Postpartum Systems of Care Recommendations

May 16, 2024

🌟 Excited to share some progress in maternal health via the work I’ve been honored to be apart of with a group convened by the @American_Heart, focusing on postpartum care recommendations to target cardiovascular disease risk.

ACOG: Call for Applications

May 16, 2024

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists is accepting applications for the inaugural Lucy, Anarcha, and Betsey (LAB) Editorial Mentorship Program, Obstetrics & Gynecology.

Celebrating #WomensHealthWeek with a look back to the early 2000s, when Dr. Mona Fouad & Edward E. Partridge began work to fight breast and cervical cancer disparities.

May 16, 2024

Black Women & Cancer: The New 30-Year Study Launched to Change the Game For a Devastating Situation — And How Women Can Help Themselves Now

May 15, 2024

Utilizing social determinants of health to identify most vulnerable neighborhoods-Latent class analysis and GIS map

May 13, 2024

Yongwen Jiang Karyn Backus, Marc Camardo, Jennifer Morin, Orlando Velazco, Trace Kershaw

Prev Med. 2024 May 9:184:107997. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2024.107997. Online ahead of print.

Take Action for Your Heart: Get Started!

May 7, 2024

Overview
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, but it can often be prevented. This fact sheet provides heart-healthy tips to help you take action to reduce the risk of heart disease and its risk factors.

https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/resources/take-action-your-heart-get-started-fact-sheet

New screening method may better predict preeclampsia early in first pregnancy

American Heart Association News, May 6, 2024

Sadiya S. Khan, MD (@HeartDocSadiya), discusses the importance of predicting risk for #preeclampsia in regards to improving #MaternalHealth and shares #ThoughtLeadership on gaps in practices that are important to recognize and fill to reduce #disparities. http://sfgate.com/news/article/new-screening-method-may-better-predict-19442110.php

NM Obstetrics and Gynecology

Maternal Health Disparities: The Women Behind the Data. A Webinar Series (Webinar 1)

May 2, 2024

This event is the first of five public webinars organized by the Standing Committee on Reproductive Health, Equity, and Society of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine with support from the Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education. Topic areas for discussing maternal health disparities are framed by the social determinants of health, in areas such as mental health, the work of doulas, implicit bias, community-based organizations and models, active-duty service women, and trust in health care.

nationalacademies.org