On average, women use the health care system to a greater extent than men, and thus stand to benefit more from greater access to their own health information and electronic tools that help them manage their health and coordinate their care.
Paid Sick Days to Care for a Child at Home
FACT SHEET | Fourteen states and over a dozen cities and counties have adopted laws that give workers the right to earn paid sick days.
Toolkit: Patient & Family Engagement
Getting Started Toolkit for Patient and Family Engagement: Improving Health and Advancing Equity
Executive Summary: Patient & Family Engagement
Toolkit for Patient and Family Engagement: Improving Health and Advancing Equity
Issue Brief: The Great Resignation
The Great Resignation Shows Great Need for Paid Leave
Improving Our Maternity Care Now Through Midwifery
REPORT | 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 the current...
Black Maternal Health Leaders’ Letter in Support of Build Back Better Advancements in Maternal Health
The undersigned represent more than 50 reproductive justice organizations and Black policy leaders committed to advancing Black maternal health through critical policy change. We applaud the investments in the House of Representatives’ Build Back Better Act text,...
Our Aging, Caring Nation: Why A U.S. Paid Leave Plan Must Provide More Than Time to Care for New Children
ISSUE BRIEF | An analysis of research on the health, financial and economic effects of paid leave policies, along with demographic and labor force data from all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
Reproductive Rights and Disability Justice: SexEd
ISSUE BRIEF | Access, Autonomy, and Dignity: A Series on Reproductive Rights and Disability Justice. This particular brief focuses on access to sex education and barriers for people with disabilities, and includes policy recommendations to ensure that sex ed is truly...
Reproductive Rights and Disability Justice: Contraception
ISSUE BRIEF | Access, Autonomy, and Dignity: A Series on Reproductive Rights and Disability Justice. This particular brief focuses on access to contraception and barriers for people with disabilities, and includes policy recommendations to ensure that contraception is...
Reproductive Rights and Disability Justice: Parenting
ISSUE BRIEF | Access, Autonomy, and Dignity: A Series on Reproductive Rights and Disability Justice. This particular brief focuses on the right to parent and articulates specific concerns for people with disabilities, including those who experience multiple forms of...
Reproductive Rights and Disability Justice: Abortion
ISSUE BRIEF | Access, Autonomy, and Dignity: A Series on Reproductive Rights and Disability Justice. This particular brief focuses on access to abortion and barriers for people with disabilities, and includes policy recommendations to ensure that abortion is truly...
Black Women and Evictions
The temporary nature of the federal eviction moratorium and lagging disbursement of emergency rental assistance signal an urgent need for housing solutions that directly address the unique barriers to housing stability and economic justice for Black women.
Poor-Quality Built Environments Hurt Moms
MOMS & BABIES | The Problem: Deficiencies in neighborhoods' physical conditions impair the health of pregnant people and their infants.
Maternal Mental Health Crisis Undermines Moms’ and Babies’ Health
MOMS & BABIES | The Problem: Untreated maternal mental health means worse health outcomes for moms and babies.
Incarceration Hurts Moms and Babies
MOMS & BABIES | The Problem: Mass incarceration is hurting pregnant people and their infants
Substance Use Disorder Hurts Moms and Babies
MOMS & BABIES | The Problem: Health care and support for pregnant people with substance use disorder are inaccessible and inequitable, and instead they shamed, stigmatized, and punished.
Racism Hurts Moms and Babies
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.
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."
