Reducing Maternal Health Disparities: Effects of Recent Health Workforce Policies

Funding Information
  • National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
Leadership

Hao Yu

Year
2022

Project Summary

The U.S. is facing a serious health crisis of rising rates of maternal mortality and severe morbidity, which are attributable to multiple factors, such as the persistent, deep shortages of maternal care workforce in disadvantaged urban communities and rural areas. The project aims to examine whether recent workforce policy interventions, especially the expansion of National Health Service Corps since 2009, help reduce disparities in maternal care and outcomes between the maternal care workforce shortage areas and other areas.

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Prenatal Care Utilization and Birth Outcomes After Expansion of the National Health Service Corps.

Obstet Gynecol

Opening the Door Wider to International Medical Graduates - The Significance of a New Tennessee Law.

N Engl J Med