By Taylor Hughes Maternal mortality is a crucial indicator for assessing the quality of healthcare access and delivery for pregnant and postpartum women, and it is receiving much-needed attention in New Jersey. The World Health Organization defines maternal mortality as “the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of [...]
By Taylor Hughes Abortion, the medical termination of a pregnancy, is one of the most divisive moral, political, and cultural issues impacting the United States today. In June 2022, the Supreme Court overturned the landmark cases of Roe v. Wade (1973) and Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey (1992), ruling that the United [...]
By: Bernice Amankwah As a result of longstanding structural inequities, African American women endure greater trauma, socioeconomic disparities, and stress, and have less access to healthcare and social support during the perinatal period, which occurs from the beginning of pregnancy to a year after giving birth. With these factors, which can lead to poorer mental [...]
By Slawa Rokicki, Mitu Patel, Patricia Suplee, & Robyn D’Oria. Perinatal mental health, which includes depression or anxiety that occurs during pregnancy or in the postpartum period, is a significant public health problem [...]
By Jocelyn Fischer, Ph.D. and Yana van der Meulen Rodgers, Ph.D. During the COVID-19 pandemic, New Jersey has experienced record high levels of inflation. These price increases raise concerns about New Jerseyans’ financial well-being. However, inflation [...]
By Jocelyn Fischer and Yana van der Meulen Rodgers. Inflation levels in the U.S. have reached decades-long highs during the COVID-19 pandemic and in its wake. Because inflation can erode people’s ability to afford the goods and services they need, the recent uptick in inflation has raised concerns [...]
By Xiao Liang After-school programs in the United States can be traced back to the late 19th century, developed from historical changes in children’s participation in the labor force market, the introduction of formal schooling [...]
By Sofia Wernyj. Research suggests that the younger a person begins using cannabis, the higher the likelihood of them developing a dependence on the drug. Studies done on states that have legalized recreational marijuana indicate [...]
By Andrea Hetling. Public child-care subsidies are designed to reduce the financial burdens of child care for households that meet certain income thresholds in order to improve employment and/or educational opportunities for parents and other legal guardians. In New Jersey, child-care subsidy payments [...]
By Karen Lowrie and Brooke Schwartzman. Teens of today have faced major shifts in societal, environmental, community, familial, and individual spheres, heightened by racial and school-based violence and the COVID-19 pandemic, creating challenges [...]
