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Sydney Jennings
Articles
Postpartum Inpatient HPV Vaccination Significantly Boosts Uptake at Urban Hospital, Study Finds
May 18, 2025
An intervention that included educational materials for clinicians on a multidisciplinary prenatal and postpartum care team helped drive acceptance.
Prenatal Substance Use Counseling: Missed Opportunities for Intervention
May 18, 2025
Pregnant patients' perceptions do not match clinician certainty on abstinence counseling during pregnancy, and clinicians may not be asking patients about their partner's substance use.
Study Reveals Major Gaps in Thyroid Screening During Pregnancy
May 18, 2025
Researchers report an alarming number of missed opportunities to screen pregnant individuals for thyroid disease, including among women with a history of the condition.
Joy Baker, MD: Understanding Patient Language in PPD Screening
May 17, 2025
ACOG 2025: Dr Baker shares how language can help create a trusting space for patients to speak openly about postpartum depression.
Postpartum Depression and the Missed Hand-Off to Primary Care
May 17, 2025
ACOG 2025: Joy Baker, MD, called for stronger cross-specialty collaboration to address maternal mental health after birth.
ACOG 2025: Steven Fleischman, MD, Inaugurated as 76th President, Urges New Fellows to Lead with Purpose
May 17, 2025
Steven Fleischman, MD, was inaugurated as ACOG’s 76th president, urging new fellows to lead with purpose and recognize their value in women’s health care.
Primary Care Falls Short in Managing Adolescent Heavy Menstrual Bleeding, Researchers Warn
May 17, 2025
Fewer than half of females who experienced heavy menstrual bleeding were given hormonal treatment, and far fewer were referred to gynecology, authors reported.
Study Identifies 6 Components of a Pregnancy Exercise Program that Reduce Risk of Poor Perinatal Outcomes
May 17, 2025
While exercise is beneficial during pregnancy and ACOG recommends 150 mins/week, this is the first study to examine benefits of specific regimen elements on their own.
ACOG 2025: Poster Highlights for Primary Care
May 16, 2025
Details on 12 key abstracts with clinical relevance for primary care, from menopause management to PPD screening and HPV testing.