Connecticut State Department of Public Health

Beginning Nov. 20, 2023, every U.S. household can again place an order to receive four more free COVID-19 rapid tests delivered to their home by visiting COVIDTests.gov. If you did not order tests this fall, you may place two orders for a total of eight tests. Additionally, before you discard any “expired” test kits you have, please check here to see if the expiration dates of your COVID-19 tests have been extended.

 
PRAMS Data
 
How Data are Used
Information collected by PRAMS is used to improve the health of mothers and their babies by:
  • Identifying groups of women and infants at high risk for health problems
  • Monitoring changes in maternal and child health indicators (e.g., unintended pregnancy, prenatal care, breastfeeding, smoking, drinking, infant health)
  • Measuring progress towards public health goals for improving the health of mothers and infants
  • Planning and reviewing programs and policies aimed at reducing health problems among mothers and babies.
  • Helping health professionals incorporate new research findings into standards of practice
  • Fostering partnerships amongst agencies that have important contributions to make in planning maternal and infant health programs

Accessing PRAMS Data

Connecticut PRAMS data sets for 2013-2017 are available. Contact the PRAMS team to request data.                                                                   

 

CDC Report

 
 
In order to keep pace with emerging public health challenges and to have an impact on the leading causes of death and disability, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) embarked on an initiative to achieve measurable impact in a short time for 10 topics that are described as Winnable Battle areas. CDCs Winnable Battles are areas with potential for large-scale public health effects and for which effective strategies exist to address them.
 
 Six topics are included in this report, which together represent five of CDC’s 10 Winnable Battles:
  • HIV in the U.S.
  • Motor Vehicle Injuries
  • Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity
  • Breastfeeding (part of the Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity Winnable Battle)
  • Teen Pregnancy
  • Tobacco
One of the criteria for the Winnable Battles is that metrics and measurement tools exist to assess performance. The Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) provides information that can be used in the assessment of a number of Winnable Battles, as exemplified in this report.
 
 

 

CT PRAMS Surveys

Phase 8 (current survey) - English  Spanish

Phase 7 (2013-2015 births) - English  Spanish

COVID-19 Supplement - English Spanish

Zika Supplement - English  Spanish

 

CT PRAMS Annual Reports

2018 Data Report

2017 Data Report

2016 Data Report

2015 Data Report

2014 Data Report

2013 Data Report

 

 

CT Prams Factsheets

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