MOMS & BABIES | Public awareness about the devastating impacts of systemic and interpersonal racism has increased sharply with the escalation of racist violence and the COVID-19 pandemic’s disparate impact on communities of color.
Saving the Lives of Moms and Babies
REPORT | This series connects the dots between how different socioeconomic factors affect maternal and infant health, the outsize impact these factors have on BIPOC communities, and recommendations to effect the change we need to ensure all moms and babies thrive.
Immigrant Moms and Babies Are Being Denied Health Care
MOMS & BABIES | The Problem: Many immigrants are denied access to health care, leaving moms and babies at risk.
Higher Temperatures Hurt Moms and Babies
MOMS & BABIES | The Problem: Our climate is getting hotter and it risks the health of moms and babies.
Paid Leave Is Essential for Healthy Moms and Babies
MOMS & BABIES | The Problem: The lack of national paid leave compromises the health and well-being of pregnant people and their infants.
Intimate Partner Violence Endangers Pregnant People and Their Infants
MOMS & BABIES | The Problem: Violence against pregnant people inflicts lasting harm on them and their babies.
Homelessness Hurts Moms And Babies
MOMS & BABIES | The Problem: The homelessness crisis is worsening and imperils pregnant people and their infants.
Testimony of Sinsi Hernández-Cancio at House Hearing on Telehealth 2021
"I am honored to be here today to share our thoughts and concerns about ensuring that the broader implementation of telehealth works to reduce long-standing health inequities, and does not unintentionally exacerbate them."
Choosing Health Equity: Understanding Decision Points in Policy and Practice
RESOURCE | Systemic racism is a fundamental, multilevel driver of pervasive health inequities in the United States. This tool is designed to support people in recognizing these decision points and in choosing health equity – whatever and whenever their role may be in...
Choosing Health Equity: Resource Directory
A guide to assessing whether research and policy advances health equity
Delivering on the Promise of Telehealth
REPORT | Telehealth is central to the future of health care delivery in the United States. It has the potential to significantly improve access to care, address disparities in health outcomes, and help make health care more equitable.
Adressing the Maternal Health Crisis
Oral Testimony of Carol Sakala, PhD, MSPH, Director for Maternal Health at the National Partnership for Women & Families before the U.S. House of Representatives House Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related...
Improving Our Maternity Care Now: Four Care Models Federal Policymakers Must Implement for Healthier Moms and Babies
ISSUE BRIEF | Federal policymakers can play an essential role in advancing these successful, high-value models of maternity care.
Improving Our Maternity Care Now: Recommendations for Congress
RECOMMENDATIONS | Congress can play a pivotal role in addressing the maternal health crisis and supporting evidence-based models that improve the health of mothers and infants — particularly in communities that are suffering from deep structural inequities.
Improving Our Maternity Care Now: Four Care Models State Policymakers Must Implement for Healthier Moms and Babies
RECOMMENDATIONS | Research shows that specific care models in use today lead to demonstrably higher quality care and improved outcomes. We just have to take action to make them readily and widely available.
Disastrous and Dangerous: Judge Barrett Would Wreak Havoc on the Lives of Women of Color
FACT SHEET | Judge Barrett's elevation to the country’s highest court would be disastrous for all of us in regards to our civil and human rights, but is especially dangerous for women of color who live at the intersection of multiple oppressions.
Past as Present: America’s Sordid History of Medical Reproductive Abuse and Experimentation
FACT SHEET | Recently, accounts of forced hysterectomies at the Irwin County Detention Center in Ocilla, Georgia, have sparked widespread alarm and condemnation.
Improving Our Maternity Care Now
REPORT | Four care models decisionmakers must implement for healthier moms and babies
Spotlight on Success: Commonsense Childbirth
CASE STUDY | An independent evaluation of 256 Commonsense Childbirth clients found that their approach to care greatly reduced, and even eliminated, inequities that pervade our standard approach to maternity care.
Maternity Care in the United States: We Can-And Must-Do Better
ISSUE BRIEF | Quality maternity Care is a foundation of our nation's health. Poor maternal and newborn health outcomes signal that major improvements are overdue.
