SHERO: A Community-Driven, Technology-Enabled, and Human-Led Initiative to Advance Black Perinatal Health Equity in the U.S.

Shaping Healthy Equitable Reproductive Outcomes (SHERO) is a community-driven, technology-enabled, and human-led initiative designed to address Black maternal and infant health disparities. It integrates culturally concordant care teams, digital health education, and hybrid social support into a technology-enhanced, coordinated perinatal care model. Evaluated by mixed methods, this initiative seeks to enhance maternal and infant health equity nationwide.

Lifestyle interventions addressing cardiometabolic health among Black American women of reproductive age in the U.S. : an integrative review.

Background: Cardiometabolic disorders among childbearing women, particularly Black American women, contribute to adverse perinatal outcomes and long-term health consequences. Lifestyle interventions are critical approaches to improve cardiometabolic health.

Objective: This integrative review synthesized evidence on lifestyle interventions promoting cardiometabolic health among Black women of childbearing age in the U.

A Review of Health Survey Research for People with Refugee Background Resettled from Africa: Research Gaps and Methodological Issues.

We reviewed 27 studies on adults with a refugee background resettled from Africa published between 1999 and 2017 to appraise their methodological issues for survey research. Out of 27 studies, eleven used a single sampling method (referral = 1, convenience = 10), and 16 relied on multiple sampling methods, many of which were combinations of referral and convenience. The two most salient recruitment strategies found were building trusted relationships with the community (n = 15), and using recruiters who were culturally and linguistically matched to the refugee communities of interest (n = 14).

Predictors of timing of pregnancy discovery.

Objective: Earlier pregnancy discovery is important in the context of prenatal and abortion care. We evaluated characteristics associated with later pregnancy discovery among women seeking abortion care.

Study Design: Data come from a survey of women seeking abortion care at four family planning facilities in Utah.

Influence of clinician referral on Nebraska women's decision-to-abortion time.

Objective: To assess the association of clinician referral with decision-to-abortion time.

Study Design: We conducted a cross-sectional survey of women seeking abortion at all three Nebraska abortion clinics. We defined referral as direct (information for an abortion clinic), inappropriate (information for a clinic that does not provide abortions) or no referral.

Parental perception of child bodyweight and health among Mexican-American children with acanthosis nigricans.

Acanthosis nigricans (AN) is a cutaneous marker associated with elevated risk of type 2 diabetes. This study assesses mother-father differences in perception of child's bodyweight and health by Mexican-American parents with AN-positive children. The study used medical records in conjunction with survey data collected between 2011 and 2012 for 309 Mexican-American children with AN in South Texas.