UCSF Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health
@UCSFBixby
The UCSF Bixby Center integrates research, training, clinical care, and advocacy to advance reproductive and sexual health worldwide.
ID:3169083391
http://bixbycenter.ucsf.edu 23-04-2015 17:53:18
6,2K Tweets
3,1K Followers
892 Following
Follow People
We're #hiring an Administrative & Program Coordinator with strong organization and communication skills to manage and support a wide range of administrative needs.
This position will provide direct admin support to Dr. Daniel Grossman. Apply now! #reprojobs ansirh.org/administrative…
According to Pregnancy Justice | @pregnancyjust.bsky.social, 92% of arrests in the US related to pregnancy outcomes from 2006 up to the Dobbs decision involved allegations of pregnancy & substance use.
Harmful narratives feed this criminalization. Check out our guide on how to do better bixbycenter.ucsf.edu/news/new-resou…
Join Youth Reproductive Equity, ANSIRH expert Dr. Lauren Ralph, and others for a discussion on why research on minors and abortion is crucial to inform evidence-based policies. Register today! 💻
The community midwifery model in the US is a comprehensive model of postpartum care, and increasing access to it is one pathway toward health equity during and after pregnancy.
Learn more about this model in new research from Ariana Thompson-Lastad, PhD and colleagues bixbycenter.ucsf.edu/news/community…
People who face barriers like systemic racism need support to have healthy pregnancies.
Bixby's Malini Nijagal and colleagues wrote about the value of perinatal community health workers and offered recommendations for policymakers in Health Affairs healthaffairs.org/content/forefr…
ADOPTION MYTH: SO MANY BABIES NEED HOMES
'We have btwn 10 & 45 waiting families for every infant available. There's a huge demand for infants & almost no supply.'
- Gretchen Sisson, Research Sociologist braaainspodcast.com/episodes/adopt…
Despite increasing restrictions on abortion in the US, the number of people accessing care has gone up.
Mai Fleming MD talked to the The Economist about the role of telehealth in the increase economist.com/united-states/…
.Dr. Daniel Grossman of ANSIRH talked to The Nation about the disturbing trend of giving people unnecessary c-sections instead of abortions in restrictive states thenation.com/article/societ…
A recent paper from Ibis Reproductive Health ANSIRH College of Charleston & leaders from three accompaniment collectives investigated the pleasure & joy of abortion involvement. We sat down with the first author, Dr. Katrina Kimport, to discuss this and more.
Read the interview here: ow.ly/XgVF50RnxN2
New research led by Ifeyinwa Asiodu 🤱🏿😷💉 found that Black pregnant and postpartum people are interested in human milk and lactation research. Targeted recruitment is needed to increase diversity among human milk and lactation study samples frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…
'Often people are going through it alone, so they want to know everything is okay.”
Ushma Upadhyay, PhD, MPH of ANSIRH talked to The Washington Post about how some people may seek reassurance during a medication abortion washingtonpost.com/politics/inter…
HEY YOUTH AND COMMUNITY! Make sure to join our #DocTalkLive THIS THURSDAY, 5pm PST -- Black Maternal Health Edition! Conversation with Bria Peacock, MD and AishaMays MD - you will not want to miss this IG Live! 👏👏👏
#youngmotherhood #healthiseverything #reproductivejustice
'Black maternal health is worsening in FL...pregnancy-related mortality doubled from 2010-2020...' FL, it's time to fix it. Thanks BlackInReproFL coalition for uplifting the inaugural #BMHWofTampaBay & advocating for justice and joy for Black communities in FL. Read our op-ed.