To access the commentary, click here.The U.S. is confronting a perinatal mental health crisis rooted in policies and endemic racism that have significant negative impact on perinatal women and people, especially those from racial-ethnic minoritized backgrounds. This…

Timely identification of fetal conditions enables comprehensive evaluation, counseling, postnatal planning, and prenatal treatments. This study assessed the existing evidence on how social determinants of health (SDOH) influence diagnosis timing of fetal conditions appropriate for care…

The federally funded Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) are key sources of nutrition support for low-income families. WIC and SNAP participation have been associated with improved health…

Research design: Community-engaged qualitative study using inductive thematic analysis of semistructured interviews.Objective: To understand Latine immigrants' recent prenatal care experiences and develop community-informed strategies to mitigate policy-related chilling…

IMPORTANCE: Immigrant birthing people have lower rates of preterm birth compared with their US-born counterparts. This advantage and associated racial and ethnic disparities across the gestational age spectrum have not been examined nationally. OBJECTIVE: To examine associations of…

Parents of pediatric patients are key stakeholders in the design and implementation of health-related social needs (HRSN) screening programs. Yet, there is little research exploring their perspectives on the documentation and sharing of HRSN data. We aimed to examine parents'…

Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, routine sexually transmitted infection (STI) screenings decreased, and test positivity rates increased due to limited screening appointments, national-level STI testing supply shortages, and social distancing mandates. It is unclear if adolescent…

American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that pediatric providers screen families for food insecurity and connect them to appropriate resources. However, it is unclear how clinics can best provide families with resources consistent with their needs and preferences. In this study, we…

In 2021, more than 12% of children in the United States lived in households experiencing food insecurity, with limited access to adequate nutrition. Food insecurity has been associated with adverse pregnancy and birth outcomes and adverse cognitive, socioemotional, and…

Racism, a known social determinant of health, affects the mental health and well-being of pregnant and postpartum women and their children. Convincing evidence highlights the urgent need to better identify the mechanisms and the ways in which young children's development and mental…