The United States has the highest maternal mortality rate among the Global North, with obstetric hemorrhage (OBH) persisting as a leading cause (Rossen, 2020 ). Despite studies demonstrating that OBH is a preventable cause of maternal mortality in …
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Swetha Tummala, Michelle J. Wang, Akanksha Srivastava, Lindsey Claus, Diana Abbas, Megan Alexander, Sara Young, Ashley Comfort, Christina Yarrington
Family planning allows people to attain the number of children they desire and to determine when and how far apart their pregnancies occur. Ensuring access to family planning resources, such as contraceptives to prevent pregnancy, is essential to …
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Katherine McDonald, Haley L. Cash McGinley, Delpihn Abraham, Stephanie F. Kapiriel, Marcy Lorrin
Pregnancy and childbirth are significant risk factors for pelvic floor disorders. These disorders are common in the United States with approximately 80% of women noted to have some type of laceration at time of vaginal delivery (Committee on …
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Alexander M. Saucedo, Methodius G. Tuuli, W. Thomas Gregory, Holly E. Richter, Jerry L. Lowder, Candice Woolfolk, Aaron B. Caughey, Sindhu K. Srinivas, Alan T. N. Tita, George A. Macones, Alison G. Cahill
The obesity epidemic has focused attention on modifiable health behaviors, including consuming a healthy diet and engaging in regular physical activity. Pregnancy has long been considered a golden opportunity for healthy lifestyle modifications …
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Shilpi S. Mehta-Lee, Ghislaine C. Echevarria, Sara G. Brubaker, Yasaman Yaghoubian, Sara E. Long, Cara D. Dolin
Respectful Maternity Care (RMC) is a growing focus of maternal health programs and research globally (CDC, 2023 ; Molina et al., 2016 ). Beyond the absence of disrespect and mistreatment, RMC refers to the right of birthing people to equitable …
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Suha J. Patel, Samantha Truong, Samantha DeAndrade, Julianne Jacober, Matthew Medina, Khady Diouf, Audra Meadows, Nawal Nour, Julianna Schantz-Dunn
Maternal mortality is increasing in the United States (US) (MacDorman et al., 2016 ), particularly among Black, Hispanic and Indigenous populations (Guglielminotti et al., 2021 ; MacDorman et al., 2021 ). Severe maternal morbidity (SMM) ( How Does …
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Catherine M Albright, Laura Sienas, Mindy Pike, Suzan Walker, Jane Hitti
More than 1 in 5 adult women in the U.S. experience chronic pain (Dahlhamer et al., 2018 ). Women with chronic pain often have comorbid mental and physical health conditions that exacerbate pain, including posttraumatic stress disorder, depression …
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Lauren Caton, Nicole Short, Amy Goetzinger, Brooke Chidgey, Anna Austin
The United States (US) is undergoing a maternal morbidity and mortality crisis (Hirshberg & Srinivas, 2017 ). In 2020, the US recorded a mortality ratio of 23.8 per 100,000 live births—its highest in the last twenty years (Hoyert, 2022 ); the …
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Abidemi Okechukwu, Priscilla Magrath, Halimatou Alaofe, Leslie V. Farland, Ivo Abraham, David G. Marrero, Martin Celaya, John Ehiri
Studies have shown a direct relationship between oral health (OH) and systemic outcomes. For example, periodontitis has been associated with poor pregnancy outcomes such as preterm birth and low birth weight (Silk 2008 ). In addition …
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Ashwin Panda, Hugh Silk, Catherine Hayes, Judith A. Savageau
The global number of incarcerated population is estimated to be approximately 11 million worldwide, with 6.9% being women and girls. In the United States, the rate of incarcerated women is the highest at 665 per 100,000 individuals, while San …
In the US, Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) birthing people experience inequities in birth outcomes which are influenced by social stressors, including social determinants of health (Manuck, 2017 ; Matoba et al., 2021 ; Rice et al. …
In 2020, the COVID-19 (Covid) pandemic taxed the capacity of the healthcare system. In April 2020, Covid accounted for 45.4% of hospitalizations in New York State (Department of Health and Human services, 2020 ). The need for acute Covid beds …
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Sadia Mobeen, Joshua Fogel, Krupa Harishankar, Allan J. Jacobs
Cesarean birth rates have risen rapidly over the last three decades causing global concern (Betran et al., 2021 ). The growing international concern has only emphasized the health consequences of unnecessary surgical procedures, such as cesarean …
Preconception health has always been about preventative health care, ensuring the overall wellbeing of people of reproductive age before they have children. However, just as public health and health care have shifted to prioritize equity and …
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Sarah Verbiest, Lindsey Yates, Eilish J. Neely, Chemyeeka Tumblin
“Perhaps herein lies the perspective of the past and the forecast for the future: Society moves forward in terms of what its care, hopes, and aspirations are for its children.” --Katherine B. Oettinger, Fifth Chief of the Children’s Bureau, 1960
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Christina D. Bethell, Nora Wells, David Bergman, Colleen Reuland, Scott P. Stumbo, Narangerel Gombojav, Lisa A. Simpson
The world in which today’s children live has changed tremendously from that of previous generations, driven by explosive growth in technology, globalization, population, and material goods. These developments were accompanied by continued …
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Kristie Trousdale, Leyla E. McCurdy, Nsedu Obot Witherspoon, Abbey Alkon
Over the last 50 years, the Latino population in the US has grown and changed. Latinos are the nation’s largest minority group and among this group, there is incredible diversity. Much of Latino health research and outcomes have been treated …
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Cynthia N. Lebron, Mary Mitsdarffer, Alexa Parra, Jennifer V. Chavez, Victoria Behar-Zusman
