Racial and ethnic disparities in women's health have existed for decades, despite efforts to
strengthen women's reproductive health access and utilization. Recent guidance by the …

Importance Financial hardship affects health care access and health outcomes among
peripartum women. Objective To evaluate the prevalence of financial hardship among …

In the United States, there are profound and persistent racial and ethnic disparities in
pregnancy-related health, emphasizing the need to promote racial health equity through …

Importance The association of the COVID-19 pandemic with women's preventive health care
use is unknown. Objective To describe utilization of women's preventive health services …

OBJECTIVE: To synthesize the empirical research evidence about the association between
Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and increasing perinatal care …

Background: Despite screening's effectiveness in reducing cervical cancer incidence and
mortality, disparities in cervical cancer screening uptake remain, with lower rates …

Women with schizophrenia and their newborns are at risk of adverse pregnancy, delivery,
neonatal and child outcomes. However, robust and informative epidemiological estimates …

Purpose Mental health (MH) crises in adolescence can derail development, possibly leading
to poorer health outcomes in young adulthood. According to recent estimates, approximately …

Importance Disparities exist in access to timely prenatal care between immigrant women
and US-born women. Exclusions from Medicaid eligibility based on immigration status may …

Background Alarming increases in maternal mortality in the United States (with large,
persistent disparities by race and ethnicity) have generated national attention and a search …