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At NRHA's Annual #RuralHealth Conference, Katy Backes Kozhimannil, PhD, MPA of U of MN Rural Health discussed ways to prevent rural maternal morbidity and mortality. "Hopefully in having these conversations, our rural birthing people and families...will not have to be so resilient all the time anymore." #NRHASD23

SCOTUS could release their ICWA decision tomorrow. Send Indigenous Peoples some love. The methods may change, but colonialism never stopped. They are still attacking our sovereignty for economic gain, at the expense of our children's wellbeing. forbes.com/sites/victorlo…

In our new historical demography paper, J. David Hacker and I examine the impact of racial residential segregation on child mortality using the 1900&1910 census. We show that even prior to the creation of Jim Crows, and HOLC maps, structural racism has impacted health. MPC

Mariana Story Tuttle BLibal and I wrote about our experiences with our rural LGBTQ+ health project. Check it out! ruralmentalwellness.com/toward-stigma-…

In #Brackeen the plaintiffs tried to argue that #ICWA was unconstitutional for 3 big reasons. First, that it was racial discrimination against the non-Native foster parents who wanted to adopt #Native kids. On this ground #SCOTUS ruled they don’t have standing.

Upon giving birth, they are often deemed “unfit” to parent, and separation from their babies is often a “foregone conclusion,” Patrick says. The system needs a reboot. It doesn't have to be this way. scientificamerican.com/article/dracon… via Scientific American @sarafn

Both low-risk & high-risk OB patients at low-volume hospitals in rural counties had higher risk for severe #maternalmorbidity compared with #ruralhospitals delivering more babies, reported Katy Backes Kozhimannil, PhD, MPA of UMN School of Public Health & Stephanie Leonard, PhD of Stanford Medicine. bit.ly/43XUcvV

Indigenous data erasure is real. One moment, the legend Dr. Utibe R. Essien, MD MPH mentions structural barriers to Black, Latino & Native med school enrollment in the context of the affirmative action ban, then PBS PBS News erases Natives the next. I fixed it but when will this end?

‼️ Breaking news‼️ We just made history: in a GROUNDBREAKING advancement for #repro health, the U.S. FDA just approved Opill, the FIRST-EVER over-the-counter birth control pill. #FreeThePill

Amazing thought piece by Katy Backes Kozhimannil, PhD, MPA which supports the use of the language “U.S. manufactured maternal health crisis.” Thank you!!

“Local access to reproductive, prenatal, obstetric, and postpartum care is essential, and policy solutions need to focus squarely on the structural injustices and systemic failures that have created and reproduced the statistics that alarm us.”— Katy Backes Kozhimannil, PhD, MPA

In 2022 more than 2.2 million women of reproductive age in the US lived in counties with no maternity care access, Policies need to focus squarely on the structural injustices and systemic failures that have created these statistics, says Katy Backes Kozhimannil, PhD, MPA bmj.com/content/382/bm…

For years I’ve been asked - what to do about colorblind policies… I struggled to explain but now we have a paper I can point people to! Cydney McGuire thanks for saying “yes” to bringing this to life with me - find it amongst all the🔥papers in this special issue 👇🏾

SPH Professor Katy Backes Kozhimannil, PhD, MPA, the director of U of MN Rural Health, considers birthing centers a lifeline for communities with barriers to good maternity care — whether those barriers are geographic, financial or cultural. 📰 via The New York Times Center for Antiracism Research for Health Equity @UMN_MCH nytimes.com/2023/09/30/hea…

NEW PAPER 🚨 Just in time for Indigenous Peoples Day & ERAS season. Indigenous physicians are highly underrepresented. We found it will take over 100 years to close the gap if current matriculation remains stable ‼️ We propose systemic solutions 💡 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Uplifting this brilliant piece of writing by UMN School of Public Health doctoral student Abaki Beck #IndigenousPeoplesDay

Access to hospital-based obstetric care has declined in the US, with rural hospitals experiencing a more significant increase in the percentage without obstetric services. ja.ma/4f0Jh9l

A research letter quantifies losses and gains of obstetric care at rural and urban short-term acute care hospitals in the US between 2010-2022. Author Katy Kozhimannil discusses this and more with JAMA Deputy Editor Linda Brubaker. ja.ma/49ma2DP