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Association of Driving Distance to Maternity Hospitals and Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes
Dr. Sarah Minion, Dr. Elizabeth Krans, and Dr. Dara Mendez found in a recent study that longer driving distance to the delivery hospital was associated with greater risk of adverse perinatal outcomes in Pennsylvania.
Using implementation science frameworks to translate and adapt a pregnancy app for the Latino community
Dr. Tamar Krishnamurti's recent work illustrates a process to adapt an mHealth pregnancy app to the needs of the Latino community, by incorporating culturally sensitive Spanish language content while focusing on addressing existing health disparities. Findings show that there are several instances where a direct translation approach, predicated on a positive patient-provider relationship, would fail to address the healthcare needs of the members of the Latino community.
Clinician attitudes and practices on pregnancy planning and care in cystic fibrosis
Dr. Traci Kazmerski found in her recent study that more people with cystic fibrosis (CF) pursue pregnancy in the era of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) modulators and that CF providers should be initiating discussions surrounding pregnancy early and often.
Read more: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1569199322006014?via%3Dihub
THRIVE Conceptual Framework and Study Protocol
Dr. Liz Miller and her team's conceptual framework on The Pittsburgh Study (TPS) is a community-partnered, multicohort design to understand and promote child and youth thriving, build health equity, and strengthen communities across socio-ecological levels and developmental domains.
Read more: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fped.2021.797526/full
Overturning Roe v. Wade: Toppling the Practice of Rheumatology
Dr. Mehret Birru Talabi and her team discuss the impacts of overturning Roe v. Wade on patients with rheumatic diseases, including:
Medication access Prescribing practices Proposed contraceptive limitations Medical sexism Pregnancy complicationsRead more: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/art.42336
State Medicaid coverage for abortion is associated with increased abortion access
Findings from Dr. Borrero's and Dr. Jarlenski's recent study show that patients residing in states with Medicaid coverage for abortion had lower odds and rates of:
Waiting more than 14 days between deciding to have an abortion and the appointment Having abortions more than 10 weeks of gestation when in the first trimester Traveling more than 60 min to the abortion clinicRead more: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36075060/
Naming Silence and Inadequate Obstetric Care as Obstetric Violence
Dr. Dara Mendez and Dr. Judy Chang response article addresses the questions raised in “How Gentle Must Violence Against Women be in Order to not be Violent? Rethinking the Word ‘Violence; in Obstetric Settings” and concludes that naming violence is critical for describing people’s experiences of such violence and for addressing the structures and contexts that create and fuel such violence, not for judgment but for accountability and change.
Care Post Roe
This study is hoping to learn more about how clinical care has changed since Roe v. Wade was overturned.
Share your stories of poor-quality care since the Dobbs decision. The purpose of this study is to collect stories of clinical care that was different from the usual standard due to new laws since June 2022. Examples include:
Dr. Megan Hamm appointed the Associate Director for Qualitative Analysis at CRHC
Congratulations to Megan Hamm, PhD for being appointed the Center for Research on Health Care Data Center's Associate Director for Qualitative Analysis! In this role, Dr. Hamm will continue to oversee and expand infrastructure for qualitative analysis support.
VHA Shark Tank's finalists - Contraception on Demand
Deirdre Quinn, PhD, MSc is one of VHA Shark Tank's finalists! Her promising practice, Contraception on Demand (COD) offers VA facilities the opportunity to expand contraceptive access for Veterans, improve Veteran experiences with reproductive healthcare at VA, and expand VA clinical pharmacists' scope of practice and job satisfaction. The practice is easy to adopt and implement and is achievable at very low cost to the individual facility and an estimated cost savings for the health system at large.
Learn more here: https://marketplace.va.gov/innovations/contraception-on-demand
Men expressed concerns related to family planning, parenting, and sexual and reproductive health
Dr. Mehret Birru Talabi and Olivia Stansky explored family planning, parenting, and sexual and reproductive health care needs and experiences of men with rheumatic diseases.
Read more: https://www.jrheum.org/content/49/3/251
Preferences and Experiences of Women with Epilepsy (WWE) Regarding Sexual and Reproductive Health Care Provision
Drs. Laura Kirkpatrick, Sonya Borrero, Elizabeth Miller, Mehret Birru Talabi, and Traci Kazmerski interviewed women with epilepsy (WWE) about their perspectives, preferences, and experiences regarding sexual and reproductive health (SRH) care.
Read more: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35247834/
Congratulations Natalie Pino for receiving the Arthur Mirsky Award for clinical science!!
Congratulations to Natalie Pino for their Dean’s Summer Research Program (DSRP) abstract being selected to receive an Arthur Mirsky Award for clinical science! We're so incredibly proud of the work that you have done around PrEP (pre exposure prophylaxis) access in Pennsylvania and Georgia alongside Dr. Kislovskiy and Dr. Jarlenski!
Come talk about women's health!
The University of Pittsburgh is conducting a study to holistically define women’s health, and we need your help!
Eligibility: We are looking for residents of Pennsylvania who are 18 years old and above to participate in this study. You may be eligible to participate in the study if you identify as a woman OR are a member of a community organization, an academic researcher, or a healthcare professional actively working in women’s health.