Women'sHealthIssues
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Women's Health Issues is the official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health, and is devoted to women's health care and policy issues.
Washington, DC
Joined August 2014
Are breastfeeding rates lower in maternity care deserts? Chanell Haley & co from @TulaneSPHTM mapped the data in Louisiana and examined racial/ethnic disparities. Another free-to-read study from our May/June issue:
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@mgcromeens Another free-to-read study from our May/June issue addresses a different angle of endometriosis: @DerejeGedle of @UQ_News & co found a higher risk of iron deficiency in Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health participants with endometriosis.
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A useful companion to @EricBoodman's horrifying piece on sickle cell patients pressured into sterilization ( is a new study by Andrea Roe & co that discusses shortcomings in contraceptive counseling for sickle cell patients.
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RT @FXBHarvard: FXB Health & Human Rights Fellow and Harvard Instructor Margaret (Maggie) Sullivan, FNP-BC, DrPH, FAAN, co-wrote an article…
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RT @SaraEHeins: Administrative claims are a valuable data source for studying maternal health disparities, but come with pitfalls that rese…
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RT @PEACEUPenn: #SickleCell amplifies the importance and risks of contraception and may complicate individuals' #autonomy and #access. We n…
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RT @CUPhysMed: #Newpub in @WHIjournal by @CUPhysMed faculty Dr. Lindsey Monteith & team on "Something Has to Be Done to Make Women Feel Saf…
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Based on findings that childcare precarity is associated with worse maternal health, Duh-Leong & colleagues highlight the work of entities like @NYCEDC that recognize the importance of high-quality, affordable early childcare access for economic well-being
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RT @CUPhysMed: #Newpub in @WHIjournal by @CUPhysMed faculty Dr. Lindsey Monteith & team on "Something Has to Be Done to Make #Women Feel Sa…
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@BetsyLehmanCtr @JohnsHopkinsSPH @MassDPH Gibbs Prize Honorable Mention study by Sung W. Choi of @SPAatPSH & co found that Tennessee residents’ odds of having an out-of-state birth increased by 13% after the state implemented its Fetal Assault Law. Congratulations to the authors!
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@BetsyLehmanCtr “Future research should ... identify factors that may disproportionately impact patients with OUD and cause the disparities evident in our study, including the role of stigma and punitive policies toward birthing people with OUD.” -Osei-Poku et al.
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