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Category: Women’s Health
More Evidence Supports Closing the Medicaid Gap
Medicaid expansion in the South would improve on maternal and child health disparities Continue Reading …
“Recovery is Hard. Regret is Harder.”
Opioid use disorder (OUD) in pregnant women increased by over 300% in the last 20 years, corresponding with the 5-fold increase in neonatal abstinence syndrome during the same period. Medicaid, the largest payer of both behavioral health and pregnancy related Continue Reading …
Battling The Great Imitator
Too little, too late? Minor policy changes can end preventable congenital syphilis. Continue Reading …
Freedom to Choose what is Best
About half of pregnancies in the world are unplanned. In the United States, that trend is declining. However, unintended pregnancies are still common among women who are black, Hispanic, and poor. Women spend much of their lives avoiding pregnancy. Long-acting reversible contraceptive Continue Reading …
Civil Unrest in Communities of Color
Civil unrest is on the rise as communities of color continue to experience discriminatory practices in policymaking, resource distribution, and treatment by authority figures. Civil unrest can be thought of as a visual representation of the frustration felt by members Continue Reading …
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