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Maternal mortality in the United States: are the high and rising …

WEBNational Vital Statistics System reports show that maternal mortality rates in the United States have nearly doubled, from 17.4 in 2018 to 32.9 per 100,000 live births in 2021. …

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Rates of screening for social determinants of health in pregnancy

WEBAdverse social determinants of health (SDoH)—the conditions in which people live, work, and play—contribute to poor maternal and neonatal health …

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Menstruation: science and society

WEBWomen’s health concerns are generally underrepresented in basic and translational research, but reproductive health in particular has been hampered by a lack of …

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Importance of research in reducing maternal morbidity and …

WEBMaternal death in the United States is a major public health issue that has captured the attention of the popular press, the US Congress, and the healthcare and scientific …

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Changing the conversation: applying a health equity framework to

WEBA SOLUTION: Maternal mortality review committees (MMRC) holistic and multidisciplinary approach make them well positioned to fill these knowledge gaps. However, MMRCs may currently lack the tools to examine underlying social determinants of maternal mortality. We propose a literature- and theory-grounded framework for social …

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Disparities in healthcare services in women with endometriosis …

WEBThe goals of health disparities research are to identify facilitators and barriers to healthcare use to help eliminate health inequalities. There are few studies on …

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Social determinants of health and obstetric outcomes: A report …

WEBThis article is a report of a 2-day workshop, entitled “Social determinants of health and obstetric outcomes,” held during the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine …

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The importance of access to comprehensive reproductive health …

WEBBarriers to women’s reproductive health care access, particularly for termination of pregnancy, are increasing at the local, regional, and national levels …

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Healthier women, healthier reproductive outcomes: …

WEBBy addressing the reproductive intentions and contraceptive practices and needs of every patient, providers may be able to decrease women's chances of experiencing …

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The impact of birth settings on pregnancy outcomes in the United …

WEBIn the United States, 98.3% of patients give birth in hospitals, 1.1% give birth at home, and 0.5% give birth in freestanding birth centers. This review investigated the impact of birth settings on birth outcomes in the United States. Presently, there are insufficient data to evaluate levels of maternal mortality and severe morbidity according …

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Divisions of health equity in departments of obstetrics and …

WEBDisparities in maternal morbidity and mortality remain vivid reminders of the role of racism in obstetrics and gynecology. If a serious attempt is to be made to purge …

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Care plan for individuals at risk for preeclampsia: shared approach …

WEBPreeclampsia is a multisystemic disorder of pregnancy that affects 250,000 pregnant individuals in the United States and approximately 10 million worldwide per annum. …

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Does race or ethnicity play a role in the origin, pathophysiology, …

WEBThe burden of preeclampsia, a substantial contributor to perinatal morbidity and mortality, is not born equally across the population. Although the prevalence of preeclampsia has …

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Medical and mental health implications of gestational surrogacy

WEBGestational surrogacy in the United States has quadrupled since 1999, but to date, only a few states explicitly permit compensated gestational surrogacy. Current legal prohibitions are often influenced by outdated and stereotyped understandings of surrogacy. It is increasingly important to understand the current literature about the medical and …

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US midwife-attended hospital births are increasing while physician

WEBThe World Health Organization has designated 2020 as the International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife. A diverse workforce including midwives has been found to …

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Social determinants of infant mortality amongst births to non …

WEBPopulation-based case-control study using publicly available US birth-death records (2014—2017). Factors potentially associated with infant mortality and considered …

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Incidence, prevalence, and trends in endometriosis diagnosis: a …

WEBA 10-year retrospective cohort study using Kaiser Permanente Washington electronic health records database was completed. The primary analysis included women enrollees aged 16 to 60 years, from January 2006 to December 2015, who had a uterus, were continuously enrolled for at least 2 years before cohort entry and had at least 1 …

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How does high socioeconomic status affect maternal and neonatal

WEBOut of the 5,448,255 deliveries during the study period, 1,218,989 (22%) were to women with the wealthiest median household income. These women were more likely to be …

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Fruits, vegetables, pesticide residues and health—a cause for …

WEBBased on the robust and consistent literature showing that regular consumption of fruits and vegetables is related to a substantial reduction of …

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