Pregnancy Archives

03.24.2021 a close up of a hand holding a baby

Sexual & Reproductive Health

Beyond Birthing Babies

Birthing healthy babies begins with healthy people, and a healthy nation requires equity to reach reproductive justice.

Fellow Maya Thirkill

10.21.2020 a screenshot of a graph

Addiction Care for Mother

Increased access to buprenorphine and methadone especially benefits pregnant women and their unborn infants.

Fellow Pat Williams

09.30.2020 a pair of blue footprints

Missing Maternal Health

States with racial disparities in maternal deaths should adopt a policy like the California Dignity in Pregnancy and Childbirth Act.

Guest Author Carolyn Hoffman

08.24.2020 a broken cigarette with brown tobacco

Smoking While Pregnant

From a public health perspective, reducing neighborhood tobacco store density may curb smoking during pregnancy.

Guest Author Panagis Galiatsatos

06.23.2020 a graph of a number of people with different colored lines

Missed Hepatitis C

Largely due to the opioid epidemic, hepatitis C infection rates among pregnant women in the US have tripled since the 1990s.

Fellow Tasha McAbee

05.13.2020 a silhouettes of a pregnant woman

Miscounting Murder of Mothers

By counting homicides as maternal deaths, we might see that maternal mortality in the US is even worse than the current disturbing statistics indicate.

Fellow Gray Babbs

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

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

01.06.2020 a row of houses with trees in front of them

Her Neighborhood, Her Health

Understanding how past and present policies influence neighborhood economic conditions provides a possible path to mitigating adverse birth outcomes.

Guest Author Catherine Cubbin

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