Gibbs Leadership Prize: Best Manuscripts of 2021 in Women ’s Health Issues
The Editorial Board of Women ’s Health Issues is pleased to announce that the Charles E. Gibbs Leadership Prize for the best paper published in Women's Health Issues in 2021 (Volume 31) has been awarded to two authors: Anu Manchikanti Gomez, PhD, MSc, Associate Professor and Director of the Sexual Health and Reproductive Equi ty (SHARE) Program in the School of Social Welfare at the University of California, Berkeley, and Willi Horner-Johnson, PhD, Associate Professor in the Institute on Development and Disability at Oregon Health& Science University. (Source: Womens Health Issues)
Source: Womens Health Issues - December 15, 2021 Category: Primary Care Tags: Editor's Note Source Type: research
Contents
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Editorial Board
Women's Health Issues (WHI) is a peer-reviewed, bimonthly, multidisciplinary journal that publishes research and review manuscripts related to women's health care and policy. As the official journal of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health, it is dedicated to improving the health and health care of all women throughout the lifespan and in diverse communities. The journal seeks to inform health services researchers, health care and public health professionals, social scientists, policymakers, and others concerned with women's health. (Source: Womens Health Issues)
Source: Womens Health Issues - December 15, 2021 Category: Primary Care Source Type: research
Differences in Resilience Mechanisms and Physical Activity among Women Experiencing Chronic Pain with Higher or Lower Resilience
Chronic pain is a public health issue, with women being disproportionately impacted. Progressing from light physical activity to the recommended moderate to vigorous intensities is effective for chronic pain self-management, yet participation is low among women experiencing chronic pain. Researchers studying resilience approaches to chronic pain contend that women with higher resilience, or functioning well despite adverse life stressors including chronic pain, should have better resilience mechanisms and more physical activity participation. (Source: Womens Health Issues)
Source: Womens Health Issues - December 15, 2021 Category: Primary Care Authors: Danielle R. Brittain, Nancy C. Gyurcsik, Miranda A. Cary, Erin N. Moser, Lauren S. Davis Tags: Original article Source Type: research
Insurance Churn and Postpartum Health among Texas Women with Births Covered by Medicaid/CHIP
Insurance churn (changes in coverage) after childbirth is common in the United States, particularly in states that have not expanded Medicaid coverage. Although insurance churn may have lasting consequences for health care access, most research has focused on the initial weeks after a birth. (Source: Womens Health Issues)
Source: Womens Health Issues - December 13, 2021 Category: Primary Care Authors: Elizabeth J. Ela, Elsa Vizcarra, Lauren Thaxton, Kari White Source Type: research
Big Data Needs and Challenges to Advance Research on Racial and Ethnic Inequities in Maternal and Child Health
The United States ranks among the lowest in maternal and child health (MCH) outcomes compared to other developed countries (Thakrar, Forrest, Maltenfort,& Forrest, 2018; Tikkanen, Gunja, FitzGerlad,& Zephyrin, 2020). Nationally, the picture is worse for populations who identify as Black, Indigenous, or Person of Color (BIPOC), as evidenced by their disproportionately higher rates of maternal mortality (Petersen et al., 2019), severe maternal morbidity (Creanga, Bateman, Kuklina,& Callaghan, 2014), and infant mortality (Ely& Driscoll, 2019). (Source: Womens Health Issues)
Source: Womens Health Issues - December 6, 2021 Category: Primary Care Authors: Lilian G. Perez, Evan D. Peet, Brian Vegetabile, Regina A. Shih Tags: Commentary Source Type: research
Variations in Maternal Factors and Preterm Birth Risk among Non-Hispanic Black, White, and Mixed-Race Black/White Women in the United States, 2017
This study aims to compare preterm birth (PTB) risk and maternal factors associated with PTB among non-Hispanic White, Black, and mixed-race Black/White women in the United States. (Source: Womens Health Issues)
Source: Womens Health Issues - November 26, 2021 Category: Primary Care Authors: Bridgette E. Blebu, Olivia Waters, Candice Taylor Lucas, Annie Ro Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
The Space in the Middle: Attitudes of Women's Health and Neonatal Nurses in the United States about Abortion
Despite playing an integral part in sexual and reproductive health care, including abortion care, nurses are rarely the focus of research regarding their attitudes about abortion. (Source: Womens Health Issues)
Source: Womens Health Issues - November 26, 2021 Category: Primary Care Authors: Amy Alspaugh, Renee Mehra, Kate Coleman-Minahan, Thomas J. Hoffmann, Candace W. Burton, Meghan Eagen-Torkko, Toni M. Bond, Linda S. Franck, Liz Cretti Olseon, Nikki Lanshaw, Jacqueline D. Rychnovsky, Monica R. McLemore Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
Are COVID-19 case fatality rates a reliable measure of sex disparities?
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Source: Womens Health Issues - November 25, 2021 Category: Primary Care Authors: Annika Gompers, Joseph D. Bruch, Sarah S. Richardson Tags: Commentary Source Type: research
Antidepressants Are the Most Commonly Discontinued Psychotherapeutic Medications in Pregnancy
We describe patterns of psychotherapeutic medication continuation and discontinuation during pregnancy in a large U.S. cohort. (Source: Womens Health Issues)
Source: Womens Health Issues - November 25, 2021 Category: Primary Care Authors: Hayley D. Germack, Joan Combellick, Mandy Cooper, Krista Koller, Benjamin McMichael Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
Benefits of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia for Women Veterans with and without Probable Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
This study compared the benefits of cognitive –behavioral therapy for insomnia for sleep, mental health symptoms, and quality of life (QoL) in a sample of women veterans with and without probable post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) comorbid with insomnia disorder. (Source: Womens Health Issues)
Source: Womens Health Issues - November 20, 2021 Category: Primary Care Authors: Gwendolyn C. Carlson, Monica R. Kelly, Michael Mitchell, Karen R. Josephson, Sarah Kate McGowan, Najwa C. Culver, Morgan Kay, Cathy A. Alessi, Constance H. Fung, Donna L. Washington, Alison Hamilton, Elizabeth M. Yano, Jennifer L. Martin Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
Latinx Immigrant Mothers ’ Perceived Self-Efficacy and Intentions Regarding Human Papillomavirus Vaccination of Their Daughters
We examined the association of self-efficacy and HPV vaccination intention among Latinx immigrant mothers of unvaccinated 9- to 12-year-old girls. (Source: Womens Health Issues)
Source: Womens Health Issues - November 19, 2021 Category: Primary Care Authors: Alexandra B. Khodadadi, Barbara Hansen, Young-il Kim, Isabel C. Scarinci Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
ACA and Medicaid Expansion Increased Breast Pump Claims and Breastfeeding for Women with Public and Private Insurance
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) required new private insurance plans to provide breast pumps with no cost sharing beginning August 2012, and in January 2014 expanded this requirement to Marketplace plans and expanded Medicaid coverage. We first examined the associations between the ACA reforms in 2012 and 2014 with rates of breast pump claims between Medicaid enrollees and those with private insurance. We next examined the associations between the monthly rate of breast pump claims with breastfeeding initiation and duration by insurance type. (Source: Womens Health Issues)
Source: Womens Health Issues - November 18, 2021 Category: Primary Care Authors: Summer Sherburne Hawkins, Krisztina Horvath, Alice Noble, Christopher F. Baum Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
Variation in Restrictive Abortion Policies and Adverse Birth Outcomes in the United States from 2005 to 2015
Since 2011, U.S. states have enacted more than 400 policies restricting abortion access. As structural determinants, abortion policies have the potential to influence maternal and child health access, outcomes, and equity through multiple mechanisms. Limited research has examined their implications for birth outcomes. (Source: Womens Health Issues)
Source: Womens Health Issues - November 17, 2021 Category: Primary Care Authors: Sara K. Redd, Kelli Stidham Hall, Monica S. Aswani, Bisakha Sen, Martha Wingate, Whitney S. Rice Tags: Original article Source Type: research
Provision of Onsite Childcare in US Academic Health Centers: What Factors Make a Difference?
Challenges to work-life balance, including childcare, have been cited as major barriers to career advancement for women in academic medicine. (Source: Womens Health Issues)
Source: Womens Health Issues - November 10, 2021 Category: Primary Care Authors: Valerie A. French, Jackie L. Werner, Emily J.H. Feng, R. Aurelia Latimer, Sharon F. Wolff, Carrie L. Wieneke Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
