Addressing Racial Disparities in Maternal and Infant Health Outcomes Through an Anti-Racism Curriculum.

Objective: The purpose of this project was for current and future health care professionals to acknowledge and address implicit biases through education and engagement in workshops surrounding the topic of racism in medicine.

Project Summary: Current anti-racism curricula exist in various spaces, including schools, businesses, and health care. However, these curricula often target different audiences, lack interactive components, and do not always incorporate community voices into the work.

Negative Perceptions and Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptive Choice in Adolescents and Young Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Objective: Long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs) have high rates of safety, satisfaction, and continuation in adolescents and young adults (AYAs). Despite this, utilization of these methods by AYAs is low. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the negative personal perceptions or beliefs about birth control and LARCs and their association with contraceptive use in AYAs.

Differential diagnosis of an osseous cranial tumor from Hellenistic Muğla, Turkey.

Objective: This project evaluates a cranial lesion from a Hellenistic-era individual excavated by the Muğla Archaeological Museum in Gülağzı, Turkey.

Materials: An osseous tumor measuring 3.02 × 3.

Community perspectives on the racial disparity in perinatal outcomes.

Objective: The United States' infant and maternal mortality rates are significantly higher among non-Hispanic Black women and infants than women and infants of other races, independent of educational attainment or socioeconomic status. The purpose of this research was to understand conditions that lead to these disparities and propose practices for addressing them through community perspectives.

Method: Researchers conducted six focus groups with African American women who had been pregnant previously ( = 27) and performed inductive thematic analysis looking at the interaction between race and health.

Understanding barriers to uptake of 17 alpha-hydroxyprogesterone caproate (17-OHP) in women with history of preterm birth.

Premature birth is responsible for approximately 38% of infant deaths as well as a host of complications, including abnormal lung development, infection, and long-term disabilities. For women with a history of spontaneous preterm birth in a singleton pregnancy, use of 17 alpha-hydroxyprogesterone caproate (17-OHP) can reduce the risk of a recurrent preterm birth by up to 42%. However, less than half of eligible women currently receive 17-OHP.