How the vaginal birth after cesarean section calculator “automates” racism

New research led by Nicholas Rubashkin, MD, used interviews with clinicians and patients, along with recorded prenatal visits, to analyze how the use of the VBAC calculator helped “automate” racism by coding race into institutional practices and care interactions.

How the Dobbs decision threatens contraceptive care

New research exposes how the impacts of the Dobbs decision have spilled over into contraceptive care—endangering birth control access and bodily autonomy.

Engaging young husbands in reproductive health in India

New research led by Nadia Diamond Smith, PhD, tested an intervention to engage newly married husbands in a reproductive health education program targeting newly married women in rural Rajasthan, India.

Achieving contraceptive justice in a post-Roe US

Contraceptive access is essential for reproductive autonomy and health equity.

Person-centered approach significantly lowers mother-to-child HIV transmission

Researchers from UCSF and the Kenya Medical Research Institute explored the impact of 3 person-centered interventions in Kisumu County, Kenya to target pregnant and breastfeeding women.

Meet Mike Chirenje, researcher planting the seeds for a future without HIV

The seeds that Mike Chirenje, MD, planted through the University of Zimbabwe Clinical Trials Unit thirty years ago have grown deep roots, changing the landscape of HIV treatment and prevention in Zimbabwe and around the world.

Pilot shows promising results for holistic fistula care

A study co-led by Bixby researcher Alison El Ayadi sought to address the gap in evidence-based practice for reintegration following female genital fistula surgery through the development and pilot test of an intervention at a hospital in Kampala, Uganda.

A one-stop shop to reduce pregnancy care-related inequities in San Francisco

A team of institutional and community leaders developed a pregnancy village model—a community-based, community-institutional co-led model of providing social, public health, clinical, and wraparound services as a one-stop shop, in an intentionally-designed, celebratory, and uplifting environment.

Ob-gyn residents forced to deny abortion care grapple with moral distress

New research from the Ryan Residency Training Program ffound that ob-gyn residents training in states that restrict abortion feel profound distress at not being able to provide the evidence-based care their patients need.

Initial cure of BV infection makes live biotherapeutics more effective

These results indicate that clearing BV-associated microbes before giving live biotherapeutic products may be crucial to maximizing their effectiveness, thus helping to prevent the negative reproductive health outcomes that come with recurring BV.