live births. *Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health*
2004;36(5): 192--197.

Dietz PM, Adams MM, Spitz AM, Morris L, Johnson CH. Live births
resulting from unintended pregnancies: is there variation among states?
*Family Planning Perspectives* 1999;31(3):132--136. 

Dietz PM, Adams MM, Kendrick JS, Mathis MP, PRAMS Working Group.
Completeness of ascertainment of prenatal smoking using birth
certificates and confidential questionnaires. *Am J Epidemiol* 1998;
148(11):1048--1054. 

Dietz PM, Adams MM, Spitz AM, Morris L, Johnson CH. Live births
resulting from unintended pregnancies: an evaluation of a synthetic
state-based estimate. *Maternal and Child Health Journal* 1998;
2(3):189--194. 

Dietz PM, Callaghan WM, Morrow B, Cogswell ME. Population-based
assessment of the risk of primary cesarean delivery due to excess
prepregnancy weight among nulliparous women delivery term infants.
*Maternal and Child Health Journal* 2005;10(1007):1--8.

Dietz PM, Callaghan WM, Cogswell ME, Morrow B, Ferre C, Schieve LA.
Combined effects of prepregnancy body mass index and weight gain during
pregnancy on the risk of preterm delivery. *Epidemiology*
2006;17(2):170--177.

Dietz PM, Gazmararian JA, Goodwin MM, Bruce CF, Johnson CH, Rochat RW.
Delayed entry into prenatal care: effect of physical violence.
*Obstetrics & Gynecology* 1997; 90(2):221--224. 

Durant T, Colley Gilbert, Saltzman, Johnson, and PRAMS Working Group.
Opportunities for intervention: discussing physical abuse during
prenatal care visits. *Am J Prev Med* 2000;19(4):238--244. 

Fineman R, Bell T. Assessment of two 'low-tech' genetic health care
procedures performed by prenatal care providers in Washington state:
Implications for future policy development activities. *Community
Genetics* 1999;2(2-3):61--68.

Frazier L, Goldbeck A, and Lipscomb L. Medically-recommended cessation
of employment among pregnant women in Georgia. *Obstetrics & Gynecology*
2001; 97(6):971--975. 

Gaffield ME, Colley Gilbert BJ, Malvitz D, Romaguera R. Oral health
during pregnancy: an analysis of information collected by PRAMS. *J Am
Dental Assoc* 2001;132(7):1009--1016. 

Gazmararian JA, Adams MM, Pamuk ER. Associations between measures of
socioeconomic status and maternal health behavior. *Am J Prev Med*
1996;12(2):108--115. 

Gazmararian JA, Adams, Saltzman, Johnson, Bruce, Marks, Zahniser, and
PRAMS Working Group.The relationship between pregnancy intendedness and
physical violence in mothers of newborns. *Obstetrics & Gynecology*
1995; 85(6):1031--1038. 

Gessner B, Perham-Hester K. Experience of violence among teenage mothers
in Alaska. *Journal of Adolescent Health* 1998;22(5):383--388.

Goodwin MM, Gazmararian JA, Johnson CH, Colley Gilbert BJ, Saltzman LE,
PRAMS Working Group. Pregnancy intendedness and physical abuse around
the time of pregnancy: findings from the Pregnancy Risk Assessment
Monitoring System, 1996--1997. *Maternal and Child Health Journal*
2000;4(2):85--92.

Gross KH, Wells C, Radigan-Garcia A, Dietz P. Correlates of Self-Reports
of Being Very Depressed in the months after delivery: Results form the
Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System. *Maternal and Child Health
Journal* 2002;6(4):247--253.

Grummer-Strawn L, Li R. US national surveillance of breastfeeding
behavior. *Journal of Human Lactation* 2000;16(4):283--290.

Guard A. *Violence and teen pregnancy: a resource guide for MCH
practitioners*. Newton, MA: Children\'s Safety Network, Education
Development Center, Inc., 1997. 

Hopkins R, Marshall H, Hoecherl S. Medicaid costs of live births from
unintended pregnancies in Florida. *Journal of the Florida Medical
Association* 1995; 82(8):540--543.

Johnson CH, PRAMS Working Group. Synthetic estimates for small areas in
PRAMS. *Survey Research Methods* 1994;1065--1070. 

Klerman L. The intendedness of pregnancy: a concept in transition
\[comment\]. *Maternal and Child Health Journal* 2000;4(3):155--162.

Kotelchuck M. Pregnancy risk assessment monitoring system (PRAMS):
possible new roles. *Public Health Reports* 2006;121(1):6--10

Lansky A, Barfield W, Marchi K, Egerter S, Galbraith A, Braveman P.
Early postnatal care among healthy newborns in 19 States. *Maternal and
Child Health Journal*. Published online: 29 December 2005.

Lu MC, Chen B. Racial and ethnic disparities in preterm birth: the role
of stressful life events. *American Journal of Obstetrics and
Gynecology* 2004; 191(3):691--699.

Lydon-Rochelle MT, Krakowiak P, Hujoel P, Peters RM. Dental Care Use and
Self-reported Dental Problems in Relation to Pregnancy. *American
Journal of Public Health* 2004; 94(5):765--771.

Martin SL, Griffin JM, Kupper LL, Petersen R, Beck-Warden M, Buescher
PA. Stressful life events and Physical Abuse Among Pregnant Women in
North Carolina. *Maternal and Child Health Journal *2001; 5(3):145--152.

Martin SL, Mackie L, Kupper LL, Buescher PA, Moracco K. Phyisical abuse
of women before, during and after pregnancy. *JAMA* 2001;
285(12):1581--1584.

Melvin CL, Rogers MM, Colley Gilbert BJ, Lipscomb LE, Lorenz RC, Ronck
S, Casey S. Pregnancy intention: how PRAMS data can inform programs and
policy. *Maternal and Child Health Journal* 2000; 4(3):197--201.  

Naimi TS, Lipscomb LE, Brewer RD, Colley Gilbert B. Binge Drinking in
the Preconception Period and the Risk of Unintended Pregnancy:
Implications for Women and Their Children. *Pediatrics* 2003;
111(5):1136--1141.

Perham-Hester K, Gessner B. Corrlates of drinking during the third
trimester of pregnancy in Alaska. *Maternal and Child Health Journal*
1997; 1(3):165--172.

Petersen R, Connelly A, Martin S, Kupper L. Preventive counseling during
prenatal care: Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS).
*American Journal of Preventive Medicine* 2001; 20(4):245--250.

Petersen R and Moos. Defining and measuring unintended pregnancy: issues
and concerns. *Women\'s Health Issues*. 1997; 7(4):234--240. 

Pollack H, Frohna J. Infant sleep placement after the back to sleep
campaign. *Pediatrics* 2002; 109(4): 608--614.

Ramsey A, Blose D. Lorenz D, Thomas W DePrersio S, Bruce F. Cigarette
smoking among women in Oklahoma: before, during and after pregnancy.
*Journal­­--- Oklahoma State Medical Association* 1993; 86(5):231--236.

Rogers MM, Ahluwalia IB, Melvin CL. The Pregnancy Risk Assessment
Monitoring System. *J Women\'s Health* 1998;7:799--801. 

Saltzman LE, Johnson CH, Colley Gilbert B, Goodwin MM. Physical Abuse
around the Time of Pregnancy: An examination of Prevalence and Risk
Factors in 16 States. *Maternal and Child Health Journal*
2003;7(1):31--43.

Saltzman LE, Green, Marks, and Thacker SB. Violence against women as a
public health issue: comments from the CDC. *Am J Prev Med*
2000;19(4);325--329. 

Sarnoff R, Adams E. Racial and ethnic disparities in the discordance
between women's assessment of the timing of their prenatal care entry
and the first trimester standard. *Maternal and Child Health Journal*
2001; 5(3):179--187.

Shulman HB, Colley Gilbert B, Lansky A. The pregnancy risk Assessment
monitoring system (PRAMS): current methods and evaluation of 2001
response rates. *Public Health Reports 2006*;121(1):74--83.

Sims J. Tobacco. The leading cause of death. *Journal of the Florida
Medical Association* 1994; 81(12):818--821.

Whitehead N, Lipscomb L. Patterns of alcohol use before and during
pregnancy and the risk of small-for-gestational-age birth. *American
Journal of Epidemiology* 2003;158(7):654--662.

Whitehead N, Brogan DJ Blackmore-Prince C, Hill HA. Correlates of
experiencing life events just before or during pregnancy. *Journal of
Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology* 2003; 24(2):77--86.

Whitehead N, Hill HA, Brogan DJ Blackmore-Prince C. Exploration of
threshold analysis in the relation between stressful life events and
preterm delivery. *Am J Epidemiol* 2002; 155(2):117--124.

**MMWR/MMWR Surveillance Summaries**

Ahluwalia I, Daniel K. Are women with recent live births aware of the
benefits of folic acid? *MMWR* 2001; 50(RR-6):3--14.

Ahluwalia IB. Insurance coverage of unintended pregnancies resulting in
live-born infants---Florida, Georgia, Oklahoma, and South Carolina,1996.
*MMWR* 1999;48(5):100--104. 

Beck LF, Morrow B, Lipscomb LE, Johnson CH, Gaffield ME, Rogers M,
Colley Gilbert B. Prevalence of selected maternal behaviors and
experiences, Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS), 1999.
In: *Surveillance Summaries*, April 26, 2002. *MMWR* 2002;51(No.
SS--2). 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. HIV Testing Among Pregnant
Women---United States and Canada. *MMWR* 2002; 51(45):1013--1016. 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevetion. Entry into prenatal
care---United States, 1989--1997. *MMWR*. 2000;49(18);393--398.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Cigarette smoking during the
last 3 months of pregnancy among women who gave birth to live
infants---Maine, 1988-1997. *MMWR* 1999; 48(20):421--425.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Prenatal discussion of HIV
testing and maternal HIV testing\--14 states, 1996-1997. *MMWR* 1999;
48(19):401--404.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Physical violence during the
12 months preceding childbirth---Alaska, Maine, Oklahoma, and West
Virginia, 1990--1991. *MMWR* 1994;43:132--137. 

Colley Gilbert BJ, Johnson CH, Morrow B, Gaffield ME, Ahluwalia IB.
Prevalence of selected infant and maternal characteristics, Pregnancy
Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS), 1997. *MMWR* 1999;
48(5):1--37. 

Danna JA, Naor E, Koppanyi Z. Receipt of well-baby care---Maine,
1988--1992. *MMWR* 1994; 43:105--110. 

DePersio SR, Chen W, Blose D, Lorenz RC, Thomas W, Zenker PN. Unintended
childbearing: Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System---Oklahoma,
1988--1991. *MMWR* 1992; 41:933--936. 

Gaffield ME. Progress in reducing risky infant sleeping position in 13
States-pregnancy risk assessment monitoring system, 1996--1997. *MMWR*
1999;48(39):878--82. 

Iyasu S, Gaffield ME, Ahluwalia IB, Shulman HB. Assessment of infant
sleep position in 10 states, 1996. *MMWR* 1998;47:873--877.

Kieltyka E, Foster J, Antonicci F, Wolman F, Hall D, Corkum B, et al..
Assessing adolescent pregnancy---Maine, 1989--1996. *MMWR*
1998;47:433--438. 

Phares TM, Morrow B, Lansky A, Barfield WD, Prince CB, Marchi KS,
Braveman PA, Williams LM, Kinniburgh B. Surveillance for disparities in
maternal health-related behaviors---selected states, pregnancy risk
assessment monitoring system (PRAMS), 2000--2001. *Surveillance
Summaries,* July 2, 2004. *MMWR* 2004; 53(SS04):1--13.

Williams L, Morrow B, Lansky A, Beck L, Barfield W,  Helms K, Lipscomb
L, Whitehead N. Surveillance for selected maternal behaviors and
experiences before, during, and after pregnancy risk assessment
monitoring system (PRAMS), 2000. *Surveillance Summaries*, November 14,
2003. *MMWR* 2003; 52(SS11):1--14.

**Surveillance & Special Reports**

Ahluwalia IB, Colley Gilbert BJ, Fischer LA, Rogers MM, and Whitehead
NS. Gaffield, Mary E, Johnson, Christopher H, and Morrow, Brian,
editors. *1996 PRAMS surveillance report*. Atlanta, Georgia: Division of
Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and
Health Promotion, CDC, 1999. 

Beck L, Johnson CH, Morrow B, Lipscomb L, Gaffield M, Colley Gilbert B,
Rogers M, Whitehead N. *PRAMS 1999 surveillance report*. Atlanta, GA:
Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease
Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, 2003.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. *1995 PRAMS surveillance
report*. Atlanta, Georgia: Division of Reproductive Health, National
Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC, 1998. 

Colley Gilbert BJ, Brantley MD, and Larson MK. Family planning practices
and pregnancy intention: *PRAMS 1997 special report*. Atlanta, GA:
Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease
Prevention and Health Promotion, 2000. 

Colley Gilbert BJ, Johnson CH, Morrow B, Ahluwalia IB, Gaffield ME,
Fischer LA, Rogers MM, and Whitehead NS. *1997 PRAMS surveillance
report*. Atlanta, Georgia: Division of Reproductive Health, National
Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC, 1999. 

D'Angelo D, Colley Gilbert B, editors. *From data to action: using
surveillance data to promote public health action*. Atlanta, GA:
Division of Reproductive Health, National Centers for Chronic Disease
Prevention and Health Promotion, 2002. 

Lipscomb LE, Johnson CH, Morrow B, Colley Gilbert BJ, Ahluwalia IB,
Gaffield ME, Fischer LA, Rogers MM, and Whitehead NS. *1998 PRAMS
surveillance report.* Atlanta, GA: Division of Reproductive Health,
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 2001. 

Williams LM, Morrow B, Beck LF, Barfield W, D'Angelo D, Helms K, Johnson
CH, Lipscomb LE, Whitehead N. *PRAMS 2000* *surveillance report*.
Atlanta, GA: Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for
Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, 2005.