NPWF President: "Robust interventions to address the substantial racial inequities in maternal health in the United States are long overdue and require immediate action." WASHINGTON, D.C. – September 19, 2023 – Today, the National Partnership for Women...
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House Fiscal Year 2024 Appropriations Bills Reveal An Extreme Agenda That Would Set Women Back Decades
FACT SHEET | The Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations bills put forward by House Republican leaders make clear their intent to continue the unrelenting efforts of extremists to erode women’s rights and eliminate hard-won protections essential to women's...
Transforming Health Care to Achieve Equity: Centering Consumer Priorities in Value-Based Payment Reform
PRIMER | The foundation of how health care is paid for is being rewritten right now. Government decision-makers and health care industry leaders from across the country are working to shift health care payment from paying for volume, called fee for...
Toolkit: Patient & Family Engagement
Getting Started Toolkit for Patient and Family Engagement: Improving Health and Advancing Equity
Report: Patient & Family Engagement
Report on Patient and Family Engagement: Improving Health and Advancing Equity
Recommendations: Patient & Family Engagement
Recommendations for Patient and Family Engagement: Improving Health and Advancing Equity
Infographic: Virtual Visits
Virtual Visits: 5 Ways to Better Engage Patients & Families
Infographic: Shared Decision Making
Myth Busters Shared Decision-Making
Infographic: Fostering Trust
Trust Is a 2-Way Street: Fostering Trust in Patient-Provider Relationships
Toolkit: Patient & Family Engagement
Toolkit for Patient and Family Engagement: Improving Health and Advancing Equity
Paid Leave Would Cut Healthcare Costs
It is more apparent than ever. The lack of a national paid family and medical leave policy in the United States costs working people their health and financial security – and the price tag is rising.
Improving Our Maternity Care Now Through Midwifery
This report outlines the evidence that supports midwifery’s unique value across different communities, the safety and effectiveness of midwifery care in improving maternal and infant outcomes, the interest of birthing people in midwifery care, and...
Minimum Wage and Abortion Access
In the United States, people with lower incomes, people with disabilities, and people of color have never fully enjoyed reproductive freedom. Whether a person wants to have a child or wants to not have children, their ability to exercise these...