PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:
PRAMS: To work with official public health agencies of States to: (1) establish and maintain State-specific, population- based surveillance of selected maternal behaviors that occur during pregnancy and the child's early infancy; and (2) generate State-specific data for planning and assessing perinatal health programs. MCHEP: To work with official public health agencies of States and localities to develop a multidisciplinary team of individuals dedicated to building the recipient's analytic capacity to use epidemiologic and surveillance data to address the health problems that affect its women, infants, and children. prevention research activities related to women's health related to pregnancy, in vitro fertilization, violence around pregnancy, pre-term delivery, and other reproductive health complications.

ELIGIBLE FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES:
1. HEALTH;
- Maternity, Infants, Children;

WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS PROGRAM:
- State;
- U.S. Territories;

WHO CAN APPLY:
- State (includes District of Columbia, public institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- U.S. Territories and possessions (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals);