In February, the Urban Institute, in collaboration with Policies for Action, hosted a powerful, solutions-based event on advancing maternal health equity. This event featured researchers, policymakers, practitioners, and advocates highlighting systemic barriers to quality maternal care and policy solutions to improve outcomes for mothers and infants.
A new University of Minnesota study published in Health Affairs
finds access to the Indian Health Service is associated with higher utilization and higher quality perinatal care for American Indian and Alaska Native people. This study underscores the importance of honoring federal trust responsibilities to tribal nations to advance maternal health equity.
This study, published in Frontiers in Public Health,
found that stricter state-level felony disenfranchisement laws were associated with worse self-rated health for Black women but not white women. The researchers conclude that structural racism and health in all policies should be considered to move the needle on advancing health equity.
A new report from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research explores how workplace flexibility influences exercise patterns among workers and highlights significant disparities in access to workplace flexibility by gender, race, and ethnicity. The report emphasizes the importance of flexibility and schedule control policies in the workplace to promote well-being and reduce health disparities.
Check out the blog post summarizing the report.
Community corner
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York, in partnership with Asset Funders Network and The New School, hosted an event exploring how strategic investments in baby bonds, combined with direct financial assistance, can address wealth inequality. Learn more from the recording.
P4A researcher Fenaba Addo was interviewed by the Washington Center for Equitable Growth discussing racial wealth inequality. Review the transcript.
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