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Parents of Hospitalized Infants Often Neglect Their Own Health Care

A Pilot Study Finds Doulas and Midwives in the NICU Helped Parents Get Needed Care Faster

By:
  • Christine Weeks
June 4, 2025

In The Media Daily Record

Federal Medicaid Cuts: Health Care Execs Offer Bleak Outcome For NJ Patients

Interview

Featured Fellow:
  • Diana Montoya-Williams, MD, MSHP
May 15, 2025

In The Media PIX11

New Jersey Lawmakers Hear Testimony On Potential Federal Healthcare Cuts

Interview

Featured Fellow:
  • Diana Montoya-Williams, MD, MSHP
May 15, 2025

Blog Post

Health Care Access & Coverage

Ripple Effect: Five Ways The Dobbs Decision is Transforming Pregnancy and Pediatric Care

Higher Costs and Less Access Are Big Concerns, LDI Fellows Say

By:
  • Julia Hinckley, JD
February 26, 2025

Blog Post

Health Equity

A Preterm Birth Study by LDI Fellows Supports Newly Instituted Changes to Racial and Ethnic Categorizations by a Key U.S. Agency

The Changes Aim to Better Capture Peoples’ True Identities on Birth Certificates  

By:
  • Kayla Holloway
January 22, 2025

Blog Post

Health Equity

Why Latine Immigrants Say They Avoid Prenatal Care—And What Encourages Its Use

Community Members Suggest Ways to Increase Trust and Decrease Anxiety About Getting Care

By:
  • Chris Tachibana, PhD, MS
July 31, 2024

Blog Post

Health Equity

Risks for Preterm Birth Among U.S. Immigrants Vary By Race, Ethnicity, and Country of Origin

Nuances of Identity Are Crucial When Measuring Preterm Birth Risk, LDI Study Finds

By:
  • Kaday Kamara, MPH
May 29, 2024

In The Media WHYY

What’s Stopping Some Immigrants From Accessing Prenatal Care — And What Philly’s Health System Can Do About It

Interview

Featured Fellow:
  • Diana Montoya-Williams, MD, MSHP
May 27, 2024
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Blog Post

Health Equity

Increasing the Diversity of Clinical Research Participants 

Building Trust is Key to Recruiting Underrepresented Groups  

By:
  • Nancy Stedman
March 6, 2023

In The Media The Philadelphia Inquirer

Mixed-status immigrant families have complex health insurance needs that require simple solutions

Author

Featured Fellow:
  • Diana Montoya-Williams, MD, MSHP
December 3, 2021

In The Media WHYY

Philly’s Latino Doctors Form a Collective to Boost Lagging Community Vaccination Rates

Work Cited

Featured Fellow:
  • Diana Montoya-Williams, MD, MSHP
March 18, 2021

Blog Post

Health Equity

Maternal Resilience and Low Birthweight

Resilience Helps, Disparities Remain

By:
  • Elizabeth Donhauser
January 20, 2021

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