"The Name of This is Fourth Trimester. A Lot of People Don't Know About it": A Qualitative Analysis to Inform the Development of a Web-Based Tool.

Objective: The purpose of this qualitative study is to understand the pregnant and postpartum experiences of Black women in the United States to inform the development of a web-based mobile tool.

Methods: Participants were recruited through Facebook Groups. There were a total of 19 women that participated in one of five focus group discussions.

The Power and Promise of Postpartum Self Care: Evaluation of a Web-Based Tool for Underserved Women.

Objectives: Joyuus is a culturally diverse, comprehensive online tool designed to address the self-care needs of underserved postpartum women. The tool provides actionable self-care information, knowledge, and skills to improve postpartum health and identifies red flags for when self-care shifts to seeking care.

Methods: We employed a mixed-methods multiphase design to evaluate the Joyuus prototype, including a pre-post evaluation (N = 87) to assess behavioral health outcomes before and after using the tool for a one-month period.

Concepts of race and ethnicity among health researchers: patterns and implications.

Objectives: This study adds to the discussion of appropriate categories of analysis in health research. We contribute data based on actual interviews about the concepts of race and ethnicity, conducted among a broad range of US health researchers.

Design: In-person qualitative interviews were conducted with 73 scientists at two health research institutions, one that focused on public health research, and one that focused on research about a specific disease.

Predictors of preventable nursing home hospitalizations: the role of mental disorders and dementia.

Objectives: Nursing home (NH) hospitalizations place an enormous economic burden on an already overtaxed American healthcare system. Hospitalizations for "ambulatory care-sensitive" (ACS) conditions are considered preventable, as these are physical health conditions that can potentially be treated safely in a NH. The authors examined risk factors, including mental disorders and dementia, for hospitalization of Medicaid-enrolled NH residents with ACS conditions during fiscal year 2003-2006.