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The Pivot with Shawna Howard

UNC Epidemiology Blog

I ultimately ended up getting a position with Maven Clinic (a virtual clinic that focuses on the health of women and their families). I found out what a doula was during college and trained through a program in New York.

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January 16, 2025

Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs

The57 workshops, 6 skills-building sessions, 145 poster presentations, and roundtables are organized along the following subject matter tracks: Adolescent and Young Adult Health Children and Youth with Complex Health Care Needs and Disabilities Epidemiology, Data, Assessment, and Evaluation Family & Community Engagement & Partnership Health (..)

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Best of Both Worlds: AEF Fellow Bonnie Bloxom on Studying Abroad and Combining Epi and Clinical MCH Work

CSTE

Best of Both Worlds: AEF Fellow Bonnie Bloxom on Studying Abroad and Combining Epi and Clinical MCH Work By Ben Warden, CSTE Staff Todays National Public Health Week 2023 theme is Reproductive Health, a subject close to current AEF fellow Bonnie Bloxom. I didnt know public health existed until this class.

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Could doulas improve maternal health outcomes in the U.S.?

Association of Health Care Journalists

These disparities highlight the urgent need for innovative approaches to maternal care that address not only clinical needs but also the social determinants of health that contribute to these disparities.

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The Network in 2025: Connecting Public Health, Community Needs, and Law and Policy Solutions

The Network for Public Health Law

In 2024, we worked with health agencies, service providers, as well as community-based organizations, to help them leverage laws and policies to ensure abortion rights and access to reproductive health services, and to advocate for such on a national level. In October, the Network signed on to an Amicus Brief in the Idaho v.

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Download time: What journalists should know about disappearing federal health data

Association of Health Care Journalists

Some data, such as the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System and the CDCs Social Vulnerability Index were unavailable on Friday afternoon. Datasets related to racial disparities, LGBTQIA+ health and reproductive health were at risk, as were data on racial and ethnic health disparities, climate and environmental justice.

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What’s coming for 2025? NC Health News reporters look ahead into health policy for the new year.

NC Health News

Other coverage of reproductive health over the coming year will include how communities navigate maternity care deserts. A change in access to mifepristone would be far-reaching; medication abortion using the pill now accounts for the majority of U.S.