Person, Place, and Policy: Understanding Health Equity Implications of a Changing Abortion Landscape

A Research Barnraising Event

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Co-hosted by the Minnesota Population Center (MPC) and Center for Antiracism Research for Health Equity (CARHE)

The 2023 Barnraising was held on March 27th and 28th. We had a remarkably productive two days. One of the products from that gather is this resource list. 

We welcome Barnraising participants to add to the reading lists. Please share this resource with your networks. 

Agenda

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Monday, March 27

8:30 AM - 9:15 AM

Coffee, snacks, and networking

9:30 AM - 10:15 AM

Morning introductions and charge to the group

Panel Discussion: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Held both in person and online. 

Register to attend the panel discussion virtually. 

Moderator: Christy Boraas - MD, MPH, Ob/Gyn; University of Minnesota Health

Panelists: 

  • Ushma Upadhyay - Professor, Ob/Gyn, Reproductive Sciences; University of California, San Francisco 
  • Amanda Stevenson - Assistant Professor, Sociology; University of Colorado Boulder
  • Suzanne Bell - Assistant Professor, Population, Family and Reproductive Health; Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
  • Siri Suh - Associate Professor of Sociology; Brandeis University

12:15 PM - 1:15 PM

Lunch

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Working Group Session One (there will be two concurrent working sessions)

Working group titles:

  • Intersection of structural inequities and abortion policy: thinking about person, place, and policy
  • How academic researchers can work with/support practitioners?
  • The data we want and the data we need–International
  • The data we want and the data we need–U.S.

3:15 PM - 4:45 PM

Working Group Session Two (two concurrent working groups)

Working group titles:

  • Intersection of structural inequities and abortion policy: thinking about person, place, and policy
  • How academic researchers can work with/support practitioners?
  • The data we want and the data we need–International
  • The data we want and the data we need–U.S.

Tuesday, March 28

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM

Coffee, snacks, and networking

9:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Working Group reports

11:15 AM - 12:00 PM

Next steps and wrap up 

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Lunch

This event is made possible through the support of:

Center on Women, Gender, and Public Policy; Minnesota Population Center; Center for Antiracism Research for Health Equity; and the Institute for Sexual and Gender Health

 

Funding Acknowledgement

This event was made possible by our funders, particularly the NICHD (Grant ID P2C HD041023) and the Center for Antiracism Research and Health Equity. The opinions and products of this event will be solely our responsibility and do not necessarily represent the official views of these organizations, but we gratefully acknowledge their support and their contributions to open and honest discourse on these topics.