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Happy National Nurses Month!
Happy Nationa Nurses Month! We are highlighting our nursing faculty members Dr. Nancy Niemczyk, Dr. Jill Demirci, Dr. Denise Charron-Prochownik for their amazing work at University of Pittsburgh's School of Nursing and beyond!
Help-Seeking Among Pregnant and Postpartum with Lifetime Experiences of OUD and IPV
Drs. Chang, Krans, and Miller held semistructured interviews with pregnant and postpartum women who have experienced opioid use disorder and intimate partner violence regarding their experiences seeking help with both issues.
Veteran Affairs Reproductive Health Care
Integration of reproductive health services into primary care is a strategy to address service gaps and improve patient-centered care. This study assessed receipt of contraceptive and pre-pregnancy health counseling among pregnancy-capable Veterans within VA primary care.
Introducing our newest staff member, Samantha Rodriguez
Meet the newest member of our team, Samantha Rodriguez, who will be supporting data analysis and clinical research moving forward.
Dr. Sonya Borrero selected as plenary speaker for Academy Health's Annual Research Meeting
Congrats to Dr. Sonya Borrero for being a plenary speaker at Academy Health's Annual Research Meeting!
Learn more about this year's plenary and special session speakers here: https://academyhealth.org/page/2023-arm-featured-speakers
New Effort to Examine Doula Care Programs in Medicaid to Advance Racial Equity
Congratulations to Dr. Marian Jarlenski for a successful PCORI grant focused on improving pregnancy-related health outcomes.
Share your experiences!
We are looking for participants who are currently pregnant or have recently been pregnant to join our research study on medical insurance and racial health equity.
https://pitt.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_87l9XdV0xkCSrm6?Q_CHL=qr
If you would like more info, please call 412-624-3029 or email: STREAMR@pitt.edu
Effect of antenatal milk expression education on lactation outcomes
Dr. Jill Demirci conducted a randomized controlled trial evaluating the efficacy of a telelactation-delivered antenatal milk expression (AME) education intervention, providing evidence of acceptability & effectiveness of telelactation-delivered AME.
Read more here: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10019405/
Sexual Assault Awareness Month
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and the University of Pittsburgh and its partners have a full schedule of events planned.
We encourage you to hear the stories of survivors; learn more about how you can help prevent sexual assault, harassment, and violence; and get help educating and informing your neighbors, colleagues, and friends.
Barriers to Urogynecologic Care for Racial and Ethnic Minority Women: A Qualitative Systematic Review
Dr. Esa Davis and her team identified barriers to urogynecologic care for underrepresented racial and ethnic minority women in the US by conducting a systematic search.
Read their findings here: https://journals.lww.com/fpmrs/Fulltext/2023/02000/Barriers_to_Urogynecologic_Care_for_Racial_and.1.aspx
Dr. Elizabeth Miller Receives DEI Champion Award
Pitt Pediatrics congratulates Elizabeth Miller, MD, PhD, FSAHM, for receiving the Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics’ DEI Champion Award.
Greer Donley Receives Chancellor’s Distinguished Research Award
Greer Donley, JD was recognized for her research and advocacy work on health law, reproductive justice and bioethics. For her scholarship on reproductive rights, she has been cited as a “creative visionary,” a “shining light among junior law professors around the country” and “a leader among a cohort of [abortion law] scholars.”
Barriers to Diagnosis of Postpartum Depression among Younger Black Mothers
Drs. Ashley Hill and Natacha De Genna qualitatively examined coping mechanisms and desired supports in pregnant and birthing Black and biracial adolescent and young adult women during the COVID-19 pandemic. Their team found that nearly half the interviewees reported mental health symptoms consistent with postpartum depression and that several were afraid to disclose their symptoms to a healthcare provider due to fear of child protective services involvement and their belief they would be treated unfairly because of their race.