Creating an Agenda for Black Birth Equity: Black Voices Matter.

Background: The grim inequity that Black women and infants are more than twice as likely to die during birth than their white counterparts is a public health crisis.

Methods: Guided by principles of critical race theory, we used content analysis to analyze the themes of the presentation made by five Black community members on a 2020 Juneteenth panel, a holiday celebrating the emancipation of those who had been enslaved in the United States.

Results: Panelists sparked the conversation by unpacking the traumatic experiences of health inequities and structural racism on Black families and diverse caregivers.

Depo-medroxyprogesterone acetate, weight gain and amenorrhea among obese adolescent and adult women.

The aim of the study was to evaluate the correlation between obesity and the use of depot medroxyprogesterone (DMPA) with regard to weight gain and changes in bleeding pattern. A retrospective chart review was conducted of women receiving 150 mg DMPA via intramuscular injection at inpatient and outpatient clinics at the University of Mississippi Medical Centre between 1 June 2012 and 31 December 2016. Body mass indices (BMI) were assessed at baseline and at the time of final injection.