Development of a prediction model of postpartum hospital use using an equity-focused approach

Oct 30, 2023

Teresa Janevic, Lewis E Tomalin, Kimberly B Glazer, Natalie Boychuk, Adina Kern-Goldberger, Micki Burdick, Frances Howell, Mayte Suarez-Farinas, Natalia Egorova, Jennifer Zeitlin, Paul Hebert, Elizabeth A Howell

Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2023 Oct 23:S0002-9378(23)00769-X. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2023.10.033.

The authors attempt to uncover the factors related to practitioners and health care services that lead to inequities in maternal health in Alabama.

Contribution of Health Care Practitioner and Maternity Services Factors to Racial Disparities in Alabama

Oct 9, 2023

A Qualitative Study

Toluhi, Angelina A. MD, MPH; Richardson, Molly R. MPH, PhD; Julian, Zoe I. MD, MPH; Sinkey, Rachel G. MD; Knight, Candace C. PhD; Budhwani, Henna MPH, PhD; Szychowski, Jeff M. PhD; Wingate, Martha S. DrPH, MPH; Tita, Alan T. MD, PhD; Baskin, Monica L. MS, PhD; Turan, Janet M. MPH, PhD

Obstetrics & Gynecology 142(4):p 873-885, October 2023. | DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000005326

The authors attempt to uncover the factors related to practitioners and health care services that lead to inequities in maternal health in Alabama.

Artificial neural network approaches to identify maternal and infant risk and asset factors using Peridata.Net: a WI-MIOS study

Sep 18, 2023

Artificial neural network approaches to identify maternal and infant risk and asset factors using http://Peridata.Net:a WI-MIOS study

Jeana M Holt, AkkeNeel Talsma, Teresa S Johnson, Timothy Ehlinger

JAMIA Open. 2023 Sep 14;6(3):ooad080. doi: 10.1093/jamiaopen/ooad080. eCollection 2023 Oct.

PMID: 37719084 PMCID: PMC10500218

Leveraging quality improvement to promote health equity: standardization of prenatal aspirin recommendations

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, Sep 8, 2023

Maya E Gross, Amy Godecker, Ainsley Hughes, Katherine Sampene
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2023 Sep 8;23(1):651. doi: 10.1186/s12884-023-05922-w.

Objective: Aspirin (ASA) is recommended for patients at elevated risk of preeclampsia. Limited data exists on adherence to guidelines for ASA prescription. This project evaluates the implementation of a standardized approach to ASA prescription in an academic OB/Gyn practice.

Development of a Maternal Equity Safety Bundle to Eliminate Racial Inequities in Massachusetts

Obstetrics & Gynecology, Sep 7, 2023

Kheyfets, Anna BS; Vitek, Kali MPH; Conklin, Claire BS; Tu, Christianna MD, MPH; Larson, Elysia ScD; Zera, Chloe MD; Iverson, Ronald MD, MPH; Reiff, Emily MD; Healy, Andrew MD; Lauring, Julianne MD; Schoen, Corina MD; Manganaro, Karen DNP, RNC-OB; Pomerleau, Mary DNP, MPH; Glass, Bonnell MN; Amutah-Onukagha, Ndidiamaka PhD, MPH; Diop, Hafsatou MD, MPH; Meadows, Audra R. MD, MPH

Obstetrics & Gynecology: September 7, 2023. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000005322

Reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health intervention coverage in 70 low-income and middle-income countries, 2000-30: trends, projections, and inequities

Sep 4, 2023

Md Mizanur Rahman, Thomas Rouyard, Sumaiya Tasneem Khan, Ryota Nakamura, Md Rashedul Islam, Md Sifat Hossain, Shamima Akter, Maria Lohan, Moazzam Ali, Motohiro Sato

Lancet Glob Health. 2023 Oct;11(10):e1531-e1543. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(23)00358-3. Epub 2023 Sep 4.

Background: Monitoring the progress in reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health (RMNCH) using the composite coverage index (CCI) is crucial to evaluate the advancement of low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) towards the attainment of Sustainable Development Goal target 3. We present current benchmarking for 70 LMICs, forecasting to 2030, and an analysis of inequities within and across countries.

Road to Equity in Maternal and Child Health: Honoring the Past and Blazing New Paths

Aug 21, 2023

Matern Child Health J. 2023 Aug 14. doi: 10.1007/s10995-023-03761-x. Online ahead of print.

Diane L. Rowley, Vijaya K. Hogan & Chad Abresch

The initiative radically changed the narratives about the underlying factors contributing to inequities in birth outcomes of Black women, altered the way we currently approach addressing inequities, and holds the keys for transforming practice to a more holistic and systematic approach to building sustained organizational structures in maternal and child health that accelerate the achievement of birth equity.

Even a little breastfeeding goes a long way in protecting heart health of baby and mom

American Heart News, Aug 9, 2023

#NationalBreastfeedingMonth Learn how breastfeeding can be good for the heart health of mom and baby.

The American Heart Association says research shows breastfeeding can have long-term cardiovascular health benefits

Best practices in addressing social needs for maternal health

P3 EQUATE HERN, July 25, 2023

Best practices in addressing social needs for maternal health, with Drs. Amelia Gibson @AmeliaNGibson and Alison Stuebe @astuebe for the American Heart Association @American_Heart https://liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/heq.2022.0020

US Maternal Mortality Is Unacceptably High, Unequal, and Getting Worse—What Can Be Done About It?

JAMA Network, July 3, 2023

Areport released this spring by the National Center for Health Statistics summarized the strikingly high rates of maternal deaths in the US. In 2021, the US rate of maternal deaths that occurred while pregnant or within 42 days of being pregnant was 32.9 per 100 000 live births—more than 10 times the estimated rates for other high-income countries including Australia, Israel, and Spain, which all hover between 2 to 3 deaths per 100 000 live births.

Jennifer Abbasi, JAMA Network

JAMA. Published online July 3, 2023. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.11328