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Women have a variety of reasons for visiting anti-abortion pregnancy centers

UCSF Bixby Center

March 18, 2020

In a new study, ANSIRH interviewed women who had visited pregnancy resource centers about their reasons for going and their experiences at the center.

What drives providers to disrespect and abuse women during childbirth?

UCSF Bixby Center

March 12, 2020

New Bixby research uses interviews with providers in 18 facilities in rural Kenya to examine drivers of disrespect and abuse during maternity care.

Do no harm: Bixby members work to deliver patient-centered care to women worldwide

UCSF Bixby Center

March 5, 2020

In honor of International Women's Day, the UCSF Institute for Global Health Sciences profiled the work of 3 Bixby members bringing patient-centered care to women around the world.

Black women in poor neighborhoods more likely to experience interpersonal racism

UCSF Bixby Center

February 5, 2020

New research led by Brittany Chambers looks and pregnant and early postpartum Black women’s exposure to structural racism and self-reported experience of racial discrimination and how those two are related.

Evidence supports holistic approach to helping women recover from fistula

UCSF Bixby Center

January 24, 2020

Alison El Ayadi contributed a paper to a supplement in the International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics to help fill the knowledge gap around the range of rehabilitation and reintegration services that are offered along with fistula repair surgery and identify areas where more research is needed.