U54HD113030

Equity in maternal and birthing outcomes and reproductive health through community engagement - project summary/abstract longstanding racial and socioeconomic inequities in the US, underpinned by historical legacies of systemic racism, oppression and exploitation, have burdened black people and increased their risk of adverse maternal and reproductive health outcomes. Through reproductive justice, anti-racist scholarship and social justice praxis, researchers and clinicians are increasingly advocating for and innovating approaches that center and empower the community's lived experience.

The Equity in Maternal and Birthing Outcomes and Reproductive Health through Community Engagement (EMBRACE) Center is a multidisciplinary community-academic partnership to advance maternal and reproductive health for black people in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and augment training in anti-oppression praxis for care providers, researchers, and policy advocates. Leveraging existing and developing relationships, as well as our leadership expertise, the EMBRACE Center consists of three multi-level research projects: 1) Implementation of a community health worker model to support postpartum recovering among black birthing people at risk for severe maternal morbidity; 2) Integration of enhanced postpartum (4th trimester) and interconception care centering black families; and 3) Evaluation of policies governing maternal and reproductive health equity among black populations.

Two components (community and training) will provide support and structure across the Center to ensure community partnership and thought leadership in all phases of the work and training and capacity building for reproductive justice and equity. In line with the Center's vision, researchers and community collaborators (many of them black-led organizations) will employ power-sharing approaches that value diverse forms of knowledge and dissemination processes in equitable, accessible ways. We expect the work of EMBRACE to result in sustainable approaches and interventions that will advance maternal and reproductive health equity justice and improve health and well-being for black women, femmes, and gender expansive people.

University Of Pittsburgh - Of The Commonwealth System Of Higher Education

TO CONDUCT AND SUPPORT LABORATORY RESEARCH, CLINICAL TRIALS, AND STUDIES WITH PEOPLE THAT EXPLORE HEALTH PROCESSES. NICHD RESEARCHERS EXAMINE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, BIOLOGIC AND REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTIONS, BEHAVIOR PATTERNS, AND POPULATION DYNAMICS TO PROTECT AND MAINTAIN THE HEALTH OF ALL PEOPLE. TO EXAMINE THE IMPACT OF DISABILITIES, DISEASES, AND DEFECTS ON THE LIVES OF INDIVIDUALS. WITH THIS INFORMATION, THE NICHD HOPES TO RESTORE, INCREASE, AND MAXIMIZE THE CAPABILITIES OF PEOPLE AFFECTED BY DISEASE AND INJURY. TO SPONSOR TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR SCIENTISTS, DOCTORS, AND RESEARCHERS TO ENSURE THAT NICHD RESEARCH CAN CONTINUE. BY TRAINING THESE PROFESSIONALS IN THE LATEST RESEARCH METHODS AND TECHNOLOGIES, THE NICHD WILL BE ABLE TO CONDUCT ITS RESEARCH AND MAKE HEALTH RESEARCH PROGRESS UNTIL ALL CHILDREN, ADULTS, FAMILIES, AND POPULATIONS ENJOY GOOD HEALTH. THE MISSION OF THE NICHD IS TO ENSURE THAT EVERY PERSON IS BORN HEALTHY AND WANTED, THAT WOMEN SUFFER NO HARMFUL EFFECTS FROM REPRODUCTIVE PROCESSES, AND THAT ALL CHILDREN HAVE THE CHANCE TO ACHIEVE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL FOR HEALTHY AND PRODUCTIVE LIVES, FREE FROM DISEASE OR DISABILITY, AND TO ENSURE THE HEALTH, PRODUCTIVITY, INDEPENDENCE, AND WELL-BEING OF ALL PEOPLE THROUGH OPTIMAL REHABILITATION.

93.865 - Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) [HHS - NIH]

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 152221808 United States

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Maternal Health Research Centers of Excellence (U54 Clinical Trial Optional) (RFA-HD-23-035)

Amendment Since initial award the total obligations have increased 95% from $2,154,648 to $4,191,875.