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Eight Facts to Know About Women's Health
Women and girls face unique health challenges across their lifespans. Learn how some of these health conditions affect millions of women and girls each year.
Toolkit for Pregnant People and New Parents
Resources and tools to help pregnant people, breastfeeding people and new parents caring for infants to protect their health and help people who serve these communities communicate with them.
Geographic Access to Critical Care Obstetrics for Women of Reproductive Age by Race and Ethnicity
In the United States, geographic access to critical care obstetrics varies. The goal of risk-appropriate maternal care is for high-risk pregnant women to receive specialized obstetrical services in facilities equipped with capabilities and staffing to provide care or transfer to facilities with resources available to provide care.
Contraceptive Use at First Sexual Intercourse Among Adolescent and Young Adult Women with Disabilities: The Role of Formal Sex Education
This study examines receipt of formal sex education as a potential mechanism that may explain the observed associations between disability status and contraceptive use among young women with disabilities.
Reproductive Coercion Among African American Female Adolescents: Associations with Contraception and Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Among adolescents, racial disparities in reproductive health outcomes persist. The question of whether reproductive coercion (RC) influences these outcomes has received increased attention. Little is known about whether RC is independently associated with contraceptive use and having a sexually transmitted disease (STD) among African American female adolescents.
Culture Clash of Female Somali Adolescents and Sexual and Reproductive Health Services in Oslo, Norway
Culture influences an individual's perception of health needs. No research has, however, been conducted to explore the SRH needs of this population group in Oslo; hence, the aim of this qualitative study was to minimize the knowledge gap.
Declining Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Diagnoses Among Pregnant Women in South Carolina, 2008 to 2018
Reported US cases of chlamydia and gonorrhea have increased since 2000, whereas studies in select populations suggest that the prevalence of these diseases has decreased. We sought to determine if these diagnoses are increasing among pregnant women delivering at our center.
COVID-19's Impact in Women
V-safe COVID-19 Vaccine Pregnancy Registry
If you are pregnant, you might choose to be vaccinated when it’s available to you. There is currently no evidence that antibodies formed from COVID-19 vaccination cause any problem with pregnancy, including the development of the placenta. However, data are limited about the safety of COVID-19 vaccines for people who are pregnant. CDC established the v-safe COVID-19 Vaccine Pregnancy Registry to learn more about this issue.
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in COVID-19 Incidence by Age, Sex, and Period Among Persons Aged <25 Years — 16 U.S. Jurisdictions, January 1–December 31, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected racial and ethnic minority groups in the United States. Whereas racial and ethnic disparities in severe COVID-19–associated outcomes, including mortality, have been documented (1–3), less is known about population-based disparities in infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
Sexual Orientation Disparities in Risk Factors for Adverse COVID-19–Related Outcomes, by Race/Ethnicity — Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, United States, 2017–2019
Risks for COVID-19 acquisition and severe associated illness vary by characteristics, including race/ethnicity, age, and urban/rural residence. U.S. COVID-19 surveillance systems lack information on sexual orientation, hampering examination of COVID-19–associated disparities among sexual minority adults.
Inclusion of Pregnant Women in COVID-19 Treatment Trials: A Review and Global Call to Action
Inclusion of pregnant women in COVID-19 clinical trials would allow evaluation of effective therapies that might improve maternal health, pregnancy, and birth outcomes, and avoid the delay of developing treatment recommendations for pregnant women. This article explores the inclusion of pregnant women in treatment trials of COVID-19 by reviewing ten international clinical trial registries at two timepoints in 2020.
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