Recommendations for Integrating Traditional Birth Attendants to Improve Maternal Health Outcomes in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Rutledge J, Kiyanda A, Jean-Louis C, Raskin E, Gaillard J, Maxwell M, Smith T, Kershaw T, Abrams J. Recommendations for Integrating Traditional Birth Attendants to Improve Maternal Health Outcomes in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. International Journal Of Maternal And Child Health And AIDS 2024, 13: e019. PMID: 39526165, PMCID: PMC11544515, DOI: 10.25259/ijma_16_2024.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTraditional birth attendantsMaternal health outcomesMaternal healthcareHealth outcomesMiddle-income countriesBirth attendantsMaternal healthIntegration of traditional birth attendantsImproving maternal health outcomesAdverse maternal health outcomesRates of maternal mortalityMaternal health needsFacility-based careImproving maternal healthcareReduce medical mistrustHealth facility careImprove health outcomesReducing maternal morbidityDisproportionately affecting low-Global health researchLow-resource settingsPostpartum careFacility careMaternal mortalityMedical mistrustAntitrans Policy Environment and Depression and Anxiety Symptoms in Transgender and Nonbinary Adults
Restar A, Layland E, Hughes L, Dusic E, Lucas R, Bambilla A, Martin A, Shook A, Karrington B, Schwarz D, Shimkin G, Grandberry V, Xanadu X, Streed C, Operario D, Gamarel K, Kershaw T. Antitrans Policy Environment and Depression and Anxiety Symptoms in Transgender and Nonbinary Adults. JAMA Network Open 2024, 7: e2431306. PMID: 39172447, PMCID: PMC11342136, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.31306.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth care accessMental health outcomesCurrent depressive symptomsAnxiety symptomsCare accessHealth outcomesDepressive symptomsTrans adultsPatient Health Questionnaire-4Worsening mental health outcomesHealth care experiencesOdds of depressionTrans individualsAssociated with depressionNegative mental health consequencesCross-sectional studyPolicy environmentSeries of multivariate regression modelsCross-sectional dataCare experiencesTrans healthMultivariate regression modelMain OutcomesNonbinary adultsPrimary outcome