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Women have unique health needs, and face inequity in both quality and outcomes of health care. RAND's work has highlighted gender gaps in health care access and quality, measured the health needs of specific female populations, evaluated programs aimed at improving outcomes, and demonstrated how policy impacts women's options.

Commentary
Countering Abortion Misinformation in the Post-Roe Environment
Misinformation could become a major barrier to individuals trying to find safe, legal, and quality reproductive care. How might states, health insurers, and technology companies address this problem?
Jul 6, 2022
Commentary
Doubling NIH Funding for Women's Health Would Yield Substantial Return on Investment
The scientific evidence base generally is biased toward the male body as a result of a long history of generous funding for diseases that predominantly affect men and underfunding for those that predominantly affect women. But the cost of the science pales in comparison to the price we continue to pay for what we don't know about caring for women.
Jul 8, 2022

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Journal Article
Seven Features of Safety in Maternity Units: A Framework Based on Multisite Ethnography and Stakeholder Consultation
In this article we aim to characterise features of safety in maternity units and to generate a plain language framework that could be used to guide learning and improvement.
Dec 8, 2022
Report
Societal Impact of Research Funding for Women's Health in Lung Cancer
The authors find that small investments are likely to yield large gains from increasing research funding in lung cancer; investing in women's health research yields benefits above investing in general research.
Nov 1, 2022
Blog
Racism and Patient Safety, Abortion After Dobbs, Homelessness: RAND Weekly Recap
This week, we discuss racism and patient safety, abortion in America after the Dobbs ruling, how to address homelessness in Los Angeles, and more.
Oct 28, 2022
Q&A
Abortion After the Dobbs Decision: Q&A with RAND Researchers
The overturning of Roe v. Wade is likely to disproportionately affect vulnerable populations, including U.S. service women and pregnant women with substance use disorders. And abortion misinformation will likely increase. RAND researchers discuss these issues and potential policy responses.
Oct 25, 2022
Commentary
Privacy Rights Have Changed. Will Data Handling Follow?
Until privacy protection laws are cemented into place, consumer privacy won't be assured unless consumers can effectively take the steps they need to take to protect their data. Tech companies might view this as a burden, but there will likely be profits for those companies that instead see it as an opportunity.
Oct 24, 2022
Report
Managing Urinary Incontinence for Women in Primary Care: Environmental Scan (Base Year)
The authors of this report present an environmental scan of studies that assess the dissemination and implementation of nonsurgical urinary incontinence treatments for women in primary care.
Oct 20, 2022
Blog
National Security After Roe, Women Veterans, COVID-19's Lasting Effects: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on how overturning Roe could affect national security, supporting women veterans, responding to the next pandemic, and more.
Sep 16, 2022
Testimony
Women Veterans' Access to Reproductive Health Care
The Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade could have a direct impact on women veterans’ health since abortion can be medically necessary. To meet women's fundamental health care needs, it is important for VA to be able to provide the full spectrum of reproductive health care.
Sep 15, 2022
News Release
Landmark Women's Reproductive Health Survey Shows Need for Improvements in DoD Reproductive Health Care
Improvements to reproductive health care services provided by the U.S. Department of Defense would allow DoD to better meet the needs of female service members and address the high rate of unintended pregnancies among active-duty service women.
Sep 13, 2022
Infographic
Assessing Reproductive Health Among Active-Duty Service Women in the U.S. Air Force: Results from Respondents to the Women's Reproductive Health Survey
The RAND-developed Women’s Reproductive Health Survey (WRHS) was conducted to better understand active-duty service women’s experiences with reproductive health. This infographic presents results for the U.S. Air Force.
Sep 13, 2022
Infographic
Assessing Reproductive Health Among Active-Duty Service Women in the U.S. Army: Results from Respondents to the Women's Reproductive Health Survey
The RAND-developed Women's Reproductive Health Survey (WRHS) was conducted to better understand active-duty service women's experiences with reproductive health. This infographic presents results for the U.S. Army.
Sep 13, 2022
Infographic
Assessing Reproductive Health Among Active-Duty Service Women in the U.S. Coast Guard: Results from Respondents to the Women's Reproductive Health Survey
The RAND-developed Women's Reproductive Health Survey (WRHS) was conducted to better understand active-duty service women's experiences with reproductive health. This infographic presents results for the U.S. Coast Guard.
Sep 13, 2022
Infographic
Assessing Reproductive Health Among Active-Duty Service Women in the U.S. Marine Corps: Results from Respondents to the Women's Reproductive Health Survey
The RAND-developed Women's Reproductive Health Survey (WRHS) was conducted to better understand active-duty service women's experiences with reproductive health. This infographic presents results for the U.S. Marine Corps.
Sep 13, 2022
Infographic
Assessing Reproductive Health Among Active-Duty Service Women in the U.S. Navy: Results from Respondents to the Women's Reproductive Health Survey
The RAND-developed Women's Reproductive Health Survey (WRHS) was conducted to better understand active-duty service women's experiences with reproductive health. This infographic presents results for the U.S. Navy.
Sep 13, 2022
Report
How the Dobbs v. Jackson Ruling Could Affect U.S. National Security
Women are an integral part of the U.S. military and DoD civilian workforce. Limiting their access to legal abortion services will affect their health and could decrease force readiness. It could also raise health care, child care, and education costs, and affect recruitment and retention.
Sep 13, 2022
Research Brief
Women's Reproductive Health Survey (WRHS) of Active-Duty Service Members: Summary Findings and Policy Implications
This brief summarizes results from the RAND-developed Women’s Reproductive Health Survey (WRHS), conducted to better understand active-duty service women’s experiences with reproductive health.
Sep 13, 2022
Research Brief
The Women's Reproductive Health Survey (WRHS) of Active-Duty Service Members: Methods and Analysis
This brief reviews the methods and analysis of the RAND-developed U.S. Department of Defense Women's Reproductive Health Survey, conducted to better understand active-duty service women's experiences with reproductive health.
Sep 13, 2022
Report
The Women's Reproductive Health Survey (WRHS) of Active-Duty Service Members
The Women's Reproductive Health Survey addresses legislation requiring a survey about access to family planning and counseling services among active-duty service women.
Sep 13, 2022
Blog
Diversity in the Military, Telemedicine Abortion, China and Taiwan: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on the benefits of increasing and maintaining diversity in the armed forces, the challenges of telemedicine abortion, whether Indo-Pacific countries are backing China or Taiwan, and more.
Aug 26, 2022
Commentary
Telemedicine Abortion? It's Not as Easy as It Sounds
The Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade has providers and health advocates strategizing about how to provide more abortions where it is still legal. Expanding virtual medical visits is one popular idea. Policymakers and clinics could take steps to make telemedicine better understood, easier to use, and more equitable.
Aug 19, 2022

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