Perinatal health outcomes in the United States continue to worsen, with the greatest burden
of inequity falling on Black birthing communities. Despite transdisciplinary literature citing …

Introduction The recent Supreme Court decision Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health that has
overruled Roe v. Wade has resulted in severe limitations of abortion access throughout the …

Profound inequities in maternal and infant outcomes based on race exist, and the maternal-
fetal medicine community has an important role in eliminating these disparities. Accurately …

The prevalence of infants born before 37 weeks of gestation continues to rise in the United
States. Advances in neonatology have led to improved survival rates among preterm infants …

In 2020, nurses are confronting emerging and persisting health crises that are propelled by
systemic racism. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), originally called the “great …

Importance Thirty-seven US states and the District of Columbia mandate reporting newborns
with suspected prenatal substance exposure to the state, and punitive policies that link …

What is breastfeeding “success”? In this article, we challenge the traditional biomedical
definition, instead centering visions of success described by breastfeeding mothers …

Perinatal Opioid Use Disorder Research, Race, and Racism: A Scoping Review | Pediatrics |
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Introduction: The aim of this study was to evaluate differences in the use of pasteurized
donor human milk (PDHM) by maternal race–ethnicity during postpartum hospitalization …

Breastfeeding and the provision of human milk are associated with positive maternal and
infant health outcomes immediately postpartum, across the life course, and across …