Addressing Social Determinants of Health in Maternal Cardiovascular Health

A Mehta, J Spitz, S Sharma, J Bonomo… - Canadian Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) remain the number one cause of maternal mortality, with
over two-thirds of the cases being preventable. Social determinants of health (SDoH) …

Effectiveness of an enhanced community doula intervention in a safety net setting: a randomized controlled trial

J Mottl-Santiago, D Dukhovny, H Cabral… - Health …, 2023 - liebertpub.com
Background: Racial inequities in maternal health outcomes, the result of systemic racism
and social determinants of health, require maternity care systems to implement interventions …

Utilizing community-centered approaches to address Black maternal mortality

S Falako, N Okoli, MO Boateng… - Health Education & …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
The rise of Black maternal mortality rates throughout the country demonstrates a great need
to utilize innovative frameworks to craft solutions that improve health outcomes for Black …

Black Queer Being/Knowing/Feeling: Storytelling of Barriers to Reproductive Healthcare

RB Adams, ME Ellithorpe - Qualitative Health Research, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Anti-Blackness and heteronormativity are the driving forces that determine access to
reproductive healthcare and services in the United States, and the rate of Black birthing …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding social needs in pregnancy: prospective validation of a digital short-form screening tool and patient survey

AF Peahl, L Rubin-Miller, V Paterson, HR Jahnke… - AJOG Global …, 2023 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND Social determinants of health significantly affect health outcomes, yet are
infrequently addressed in prenatal care. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to improve the …

[HTML][HTML] Inequities in Adequacy of Prenatal Care and Shifts in Rural/Urban Differences Early in the COVID-19 Pandemic

M Polavarapu, S Singh, C Arsene, R Stanton - Women's Health Issues, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Adequate prenatal care is vital for positive maternal, fetal, and child health
outcomes; however, differences in prenatal care utilization exist, particularly among rural …

Medicaid-Insured Women's Perceptions of Obstetric Care Quality: Implications for Reproductive Health Equity in the United States

ES Mann, CL Johnson, AM Chen - Women's Reproductive Health, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Racial and socioeconomic disparities in maternal health outcomes are significant in the
United States. Expanded access to obstetric care through Medicaid, a public health …

The Family and Pregnancy Pop‐Up Village: Developing a one‐stop shop of services to reduce pregnancy care‐related inequities in San Francisco

MA Nijagal, OJ Odiase, AJ Bell, AM El Ayadi… - Birth, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Centering affected individuals and forming equitable institutional–community
partnerships are necessary to meaningfully transform care delivery systems. We describe …

Integrating Neonatal Intensive Care Into a Family Birth Center: Describing the Integrated NICU (I-NIC)

CJ Shuman, M Morgan, A Vance - The Journal of perinatal & …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Background: Parent-infant separation resulting from admission to a neonatal intensive care
unit (NICU) is often reported as the most challenging and distressing experience for parents …

[HTML][HTML] Identifying Pregnant People in Federal Data Sets: An Opportunity to Provide More Information on the Effectiveness of Pregnancy Protections in the US

JB Shinall - JAMA Health Forum, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
On December 29, 2022, President Biden signed the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA)
into law. Before the PWFA, federal law merely guaranteed the right to reasonable …