In 2017–2019, the March of Dimes convened a workgroup with biomedical, clinical, and
epidemiologic expertise to review knowledge of the causes of the persistent Black-White …

Improving the quality of contraceptive counseling is one strategy to prevent unintended
pregnancy. We identify aspects of relational and task-oriented communication in family …

Racial and ethnic disparities in women's health have existed for decades, despite efforts to
strengthen women's reproductive health access and utilization. Recent guidance by the …

Contraception is widely used in the United States, and nurses in all settings may encounter
patients who are using or want to use contraceptives. Nurses may be called on to anticipate …

Importance Use of effective contraception decreases unintended pregnancy. It is not known
whether Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act increased use of contraception …

In this study, we aim to understand abortion in the context of structural racism and
reproductive injustice. We designed this study using Reproductive Justice and Public Health …

Patient navigation is a patient-centered intervention that uses trained personnel to identify
patient-level barriers, including financial, cultural, logistical, and educational obstacles to …

Introduction Racial and ethnic minorities experience greater burden of unintended
pregnancy in the US This study examined the factors associated with racial and ethnic …

METHODS We conducted a cross-sectional survey of 259 female patients, aged 21–49
years, who attended the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Clinic at National University Hospital …

Tryptophan (Trp) metabolism via the kynurenine pathway (KP) was assessed in normal
healthy US volunteers at baseline and after acute Trp depletion (ATD) and acute Trp loading …