Hawaii PRAMS Project is a federally funded population based surveillance
program implemented by the State Department of Health, Family Health
Services Division, Maternal and Child Health Branch, Perinatal Health
Services Section.
Hawaii
received the first year of funding from the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC) in 1999. Seven months of pilot data were collected
for June to December 1999 births. Starting in the 2000 calendar year,
Hawaii officially became a PRAMS state.