MOTHER Lab

Publications

Peer-reviewed research, book chapters, and conference presentations from the Lab.

Peer-reviewed

Journal Articles

Ten articles, August 2021 to December 2023. Each opens on the publisher or PubMed.

  1. Investigating the Role of Race and Stressful Life Events on the Smoking Patterns of Pregnant and Postpartum Women in the United States: A Multistate Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Phase 8 (2016–2018) Analysis (opens in a new tab)

    Maternal and Child Health Journal · December 2023

    Rauta Aver Yakubu, Kobi V. Ajayi, Shubhecchha Dhaurali, Keri Carvalho, Anna Kheyfets, Blessing Chidiuto Lawrence, Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha

    PubMed

  2. The Impact of Hostile Abortion Legislation on the United States Maternal Mortality Crisis: A Call for Increased Abortion Education (opens in a new tab)

    Frontiers in Public Health · December 2023

    Anna Kheyfets, Shubhecchha Dhaurali, Paige Feyock, Farinaz Khan, April Lockley, Brenna Miller, Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha

    PubMed

  3. The Role of Health Systems in Black Maternal Mental Health Care Delivery: A Socio-Ecological Framework (opens in a new tab)

    Current Treatment Options in Psychiatry · October 2023

    Siwaar Abouhala, Rauta Aver Yakubu MHA MPH, Lily Snape, Shubhecchha Dhaurali, Felicity Welch LMSW MPH, Courtney Enge MBA MPH, Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha PhD MPH

    Springer

  4. Investigating Maternal Stress, Depression, and Breastfeeding (opens in a new tab)

    Healthcare · June 2023

    Shubhecchha Dhaurali, Vickie Dugat, Tayler Whittler, Shikhar Shrestha, Marwah Kiani, Maria Gabriela Ruiz, Iman Ali, Courtney Enge, Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha

    PMC

  5. Efficacy of Provider-Based Prenatal Interventions to Reduce Maternal Stress (opens in a new tab)

    Women’s Health Issues · May 2023

    Nichole Moore, Siwaar Abouhala, Pegah Maleki MSW MPH, Anna Kheyfets BA, Keri Carvalho PhD, Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha PhD MPH

    Women's Health Issues

  6. Black Maternal Health Scholars on Fire (opens in a new tab)

    Health Services Research · October 2022

    Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha PhD MPH, Jasmine A. Abrams MS PhD, Candace K. Stewart MPH, Adriana Black MPH MAT, Tonia J. Rhone MS, Anna Kheyfets BA, Vanessa Nicholson DrPH MPH, Judith Jeanty MPH, Lois McCloskey MPH DrPH

    Wiley

  7. Implications for racial inequities in maternal health if Roe v Wade is lost (opens in a new tab)

    The Lancet · July 2022

    Anna Kheyfets, Brenna Miller, Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha

    The Lancet

  8. The Impact of Psychosocial Stress on Maternal Health Outcomes: A Multi-State PRAMS 8 (2016–2018) Analysis (opens in a new tab)

    Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice · 2022

    Blessing Chidiuto Lawrence, Anna Kheyfets, Keri Carvalho, Shubhecchha Dhaurali, Marwah Kiani, Alison Moky, Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha

    UNLV Digital Scholarship

  9. Systematic Policy Review of Black Maternal Health-Related Policies (opens in a new tab)

    Frontiers in Public Health · October 2021

    Keri Carvalho, Anna Kheyfets, Pegah Maleki, Brenna Miller, Siwaar Abouhala, Eimaan Anwar, Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha

    Frontiers

  10. Role of Psychosocial Influences on Black Maternal Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic (opens in a new tab)

    Maternal and Child Health Journal · August 2021

    Keri Carvalho, Anna Kheyfets, Blessing Lawrence, Alison Moky, Lauren Harris, Siwaar Abouhala, Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha

    Springer

Books

Book Chapters

Three chapters in edited volumes.

  1. Employing Policy and Advocacy for Sustainable Decline in Maternal Mortality and Maternal Health Inequities (opens in a new tab)

    The Practical Playbook III: Working Together to Improve Maternal Health · Chapter 45

    Anna Kheyfets, Maria Gabriela Ruiz, Keri Carvalho, Candace Stewart, Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha

    Oxford University Press

  2. The Color Line of Infertility: Reproductive Disparities in Black Women (opens in a new tab)

    Black Women and Resilience: Power, Perseverance, and Public Health · Chapter 12

    Yoann Sophie Antoine MPH, Blessing Lawrence MPH, Shubhecchha Dhaurali, Beverly Udegbe, Lauren Cohen, Paige Feyock, Mildred Watson-Baylor PhD LPC, Ndidiamaka N. Amutah-Onukagha PhD MPH

    Publisher

  3. Determinants of Chronic Stress and the Impact on Black Women’s Maternal and Reproductive Outcomes (opens in a new tab)

    Black Women’s Reproductive Health and Sexuality: A Holistic Public Health Approach · Part I, Chapter 4

    Blessing Chidiuto Lawrence, Rauta Aver Yakubu, Anna Kheyfets, Candace Stewart, Shubhecchha Dhaurali, Keri Carvalho, Siwaar Abouhala, Kobi V. Ajayi, Marwah Kiani, Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha

    APHA Press

Conferences

Presentations

Both delivered at the American Public Health Association annual meeting.

  1. MOTHER Lab: Combatting the Black maternal health crisis through doula-centered research, engagement, and advocacy — perspectives from a research lab (opens in a new tab)

    American Public Health Association 2022 · Oral podium presentation · 2022

    Shubhecchha Dhaurali, Siwaar Abouhala, Marwah Kiani BA/BS, Ryiah Barnes, Brenna Miller MPH, Candace Stewart MPH, Keri Carvalho PhD, Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha PhD

    APHA

  2. The failure of current contraceptive care measures (opens in a new tab)

    American Public Health Association 2022 · Contraception roundtable · 2022

    Ameya Menta, Lauren Cohen, Eimaan Anwar, Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha PhD

    APHA