PRAMS or Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System is a survey that is implemented by Arizona, New Mexico and Utah state PRAMS projects to assess health among mothers before, during and after birth. The Navajo Nation Department of Health uses PRAMS data collected from Navajo women living on and off the Navajo Nation in the three states to assess and guide health health policy and practice. More recently Diné College has worked with NM and AZ PRAMS to analyze data to set priorities in maternal health which are reported in the 2020 Navajo Nation MCH Needs Assessment found on the Navajo Epidemiology website.
In this episode, hosts Amber-Rose and Shermaine discuss with special guests from the AZ PRAMS Program Evelyn Nieto, Ryan Benally, and Gina Herrera, about the importance of collecting this data to improve health outcomes.
We encourage you to complete the PRAMS survey so we can better understand health experiences of mothers and their children especially on the Navajo Nation.
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This podcast was sponsored by the Arizona Department of Health Services through federal funding from the Health Resources & Services Administration, with support from the Navajo Native American Research Centers for Health (NARCH) Partnership between Diné College and Northern Arizona University through federal funding from the National Institute of Health’s National Institute of General Medical Sciences, award number S06GM142121. The views expressed are the sole responsibility of the program staff and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Arizona Department of Health Services or the United States Government.
