Risk of Severe Maternal Morbidity in Birthing People With Opioid Use Disorder
We examined severe maternal morbidity (SMM) among birthing people with opioid use disorder (OUD) and evaluated the extent to which differences in SMM exist by race and ethnicity. (Source: Womens Health Issues)
Source: Womens Health Issues - July 7, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: Godwin K. Osei-Poku, Julia C. Prentice, Mary Peeler, Sarah Bernstein, Ronald E. Iverson, Davida M. Schiff Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Canadian Newspapers Support Mifepristone Medication Abortion to Improve Fulfillment of the AAAQ Right to Health Framework (2015 –2019)
In 2015, mifepristone in combination with misoprostol, the international gold standard for medication abortion, was approved for use in Canada. By 2019, all Canadian provinces had included the medication as a publicly insured health benefit. (Source: Womens Health Issues)
Source: Womens Health Issues - July 6, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: Tamil Kendall, Pallavi Sriram, Amrit Parmar, Wendy V. Norman Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Levonorgestrel Emergency Contraception Information Accuracy From West Virginia Community Pharmacies: A Mystery Caller Approach
To ensure access to effective levonorgestrel (LNG) emergency contraception (EC), pharmacies must keep medication in stock or available for quick delivery, and pharmacists must be knowledgeable about sales restrictions and the therapeutic window for EC. We conducted a mystery caller study to assess LNG EC availability and information accuracy provided by staff in West Virginia community pharmacies. (Source: Womens Health Issues)
Source: Womens Health Issues - July 4, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: Amie M. Ashcraft, Charles D. Ponte, Caitlin Montgomery, Sara Farjo, Pamela J. Murray Source Type: research

Contents
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Source: Womens Health Issues - July 1, 2023 Category: Primary Care Source Type: research

Editorial Board
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Source: Womens Health Issues - July 1, 2023 Category: Primary Care Source Type: research

Improving Access and Equity in a Post-Dobbs World
One year after the Supreme Court's Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision stripped the federal right to abortion from millions of people, researchers, scholars, advocates, and providers are still evaluating the unfolding ramifications of the reversal of 50  years of national legal protections. Women's Health Issues is committed to using evidence-based research to inform and advocate for policies and programs that foster women's health and well-being across the lifespan, and seismic events such as the Dobbs decision require multisector responses. (Source: Womens Health Issues)
Source: Womens Health Issues - June 22, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: Karen A. McDonnell, Liz Borkowski Tags: Editor ’s Note Source Type: research

A Mixed-Methods Evaluation of Virtually Delivered Group-based Mothers and Babies for Latina Immigrant Mothers
Immigrant Latinas are at higher risk for postpartum depression (PPD) than the general perinatal population, yet face numerous barriers to accessing mental health services. The goal of this study was to pilot an enhanced virtual group delivery of a PPD prevention program, Mothers and Babies (MB), among immigrant Latinas engaged in early childhood programming. (Source: Womens Health Issues)
Source: Womens Health Issues - June 15, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: Rheanna Platt, Caroline P. Martin, Olivia Perry, Lindsay Cooper, Darius Tandon, Rebecca Richman, Amie F. Bettencourt, Sarah Polk Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Understanding Health Behaviors, Weight Perceptions, and Body Appreciation of Young Adult Women Engaged in the Body Positivity Movement
The body positivity movement on social media is thought to foster body appreciation, but pervasive societal concern persists about the body positivity movement and the body image, health behaviors, and “normalization of obesity” of young adult women. (Source: Womens Health Issues)
Source: Womens Health Issues - June 15, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: Kristie Rupp, Stephanie M. McCoy Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

A Mixed Methods Evaluation of Virtually Delivered Group-based Mothers and Babies for Latina Immigrant Mothers
Immigrant Latinas are at higher risk for postpartum depression (PPD) than the general perinatal population, yet face numerous barriers to accessing mental health services. The goal of this study was to pilot an enhanced, virtual group delivery of a PPD prevention program, Mothers and Babies (MB), among immigrant Latinas engaged in early childhood programming. (Source: Womens Health Issues)
Source: Womens Health Issues - June 15, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: Rheanna Platt, Caroline P. Martin, Olivia Perry, Lindsay Cooper, Darius Tandon, Rebecca Richman, Amie F. Bettencourt, Sarah Polk Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

(Re)Framing Strength: How Superwoman Schema May Impact Perinatal Anxiety and Depression among African American Women
The Strong Black Woman or Superwoman Schema1 has been generally described as how African American women are expected to perform and embody womanhood (Abrams, Maxwell, Pope,& Belgrave, 2014; Beauboeuf-Lafontant, 2007, Beauboeuf-Lafontant, 2009; Nelson et al., 2016, 2020, 2023b; Watson& Hunter, 2016; Woods-Giscomb é, 2010; Woods-Giscombé, 2018; Woods-Giscombé, Lobel, Zimmer, Cene,& Corbie-Smith, 2016; Woods-Giscomb é, Steed, Allen, Li, Lackey,& Black, 2019). Operationalized as an obligation to display strength, resistance to being vulnerable, an obligation to suppress emotions, an intense motivation to succeed despite li...
Source: Womens Health Issues - June 12, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: Tamara Nelson, Cecelela L. Tomi, Samrawit B. Gebretensay Tags: Commentary Source Type: research

Abortion Bans Will Exacerbate Already Severe Racial Inequities in Maternal Mortality
Beyond the egregious violation of individual autonomy and human rights that the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Supreme Court decision manifests, the decision will harm reproductive health at the population level. The right to abortion care is intertwined with the health of the pregnancy, the health of the pregnant person, and the risk of death in pregnancy and the immediate postpartum period. Restricting pregnant individuals from accessing abortion when they have decided it is the best decision for themselves and their families will have significant impacts on maternal morbidity and mortality, an area where U.S. (Source: ...
Source: Womens Health Issues - June 8, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: Kelly M. Treder, Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha, Katharine O. White Tags: Commentary Source Type: research

The Provision of Medication Abortion Care via Telehealth
In response to the Supreme Court's Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization ruling overturning Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey and ending the constitutional right to abortion, protections to ensure equitable access to medication abortion care, including care via telehealth, are critical. Many states have already heavily restricted access to or completely banned abortion, and patients who are geographically isolated or lack the necessary resources to travel rely on services such as telehealth to access medication abortion care, sometimes as their sole option (Leonard, n.d. (Source: Womens Health Issues)
Source: Womens Health Issues - June 8, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: Divya Jain, MiQuel Davies, Jamila Perritt, Jennifer Blasdell Tags: Commentary Source Type: research

Variation in Outpatient Postpartum Care Use in the United States: A Latent Class Analysis
This study aimed to describe variation in outpatient postpartum care patterns. (Source: Womens Health Issues)
Source: Womens Health Issues - June 8, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: Jamie R. Daw, Nina R. Joyce, Erika F. Werner, Katy B. Kozhimannil, Maria W. Steenland Source Type: research

Rebuilding a Reproductive Future Informed by Disability and Reproductive Justice
Access to legal abortion has eroded significantly since the June 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization Supreme Court ruling, which reversed the previously acknowledged constitutional right to abortion (Rader et  al., 2022). Since then, threats to abortion access have continued with state and federal court and legislative challenges (Cohen, Donley,& Rebouch é, 2023). Researchers, policy makers, and practitioners have focused on how restrictions disproportionately harm the most vulnerable, including minors, people living in poverty, immigrants, racialized people, and people with disabilities (Hassan et al., 20...
Source: Womens Health Issues - June 2, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: Asha Hassan, Alanna E. Hirz, Lindsey Yates, Anna K. Hing Source Type: research

A Focus on Contraception in the Wake of Dobbs
The abortion landscape in the United States changed dramatically following the ground-shaking Supreme Court ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women ’s Health Organization, which overturned Roe v. Wade (Dobbs V. Jackson Women's Health Organization, 2022). Although the direct result of the Dobbs ruling has been the near-elimination of abortion access in large swaths of the country, this case has also put a spotlight on the importance of contrac eptive access for those who seek it. Compounding this challenge, there are forces at work that seek to roll back many of the changes that enable people to obtain the contraceptive method o...
Source: Womens Health Issues - May 29, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: Alina Salganicoff, Usha Ranji Tags: Commentary Source Type: research