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Pharmacists Must be Part of the Conversation for Increasing Contraception Access
In a new Health Affairs Forefront article, Julia Strasser and Ellen Schenk recommend changes to make it easier for pharmacists to prescribe hormonal contraception.
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State Approaches to Treating Prenatal and Postpartum Drug Use Need Improvement, Study Finds
The latest Editor's Choice study examines laws that promote treatment for drug use during pregnancy and those that punish pregnant people for drug use.
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2023 Brandt Lecture Featuring Jamila Perritt on March 29
On March 29, Dr. Jamila Perritt, President and CEO of Physicians for Reproductive Health, will deliver the annual Brandt Memorial Lecture in Women's Health.
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Feb. 8 Webinar on Agenda for Promoting Health and Wellbeing
In a Feb. 8 webinar, speakers from the Jacobs Institute, the GW Center for Community Resilience, and the Institute for Women's Policy Research will unveil a national policy agenda, "Promoting Health and Wellbeing Across the Lifespan."
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Cassondra Marshall Joins Women’s Health Issues Editorial Board
Cassondra Marshall, DrPH, MPH, has joined the Women’s Health Issues Editorial Board.
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Gibbs Leadership Prize: Best Manuscript of 2022 in Women’s Health Issues
The Women's Health Issues Editorial Board selected a winning article and two honorable mentions for the 2022 Charles E. Gibbs Leadership Prize
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In Severe Maternal Morbidity Risk, Race, Location, and Insurance Type All Matter, Study Finds
The latest Editor's Choice study examines whether maternal mortality risks mount when birthing people have multiple characteristics associated with higher risk.
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Julia Strasser is the New Director of the Jacobs Institute of Women’s Health
Julia Strasser, DrPH, MPH, has been appointed the new director of the Jacobs Institute of Women’s Health.
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Karen McDonnell Named New Editor-in-Chief of Women’s Health Issues
Karen A. McDonnell, PhD, has been appointed the new editor-in-chief of Women’s Health Issues.
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Study Finds Condom Use Lower Among Some, But Not All, Women Who Start Using a LARC Method
Authors examined condom use by new LARC users and found it to be lower among those aged 20-34.
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Evidence Does Not Support Policies That Limit the Types of Physicians Who Perform Abortions
Authors compared adverse events for abortions performed by OBGYNs to those performed by other types of physicians and did not find them to be different.
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Giving Birth After Age 34 Not Associated with Increased Risk for Later Cardiovascular Disease, Study Finds
In the latest Editor's Choice, authors examined whether those who gave birth for the first time at age 35 or older had a greater risk of cardiovascular disease after age 42.
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Women’s Health Issues Commits to Actions for Equity
In a new Editor's Note, members of the editorial board and staff of Women’s Health Issues describe how the journal approaches racism and other forms of discrimination and steps its staff and board are taking to advance equity.
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Postpartum Insurance Churn a Problem in Texas, Study Finds

WASHINGTON, DC (March 21, 2022)—Uninsurance after postpartum Medicaid insurance coverage expires—a phenomenon known as insurance churn—can leave women with limited access to care at a time when they need it.

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Women’s Health Issues Welcomes Two New Editorial Board Members
Women's Health Issues welcomes to its editorial board two new members with expertise in multiple aspects of women's health: Ndidiamaka Amutah–Onukagha, PhD, MPH, and Kristin M. Mattocks, PhD, MPH.
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Gibbs Leadership Prize: Best Manuscripts of 2021 in Women’s Health Issues
The Editorial Board recognized two winning manuscripts and four honorable mentions for 2021.
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Sex Workers’ Experiences of Violence Are Associated with Contraceptive Choices, Study Finds
Authors found that women sex workers who experience violence by intimate partners were more likely to select contraceptive methods they could use without the involvement or knowledge of partners.
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Young Women Attending Community Colleges Concerned about Contraceptive Costs, Study Finds
Authors examined whether community college students know about low-cost options for contraception.
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Women’s Health Issues Addresses Research and Policy Opportunities for Military Women’s Health
A new supplement provides overviews of existing research on topics important to military women's health and identifies opportunities for change. 
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Payment Changes for Immediate Postpartum Contraception Do Not on Their Own Increase Uptake, Wisconsin Study Finds
Authors examined immediate postpartum LARC uptake in Wisconsin following an "unbundling" policy.
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Social and Historical Conditions Influence Black Women’s Fibroid Management Decisions
Authors found that Black women’s decisions about fibroid surgery were influenced by social and historical conditions as well as interactions with clinicians and social networks.
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Authors Recommend Ways to Improve Latinas’ Perinatal Mental Health During COVID-19 Crisis
Clinicians, researchers, funders, and elected officials can all play roles in improving perinatal mental health for Latinas during a stressful time.
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Authors Introduce the Black Feminist and Womanist Analytical Path to Health Equity
Achieving health equity for Black women and girls requires using a different form of policy analysis, commentary authors argue.
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Women with Multiple Adverse Childhood Experiences Have an Elevated Risk of Unwanted Pregnancies, Study Finds
Women with two or more ACEs had a higher odds of unwanted, but not mistimed, pregnancy, researchers found.
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Collaborative Recommends Ways to “Bridge the Chasm” between Pregnancy and Health Over the Life Course
A collaborative, multi-stakeholder process identified six strategic areas for equitably improving transitions to care after giving birth.
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Women’s Health Issues Celebrates 30th Anniversary
In a new commentary marking the journal’s 30th anniversary, WHI editors reflect on the research progress and social forces that have shaped women’s health and wellbeing over the past three decades.
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Community Health Centers Provide Preventive Services to More Women Following ACA Implementation, Study Finds
Authors found that after ACA implementation, more female community health center patients received recommended preventive services.
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Gibbs Leadership Prize: Best Manuscript of 2020 in Women’s Health Issues
The 2020 Gibbs Prize winning manuscript addresses one of the important public health issues in the United States, says WHI Editor-in-Chief Amita Vyas.
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Hispanic Women with High Levels of Stress and Anxiety Gain Less Weight During Pregnancy, Study Finds
Authors found that in a group of predominantly Puerto Rican women, those with the highest levels of stress and anxiety gained less weight during pregnancy than those with the lowest levels.
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Promising Results from Veterans Health Administration Training on Harassment Awareness and Bystander Intervention
To address the problem of women veterans facing harassment when seeking VA care, VA developed a training to educate providers about harassment and how they can intervene to stop it. Early results suggest the training is acceptable and effective.
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Postpartum Perceived Stress Predicts Depressive Symptoms for Two Years after Birth, Study Finds
Women with higher levels of postpartum perceived stress were more likely to report depressive symptoms six months later, and that relationship persisted for 24 months after giving birth.
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Call for Commentaries: “Setting a Research and Policy Agenda for Women’s Health: Beyond Election 2020”
Women's Health Issues provides a timely forum for high-quality commentaries that address critical gaps in research and policy issues of importance to the health of women.
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After the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid Still Pays for Significant Share of Preterm Births
After the ACA coverage expansions took effect, the share of preterm births paid for by private insurance increased slightly while Medicaid continued to cover nearly half.
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States that Expanded Medicaid Saw Fewer Maternal Deaths, Especially among Black Women, Study Finds
States that accepted the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion saw maternal mortality rise more slowly than did states not expanding Medicaid, and the effect was concentrated among Black women.
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Abortion Restrictions May Have Consequences for People Who Experience Pregnancy Loss
A new commentary warns that efforts to restrict abortion can create an environment that criminalizes pregnancy loss and limits clinicians' ability to provide high-quality care to those who experience miscarriages or stillbirths.
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Colorado Advanced Practice Clinicians are Interested in Abortion Training, Study Finds
A survey of advanced practice clinicians in Colorado found that many were interested or possibly interested in training to provide abortions.
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New Study Quantifies Likely Impact of Over-the-counter Availability of a Progestin-only Contraceptive
Women’s interest in using an OTC progestin-only pills suggests that making this option available with no out-of-pocket cost could reduce U.S. unintended pregnancies by eight percent
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Call for Commentaries: “Women’s Health Policies: Election 2020 and Beyond”

WASHINGTON, DC (March 11, 2020) — Critical women’s health issues—-including reproductive health, maternal mortality, chronic disease, mental health, and gender-based violence—-have not received sufficient attention in the 2020 elections.

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Some, But Not All, Sexual Minority Groups Have Greater Likelihood of Teen Pregnancies and Abortions, Study Finds

WASHINGTON, DC (March 10, 2020) — Studies often analyze sexual minority women as a single group—e.g., without distinguishing between lesbian, bisexual, and mostly heterosexual women—and this can obscure differences between groups of women with dif

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Women's Health Issues Welcomes New Editorial Board Members
Women's Health Issues is delighted to welcome Jodie Katon and Alina Salganicoff to the editorial board, and Kevin Frick to his new role.
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Gibbs Leadership Prize: Best Manuscripts of 2019 in Women’s Health Issues
Lawmakers should heed the findings of the 2019 Gibbs Prize winning manuscript, says WHI Editor-in-Chief Amita Vyas. It addresses policies on alcohol use during pregnancy.
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Jacobs Institute of Women's Health Announces 2020 Schiffer Fellows
The Jacobs Institute of Women's Health is pleased to announce selection of two MPH students and three DrPH students as recipients of the Clara Schiffer Fellowship for Women’s Health for 2020.
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Services to Help Achieve Pregnancy Differ by Clinics’ Title X Status, Study Finds
The types of services that publicly funded family planning clinics offer to help clients achieve pregnancy differ according to whether clinics receive funding through the Title X family planning program, found a study selected as the Editor’s Choice for the Nov/Dec issue of Women’s Health Issues.
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Commentary Calls for Culturally Responsive Care and Stronger Research to Improve Health of Trans and Nonbinary Individuals
A new commentary calls for improvements to how health care organizations and researchers serve transgender and nonbinary people, and an expansive definition of "women's health."
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Limited Focus on Rural Residents in State Maternal Mortality Review Committees, Study Finds
States have responded to rising maternal mortality by creating maternal mortality review committees, but few of these committees require rural representation, Katy Kozhimannil and colleagues found.
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Women’s Health Issues Addresses Sex and Gender Differences in Veterans’ Health
A new supplement adds to the growing literature on veterans’ health and contributes to broader efforts to improve reporting of results by sex/gender as well as informing ongoing work to improve care for women veterans.
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Holding Multiple Jobs Is Associated with Greater Likelihood of Depression in Mothers with Lower Incomes, Study Finds
Women who reported working more than one regular job at a time in the last year were more likely to report symptoms consistent with depression, found the authors of the latest Women's Health Issues Editor's Choice.
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Women Veterans Seeking Healthcare Often Face Harassment from Strangers at VA Sites
One in four women veterans who receives care at a Veterans Affairs medical center has experienced inappropriate comments or behavior from male veterans on facility grounds, a new study found.
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Women's Health Issues Welcomes Three New Editorial Board Members
Women's Health Issues is delighted to welcome Madina Agénor, Tracy A. Battaglia, and Lisa Harris to the editorial board.
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New Estimate of U.S. Alcohol-exposed Pregnancies and Births Published in Women's Health Issues
In 2016, CDC estimated 3.3 million U.S. women are at risk for alcohol-exposed pregnancies each month. A new estimate suggests the expected actual number is substantially lower: 731,000 per month.
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New Commentary in Women’s Health Issues Recommends Steps for Providers to Inquire about and Respond to Trauma
Authors recommend key preparatory steps that providers and practices can take to lay the foundation for trauma inquiry and response, ways to inquire about past trauma, and both immediate and longer-term steps to help patient who disclose trauma experiences.
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New Contraceptive Rules Have Troubling Implications for Public Health, Commentary Says
New rules from the Trump administration permit employers to limit coverage of contraceptives without cost-sharing in employee health plans. Public health experts are concerned.
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Pregnant Sexual Minority Women More Likely to Have Unmet Medical Care Needs, New Study Finds
Greater unmet medical care needs among pregnant sexual minority women were due to factors including cost, frequent mental distress, and chronic conditions, researchers found.
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Gibbs Leadership Prize: Best Manuscript of 2018 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 2018 (Volume 28) has been awarded to Emily M. Johnston, PhD.

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Women and Men with Heart Attack Symptoms Get Different Treatment from Emergency Medical Services, Study Finds
Researchers examined the care that women and men with heart attack symptoms receive from EMS after a 911 call and found that women were less likely to receive aspirin, be resuscitated, or be transported to the hospital in ambulances using lights and sirens.
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Science Has Suffered at Federal Agencies; New Report Recommends Ways for Congress to Strengthen It
Organizations that contributed to the report include science, public health, environmental, government oversight, and whistleblower protection groups.
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Jacobs Institute of Women’s Health Announces 2019 Schiffer Fellows
The Jacobs Institute of Women's Health is pleased to announce selection of two MPH students and two DrPH students as recipients of the Clara Schiffer Fellowship for Women’s Health for 2019.
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When Selecting Contraception, Both Attitude and Intention toward Pregnancy Matter, New Study Finds
The latest Women's Health Issues Editor's Choice study examines the imperfect alignment between pregnancy intention and attitude in contraceptive selection.
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Veterans’ use of complementary health therapies varies by gender and race, study finds
Black women are less likely than women of other races/ethnicities to use non-opioid therapies like yoga to treat chronic pain, found a study on veterans with chronic musculoskeletal conditions.
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More Title X clinic clients using highly effective contraception, but differences between states persist, study finds
New study's findings suggest that women with low incomes still face uneven access to the most effective forms of contraception.
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Katy Kozhimannil joins Women's Health Issues editorial board
Katy Kozhimannil, Director of the University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center, has joined the Women’s Health Issues Editorial Board.
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Women with Greater Heart-Disease Risk Less Likely to Get Recommended Preventive Care, Finds Study of Commercial Health Plan Members
Insurers and providers have been working to reduce gender disparities in preventive care for those most at risk of worsening heart health, and this study shows that the work is not yet complete.
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New study in Women’s Health Issues explores contraceptive use and reproductive decision making in Black and White women who experience intimate partner violence
Study's findings show how gender norms relate to both unintended pregnancy and intimate partner violence.
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White Paper Addresses Public Health Impacts of State-Level Abortion Restrictions
In many states, women seeking abortions encounter multiple barriers simultaneously.
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Commentary calls for better diagnosis and treatment of perinatal depression in Latinas and African American women
In Women's Health Issues, Sandraluz Lara-Cinisomo and colleagues recommend steps to improve low rates of diagnosis and treatment of perinatal depression.
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Privately Insured Women Increased Use of Long-Acting Reversible Contraception After ACA, Study Finds
An analysis of private insurance claims from 2006 to 2014 found an increase in insertions of IUDs and contraceptive implants after the ACA's contraceptive mandate took effect.
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State Medicaid Programs’ Coverage for Long-Acting Reversible Contraception is Uneven, Study Finds
An analysis of nine states' Medicaid policies found that several don't explicitly cover contraceptive counseling or removal of long-acting reversible contraception.
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New Study in Women’s Health Issues Quantifies the ACA Medicaid Expansion’s Effects on Insurance for Low-income Women of Reproductive Age
Researchers found reductions in low-income women's uninsurance were greatest in states that expanded Medicaid after having limited eligibility to those with incomes below 50% of the federal poverty level.
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To Counter Pain and Opioid Use in Women, Commentary Recommends a Physical Activity Research Agenda
Commentary proposes key research themes and practical considerations to help advance knowledge on physical activity as a pain management strategy for women.
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Interest in over-the-counter oral contraceptive pills is strong, study finds
39% of adult women and 29% of teen girls surveyed were interested in an over-the-counter progestin-only birth control pill.
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Researchers Find Gender Differences in the Use of Parks in High-Poverty Neighborhoods
When RAND Corporation researchers studied park use in high-poverty Los Angeles neighborhoods, they found women reported less park use and shorter park visits than men did.
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Gibbs Leadership Prize: Best Manuscripts of 2017 in Women's Health Issues
The 2017 Gibbs Prize went to two authors: Soumitra Bhuyan, for a study on cost-related medication nonadherence, and Maeve Ellen Wallace, for an examination of the relationship between women's reproductive rights and birth outcomes.
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Jacobs Institute of Women’s Health Announces 2018 Schiffer Fellows
The Jacobs Institute of Women's Health is pleased to announce selection of two MPH students and one DrPH student as recipients of the Clara Schiffer Fellowship for Women’s Health for 2018.
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Different cancer risks for women and men with adverse childhood experiences, study finds
When Héctor E. Alcalá and colleagues examined eight kinds of adverse childhood experiences, they found seven of those experiences to be associated with higher cancer risks in women, whereas only one was linked to greater cancer risk in men.
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Women’s Health Issues commentary: Physicians and researchers call for increased advocacy to address threats to women’s health
“The ACA and other federally funded efforts have made vital gains for women’s access to high-quality preventive services and care, and it is critical for us all to mobilize to preserve these before they are lost.”
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With a Gender Focus, State and Local Policy Changes Advance Healthier Communities for All
From free diapers to safe walking paths, communities across the U.S. identified local solutions to problems that disproportionately affect the health of women and girls.
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New in Women’s Health Issues: Emergency contraception not as accessible as it should be, Colorado study finds
Colorado researchers called 633 pharmacies and found emergency contraception to be completely accessible at only 23 percent of them.
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Zika Threat Spurs Southern States to Address Family Planning
With the help of a Zika Toolkit and other resources, several Southern states have improved Zika screening and family planning for those who could become pregnant.
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Amita N. Vyas Named New Editor-in-Chief of Women's Health Issues
Amita N. Vyas, PhD, MHS, has been appointed the new editor-in-chief of Women's Health Issues, the peer-reviewed journal of the Jacobs Institute of Women’s Health.
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Among Adults Experiencing Homelessness, Risks Differ for Men, Women, and Transgender Individuals
Ann Elizabeth Montgomery and colleagues found that 56% of transgender participants had been violently attacked while homeless, compared to 40% of women and 35% of men.
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New Study Examines Nonmedical Prescription Opioid Use by Pregnant Women
Depression and anxiety diagnoses within the past 12 months were more common in women who reported nonmedical prescription opioid use within the past year, study authors found.
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New in Women’s Health Issues: Study Investigates Relationship between Reproductive Rights and Birth Outcomes
Women in states with the highest scores on reproductive rights were less likely to deliver preterm or low-birthweight babies, found a study published in Women's Health Issues.
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New White Paper on Pregnant Women and Substance Use Provides Overview of Research and Policy
“A growing body of research demonstrates that the punitive approach to substance use in pregnancy does not achieve better health outcomes.” -- Susan F. Wood, PhD
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New Featured Study in Women’s Health Issues: Long-acting Reversible Contraception in the Postpartum Period
A new study explores why women who want long-acting contraception after giving birth don't always get it.
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Women’s Health Issues Commentary: Proposed Planned Parenthood Funding Cuts Would Harm Women in Medically Underserved Communities
“Underserved communities need more healthcare providers, not fewer.” - Sara Rosenbaum, JD
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Workplace Accommodations for Breastfeeding Mothers Fall Short, According to New Study in Journal Women’s Health Issues
The Affordable Care Act requirement to provide accommodations for breastfeeding mothers applies to all employers, although those with fewer than 50 employees can be exempted if providing such a space is a hardship
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New Study in Women’s Health Issues: Health of Postmenopausal Women Veterans
This study represents one of the only to date to address postmenopausal health and mortality risk among the oldest generation of women veterans living in the U.S. today—those who served in World War II and the Korean War.
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Alzheimer’s Puts Heavier Economic Burden on Women
“This study demonstrates the importance of policies to address the needs not only of patients but of caregivers, the majority of whom are women.” - Chloe E. Bird, PhD
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New Commentary in Women's Health Issues: Advancing Women’s Heart Health
The commentary explores policy solutions to unanswered research questions about women's cardiovascular health
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New Article in Women's Health Issues: Alcohol Use and Unintended Sexual Consequences
Study participants reported binge drinking in clubs increased their vulnerability to male targeting, often resulting in unintended sexual consequences
New Commentary in Women's Health Issues: Trauma-Informed Primary Care
A new commentary proposes an approach to providing trauma-informed care.
New Study in Women's Health Issues: Sex Differences in Home-Based Care
Researchers compared outcomes for men and women receiving home-based care in Ontario.
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Women's Health Issues Launches Special Collection on Women’s Heart Health
"Many people still don't realize that heart disease is the number one killer of women," says Chloe Bird, editor-in-chief of Women’s Health Issues
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