In recent years, as knowledge of the tenets of reproductive justice has increased, the framework has garnered increasing attention in media, public health, and public policy spaces. Nevertheless, one domain of the reproductive justice framework is frequently overlooked-the right to have a child; specifically, we refer to the right and ability access to infertility treatment and services. Black, Indigenous, and other people of color, those living on low incomes, and other historically marginalized communities often experience disparate access to infertility evaluation, treatment, and care. This commentary aims to explore the inequities that exist for those seeking fertility services and advocate for examining and addressing these inequities using a reproductive justice lens.
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Geospat Health
January 2025
College for Public Health and Social Justice, Saint Louis University, Missouri.
Background: Increasing access to and utilization of long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARC) can prevent unintended pregnancies and reduce unmet need for family planning in Ethiopia However, LARC uptake lags behind less effective contraceptive methods. This study aimed to analyze the geographical distribution and demographic factors associated to LARC uptake.
Methods: The 2019 Performance Monitoring For Action Ethiopia (PMA Ethiopia) survey data was used.
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth
January 2025
Center for Health Related Social and Behavioral Sciences Research, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran.
Background: High-risk pregnancies are accompanied by significant complications for the mother, fetus, and baby if not controlled and received timely care. During home antenatal care, high-risk pregnant women can receive non-medical interventions by a home visitor.
Objective: This study's main aim was to explore care providers' perspectives regarding the home care program for high-risk pregnancies.
Can Fam Physician
January 2025
Assistant Professor in the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Toronto, Scientist at Women's College Hospital Institute for Health System Solutions and Virtual Care in Toronto, Investigator with the Ontario Drug Policy Research Network, and Adjunct Scientist at ICES.
Objective: To understand the possible association between media coverage and changes in the dispensation of doxylamine-pyridoxine in Canada.
Design: Cross-sectional time-series analysis using data from the IQVIA CompuScript database.
Setting: Ten Canadian provinces.
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth
January 2025
Department of Social Administration & Justice, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Asbah, Razali, 50603, Malaysia.
Introduction: Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is one of the most common genital tract infections among women of reproductive age. The existence of BV among pregnant women has momentously attracted the attention of both clinicians and the scientific community due to its potential link with adverse clinical outcomes in pregnancy.
Methods: To evaluate the prevalence, risk factors, and adverse outcomes of bacterial vaginosis among pregnant women, a comprehensive systematic review was conducted based on the preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analyses (PRISMA) criteria.
Dev Biol
January 2025
Willamette UniversityDepartment of Biology, 900 State St, Salem, OR 97301, United States of America.
Mammalian lactation is a dynamic process that develops throughout the lifespan of an organism. Here we present a framework for a third semester core course in biology that centers course content on lactation allowing examination of the developmental process as a dynamic whole-body experience involving changes occurring at the molecular, cellular, and organ levels of organization. Inequitable economic, socio- and geopolitical systems structure social determinants of health, affecting rates of breastfeeding in human populations.
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