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Results published in JAMA showed that the Shamba Maisha program led to improvements in food security, mental health, self-confidence and social support.

Health economist Alison Comfort has been drawn to math and economics her whole life. The unique power of her work comes in recognizing the real-life experiences behind the data.

An upcoming Nairobi workshop will attempt to develop a road map on how UCSF can structure global research collaborations with hopes that it will be implemented across UCSF and even beyond. The ideas that come out of the meeting with provide steps and policies for UCSF to hold itself accountable to leveraging its resources to make real, lasting change.

A new study from the Institute for Health Policy Studies examines whether sex ed programs that provide information about local services can help reduce perceived barriers to care.

Bixby members Jody Steinauer and Biftu Mengesha, with co-author Nikki Zite, warn about inadequate training and moral distress as a result of overturning Roe v. Wade. 

In 2017, San Francisco implemented the first fully paid leave law in the US. The law requires that most private sector employers in the city make up the difference from what California’s partially funded leave program offers, so workers have 100% wage replacement for 6 weeks after the birth of a child. New research using birth certificates and hospital records investigated whether the paid leave ordinance was associated with improved birth outcomes.

A new ANSIRH study confirms that as many as one in three people indicate that they would consider doing something to end their pregnancy on their own if unable to obtain care at a facility.

In a chaotic post-Roe landscape, it's hard to know what your medical rights are. Biftu Mengesha and Jody Steinauer talked about what providers and patients need to know, and how things need to change.  ​​​​​​​

A new study led by Alison Comfort explores reliance on social ties for information about starting prenatal care in Uganda.

New Bixby research aims to fill a gap in measuring contraceptive agency in people’s interactions with a provider.