The association between socio-economic deprivation and receipt of long-acting reversible contraception at a single clinic visit.

Objectives: To determine the relationship between area deprivation index (ADI) and obtaining single-visit long-acting reversible contraception (LARC).

Study Design: We utilized Poisson regression to determine the association between area deprivation and single-visit LARC insertion within a state-wide healthcare system between 2019-2021.

Results: Among our cohort (N = 4417), 68.

The Use of Health Equity Impact Assessments to Modify Evidence Based Strategies within Local Health Departments in North Carolina.

Background: Health equity impact assessments (HEIAs) inform the reduction of health inequities by evaluating programs or policies that affect target populations. Local health departments (LHD) receiving funding through the Improving Community Outcomes for Maternal and Child Health (ICO4MCH) Program conducted HEIAs for evidence-based strategies (EBSs). This paper describes the impact of HEIAs on the implementation of EBSs and highlights lessons learned during implementation of HEIA modifications.

Looking Back, Visioning Forward: Preconception Health in the US 2005 to 2023.

Preconception health has always been about preventative health care, ensuring the overall wellbeing of people of reproductive age before they have children. However, just as public health and health care have shifted to prioritize equity and include ideas about how social determinants of health influence health outcomes, the field of preconception health has experienced a similar transition. The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the evolution of preconception health in the United States after 2005, highlighting the key tensions that have shaped the field.

Single-Visit Long-Acting Reversible Contraception Initiation Among Adolescents Before and During COVID-19.

Purpose: Single-visit long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) is cost-effective and convenient. Our objective was to compare incidence of single-visit LARC placement and associated factors during the year before the COVID-19 pandemic (March 15, 2020) and the first year of the pandemic.

Methods: This retrospective cohort study analyzed electronic health records from a large healthcare system.

Single-visit insertion of long-acting reversible contraception in a single health system.

Objective: To identify patient and practice characteristics associated with single-visit placement of long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) across the University of North Carolina Health system.

Study Design: We conducted a retrospective observational study using existing electronic health records. We abstracted data from charts of individuals ages 15-50 years who received a LARC device between March 15, 2019, and March 14, 2021.

Understanding Youth Sport Coaches' Perceptions of Evidence-Based Injury-Prevention Training Programs: A Systematic Literature Review.

Objective: To systematically review and summarize the knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and contextual perceptions of youth sport coaches toward injury-prevention training programs by using the Theoretical Domains Framework to guide the organization of results.

Data Sources: Systematic searches of PubMed and Google Scholar were undertaken in November 2021.

Study Selection: The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses protocol was followed.

A Path Towards Reproductive Justice: Incorporating a RJ Framework into North Carolina's Improving Community Outcomes for Maternal and Child Health Initiative.

Purpose: Long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) is encouraged as a strategy to address racial disparities in birth outcomes. Black woman-led organizations and stakeholders recommend a thoughtful integration of Reproductive Justice for any LARC programs. This paper will describe how one state-funded maternal and child health program reconceptualized an evidence-based strategy (EBS) focused on increasing access to LARC, to a broader strategy that incorporated principles of Reproductive Justice to improve birth outcomes.

Using the Wilder Collaboration Factors Inventory to Strengthen Collaborations for Improving Maternal and Child Health.

Introduction: The Wilder Collaboration Factors Inventory is a free, publicly available questionnaire about the quality and context of community collaboration. The purpose of this article is to share lessons from using this questionnaire in a North Carolina maternal and child health initiative.

Methods: In 2015, the State's General Assembly funded five local health departments to implement evidence-based strategies for improving maternal and child health.