Equity & Inclusion
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Association Among Race, Ethnicity, Insurance Type, and Postpartum Permanent Contraception Fulfillment -Obstetrics & Gynecology
Association between neighborhood disadvantage and fulfillment of desired postpartum sterilization -BMC Public Health
Barriers to Urinary Incontinence Care Seeking in White, Black and Latina Women -Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery
Dismantling Structural Barriers: Resident Clinics Refocused on Equity -Obstetrics & Gynecology
Evaluation of patient access to Spanish-language services on a postpartum unit -Nursing for Women’s Health
Foreword: Respectful, equitable, and supportive postpartum care -Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology
Fractured and delayed: A qualitative analysis of disruptions in care for gynecologic malignancies during incarceration -Gynecologic Oncology
From One Unicorn to Another: A Meditation on Being Black in Medicine -Obstetrics & Gynecology
Fulfillment of Desired Postpartum Permanent Contraception: a Health Disparities Issues -Reproductive Sciences
Implicit Bias in Counseling for Permanent Contraception: Historical Context and Recommendations for Counseling -Health Equity
Improving health equity through clinical innovation -British Medical Journal Quality & Safety
Incarceration status at buprenorphine initiation and OUD treatment outcomes during pregnancy -Frontiers in Psychiatry
Lactation Support for People who are Incarcerated: A Systematic Review -Breastfeeding Medicine
Listening to patients: Opportunities to improve reproductive wellness for women with chronic conditions -Health Services Research
Medications for opioid use disorder during pregnancy: Access and continuity in a state women’s prison facility, 2016-2019 -Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Menopause Related Medication Use among Individuals Experiencing Incarceration in North Carolina 2015-2016 -International Journal of Prisoner Health
Menstrual Equity in the Criminal Legal System -Journal of Women’s Health
Neonatal outcomes following medications for opioid use disorder during pregnancy in a state women’s prison facility, 2016-2019 -Journal of Addiction Medicine
Patient characteristics associated with access to minimally invasive gynecologic surgery: Changes during the COVID-19 pandemic -Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology
Premature and early menopause among US women with or at risk for HIV -The Journal of The Menopause Society
Racial disparities in donor human milk feedings: A study using electronic medical records -Health Equity
Racial Disparities in Hysterectomy Route for Benign Disease: Examining Trends and Perioperative Complications from 2007 to 2018 Using the NSQIP Database -Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology
Racial and ethnic disparities in maternal morbidity and mortality (PDF) -Obstetrics & Gynecology
Racial and ethnic disparity in national practice patterns for stress urinary incontinence surgery -International Urogynecoloigcal Journal
Reproductive justice in post-Roe America: Impact of restricted abortion access on patients seeking permanent contraception -Contraception
Safekeeping of Pregnant Incarcerated People in North Carolina -Women & Criminal Justice
Screening and referral for social determinants of health: Maternity patient and health care team perspectives -Health Equity
Self-reported sexually transmitted infections After Incarceration in women with or at risk for HIV in the United States -Journal of Women’s Health
Sex and aging: Perspectives of older adult women with experience of incarceration -Journal of Women & Aging
Standardized Outcome Measures of Mental Health in Research with Older Adults who are Incarcerated -International Journal of Prisoner Health
The American Urogynecologic Society Action Plan on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Developed by the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Task Force -Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery
“We don’t wanna birth it here”: A qualitative study of Southern jail personnel approaches to pregnancy -Women & Criminal Justice
You Matter: Reflections on Black History Month -American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Leadership Involvement in Organizations:
- Presidents of the UNC Asian American Faculty Association