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The Georgia Medication Abortion study is co-led by reproductive justice organization SisterLove, Emory-RISE researchers, and Dr. Elizabeth Mosley. The team created a medication abortion educational video for Black and Latinx communities in Georgia. The study found that knowledge and awareness of medication abortion was lower for people of color, younger people, and people living in Georgia. But after viewing the video, most of those disparities disappeared.
 

Poor birth outcomes are more prevalent for Black communities, but strong evidence shows that doula care can improve those outcomes. In this study by Dr. Mosley and her team, doulas noted the alarming Black maternal mortality rate and how mistreatment causes Black clients to lose trust in medical staff, leaving them in need of advocates. Doulas also discussed the ways that race influences their connections with clients and their dissatisfaction with the lack of cultural humility or sensitivity training in standard doula training.

Georgia's high maternal mortality rates disproportionately affect Black women, who are three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes compared to white women. Doulas play a crucial role in improving perinatal health and reducing these disparities, but accessibility to doulas is uncertain. Dr. Liz Mosley and her team conducted a community-engaged mixed methods study that revealed that doulas face challenges in building their businesses and reaching high risk community members.

Drs. Mosley and Borrero developed a web-based decision aid to support permanent contraception decision called My Decision/Mi Decisión. This tool includes written and video information about tubal sterilization procedures; an interactive table of contraception options; values clarification exercises; reflection and deliberation; knowledge checks; and a summary report to share with one's provider. Users found the decision aid to be informative, engaging, easy to use, and helpful in informing contraception decision making.

Dr. Liz Mosley will be presenting on Community-Engaged Research Methods for Improving Reproductive Health Care as part of the Health Services Research Seminar Series on September 7, 2023 at 12:00 PM EST

Save your spot and register here: https://pitt.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIlcuyrqzopHdacnddSGBmBs_NNnuckFLLK#/registration

Faculty member Dr. Elizabeth Mosley will be a panelist on reproductive health research and data privacy after Dobbs for the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics.

This meeting is open to the public and you can register and learn more here: https://ncvhs.hhs.gov/meetings/full-committee-meeting-14

CONVERGE faculty member Dr. Mosley, and affiliate faculty member at Emory-RISE, contributed to this study on Georgia’s early abortion ban and looking at the multiyear consequences for abortion access.

Read more about their study here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36877521/

Dr. Liz Mosely and her team evaluated an integrated prevention program to address substance use, sexual assault, and sexual risk behaviors in teens called 'Teen Well Check'.

Findings suggest preliminary usability and acceptability.

Read more here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/20008066.2022.2157933

Dr. Liz Mosley and her team found that Georgia’s law limiting abortion to early pregnancy would eliminate access to abortion for nearly 90% of patients in Georgia and disproportionately harm patients who are Black, younger, and in lower socioeconomic status groups.

Read more here: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2802001

Our team developed a novel patient-facing decision aid to support evidence-based and value-concordant decision making about tubal sterilization among people with Medicaid insurance. Check out our updated webpage and one pager which covers our needs assessment and primary outcomes.