Publications

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

Peer-reviewed

Journal Articles

Eighteen articles, February 2021 to May 2025. Each opens on the publisher or PubMed.

Advancing Birth Quality by Bridging Historical and Contemporary Gaps in Black Maternal Health (opens in a new tab)

Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing · May 2025

Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha PhD MPH CHES (Guest Editor), Farida N. Yada PhD MPH, Heather A. Olden DrPH MPH

JOGNN
Perceptions of Provider Inquiry Regarding Housing Status Among Pregnant Women Experiencing Housing Instability (opens in a new tab)

Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing · May 2025

Kelley N. Robinson, Ashley Gresh, Crystal Trent-Paultre, Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha

JOGNN
“It’s a priority”: a qualitative analysis of the implementation of a maternal equity safety bundle in Massachusetts (opens in a new tab)

Implementation Science Communications · March 2025

Anna K. Daoud, Elysia Larson, Tonia J. Rhone, Claire R. Conklin, Heather Olden, Kali Vitek, Howard Cabral, Eugene DeClercq, Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha, Hafsatou Diop, Audra R. Meadows

Springer
Editorial: Global perspectives on the health inequities in sexual, reproductive, and maternal health post Roe v. Wade (opens in a new tab)

Frontiers in Public Health · September 2024

Deborah L. Billings, Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha, Andrea Swartzendruber, Lucy A. Ingram

Frontiers
Advancing Parent and Newborn Health Outcomes Through Community-Based Collaboration: A Somerville–Tufts University Partnership (opens in a new tab)

Journal of Participatory Research Methods · July 2024

Siwaar Abouhala, Nina Ashford, Ameya Menta, Stephanie Saintilien, Elizabeth Bolarinwa, Lily Snape, Ana Nieto, Fernanda Villar, Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha

Journal of Participatory Research Methods
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
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
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
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
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
Perspectives on cultural competency and race concordance from perinatal patients and community-based doulas (opens in a new tab)

Birth: Issues in Perinatal Care · 2023

Ebunoluwa Falade, Ronald M. Cornely, Caroline Ezekwesili, Juliet Musabeyezu, Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha, Tajh Ferguson, Christina Gebel, Sayida Peprah-Wilson, Elysia Larson

Wiley
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
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
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
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
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
Bridging the Chasm between Pregnancy and Health over the Life Course: A National Agenda for Research and Action (opens in a new tab)

Women’s Health Issues · May 2021

Lois McCloskey, Judith Bernstein, and the Bridging the Chasm Collaborative — including Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha

Women's Health Issues
How Can the Experiences of Black Women Living With HIV Inform Equitable and Respectful Reproductive Health Care Delivery? (opens in a new tab)

AMA Journal of Ethics · February 2021

Faith E. Fletcher PhD MA, Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha PhD MPH, Julie Attys MPH, Whitney S. Rice DrPH MPH

AMA Journal of Ethics

Books

Book Chapters

Three chapters in edited volumes.

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
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
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.

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
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