Mental health disorders during the post-partum period are a common morbidity, but parental
leave might help alleviate symptoms by preventing or reducing stress. We aim to summarise …

This article reviews the evidence on the impacts of paid family and medical leave (PFML)
policies on workers' health, family well-being, and employer outcomes. While an extensive …

Purpose: Severe racial inequities in maternal and infant health in the United States are
caused by the many forms of systemic racism. One manifestation of systemic racism that has …

Objective Indirect exposure to racism experienced by a caregiver (ie, vicarious racism) is
associated with poor outcomes for children, but mechanisms of vicarious racism …

In this investigation, we examined the associations between state-level structural sexism—a
multidimensional index of gender inequities across economic, political, and cultural domains …

Objectives. To examine racial and ethnic inequities in paid family and medical leave (PFML)
access and the extent to which these inequities are mediated by employment characteristics …

In this paper, we estimate the impact on employment of the 2021 Child Tax Credit (CTC)
expansion, which increased the size of the benefit, made it fully refundable, and allowed for …

This paper evaluates the effect of Paid Family Leave (PFL) on breastfeeding and
immunizations–two critical parental investments in infant health–which we identify using …

Background Racism is a significant source of toxic stress and a root cause of health
inequities. Emerging evidence suggests that exposure to vicarious racism (ie, racism …

Purpose Family violence imposes tremendous costs on victims and society. Rarely are
policies focused on the primary prevention of family violence. Given the prevalence of family …