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Moving to Mandatory Medicaid Managed Care in Ohio This article assesses the effect of mandatory Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) enrollment on prenatal care use, smoking and birth weight for Medicaid-covered pregnant women. Published In: Medical Care | Journal articles | 11/20/2009 |
Finding the Impact in a Messy Intervention This article looks specifically at the design of the Urban Health Initiative evaluation. It highlights the program's integrated evaluation design, bringing together a theory of change and a quasi-experimental approach, including comparison city usage. Published In: American Journal of Evaluation | Journal articles | 11/17/2009 |
This study sought to determine where aggregate national data for American Indians/Alaska Natives (AIANs) mask geographic variation and substantial subnational disparities in prenatal care utilization. Published In: American Journal of Public Health (Online) | Journal articles | 11/17/2009 |
New studies focus on whether pediatric nurses are willing to address the smoking habits of parents of their newborn patients, and on the causes of medical mistakes in hospital emergency rooms. | Stories and articles | 10/29/2009 |
Women's Rights Activist Finds New Ways to Provide Family Planning to Men and Teens in the Texas Panhandle Claudia Stravato is being honored for her work in advocating for and providing access to primary care and family planning for low-income and uninsured families and teens. | Video, Stories and articles | 10/08/2009 |
Estimated Autism Risk and Older Reproductive Age This study explored the risk for autism associated with maternal and paternal age across successive birth cohorts. Published In: American Journal of Public Health | Journal articles | 08/27/2009 |
Racial, Ethnic, and Socioeconomic Differences in the Incidence of Obesity Related to Childbirth This study investigated the relationship between childbirth and five-year incidence of obesity. Published In: American Journal of Public Health | Journal articles | 02/17/2009 |
National Campaign Helps Reduce the Rate of Teen Pregnancy by One-Third in 10 Years The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy worked to reduce the rate of teen pregnancy and early parenting in the United States by one-third in 10 years. | Grant Results Reports | 02/09/2009 |
Improving Access to Reproductive Health Care for Women with Disabilities In 1993, RWJF named Judy Panko Reis a Community Health Leader in recognition of her efforts to bring reproductive health services to disabled women in Chicago. | Grantee profiles, Stories and articles | 02/03/2009 |
In this study, the authors consider the effects of racism on African American women's experience of childbirth. Using focus groups, the authors explore whether racism and its ensuing stress is responsible for the high number of preterm African-American babies. Published In: Maternal and Child Health Journal | Journal articles | 01/14/2009 |