Sexual & Reproductive Health

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'Menstrual Health Is a Fundamental Part of Public Health'

Fellow Dani Weissert

The Toxins Lurking in Your Tampons

Fellow Jude Sleiman

Crisis Pregnancy Centers

Fellow Dani Weissert

Age Doesn’t Protect: The Rise of STIs in Older Adults

Fellow Dani Weissert

A Deadly Oversight: Unintended Consequences of Restricting Abortions

Guest Author Alyssa Amendola

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04.23.2020 a set of hands with different gestures

Communication is Key

Deaf and hard-of-hearing patients are more likely to report experiences of poor communication with health care providers than hearing patients.

Fellow Tasha McAbee

04.22.2020 a condom and a condom on a yellow and pink background

Sexual & Reproductive Health
Sex and Sexuality

Conversations on Contraception

LGBTQ communities and medical and public health practitioners must make conversations about contraception inclusive for queer women.

Fellow Gray Babbs

03.27.2020 a silhouette of a pregnant woman

Maternal Mistreatment

Understanding women’s lived experiences during and after pregnancy is essential to optimize birth outcomes and reduce maternal mortality in women of color.

Fellow Oluwatobi Alliyu

03.24.2020 a comparison of menstrual cycle

Sexual & Reproductive Health

One Size Fits Few

Apps reveal that ovulation only occurs at day 14 in 24% of individuals, meaning that most users ovulate outside the previously-defined range.

Fellow Tasha McAbee

03.02.2020 a spoon with food on it

WIC Helps

A new food package for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children was linked to improvements in maternal and infant health.

Fellow Jori Fortson

02.24.2020 two girls walking on a blue surface

Girl, Grown, and Woman

For Black females, health disparities are not attributable to behavioral differences but rather social forces and sexual development across the life course.

Fellow Jori Fortson

02.20.2020 a group of pills and other medical items

Her Health is My Health

Most women chose their contraception based on their own research, obtaining information from the internet and friends, rarely from a health care provider.

Fellow Oluwatobi Alliyu

02.04.2020 a graph of the number of mothers

New Moms, No Insurance

Insurance coverage disparities still exist between mothers of different races and ethnicities despite the Affordable Care Act.

Fellow Oluwatobi Alliyu

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