Drs. Chang, Miller, Ragavan, and their team members interviewed advocates and survivors about their experiences, impacts, and needed resources. Survivors and advocates reported a variety of experiences with economic abuse during the perinatal period, including financial control, exploitation, and employment sabotage.
Drs. Ragavan and Miller's study reviews the increase in intimate partner and youth violence during the Covid-19 pandemic, mechanisms contributing to these increases, and the overarching health impacts on adolescents. Pediatricians play a vital role in implementing healing-centered practices and prevention efforts that mitigate the impacts of trauma and violence.
These findings are aligned with past research and extends this work by focusing on pregnant plurisexual adolescents and young adults, a population with multiple marginalized identities, and those who experience chronic stress due to interpersonal and structural discrimination
Through interviews with postpartum people and health care providers (HCP), Drs. Chang, Miller, and Ragavan explored:
1) How IPV is currently discussed
2) What should be included in IPV interventions
3) How to support those who disclose IPV
4) Implementation barriers and facilitators
This resulted in:
➡️HCPs reported a variety of practices to support survivors
➡️Postpartum people reported not receiving resources or education related to IPV
➡️HCPs identified a need for screening and resource provision
Drs. Chang, Miller, and Ragavan explored how intimate partner violence (IPV) is currently discussed with postpartum people in the postpartum unit as well as future methods and strategies for intervention and support.
Read more about their findings here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37971822/
On September 1st, join Maya Ragavan, PhD, MPH, MS, Jaime Sidani, PhD, MPH, and Candice Biernesser, PhD, for a panel discussion on securing funding for human-centered design research.
Register here: https://pitt.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcqfuqtqz8tGNecFUzC2WrYMK8ADnHbHMvD#/registration
Congratulations to Dr. Maya Ragavan for receiving the 2023 Pitt Sustainability Award in the faculty category. Dr. Ragavan's personal leadership and commitment to sustainability at Pitt is both admired and appreciated. Her efforts will be acknowledged and celebrated during the Student Sustainability Symposium on April 21, 2023. We invite you to join us and event details are below:
