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Babies born to mothers who received no prenatal care are 3 times more likely to be born at low birth weight, and 5 times more likely to die, than those whose mothers received prenatal care.

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Women's Health Research, Reports & Toolkits


Teen Pregnancy
Facts on American Teens' Sexual & Reproductive Health Guttmacher Institute 2007 Fact Sheet on Reproductive Health: Adolescents & Young Adults National Adolescent Health Information Center The Consequences of Unintended Childbearing Child Trends 2007 Emerging Answers 2007 Report National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy Births to Teens in WI: Targeting High-Risk Populations Wisconsin Medical Journal Preventing Teen Pregnancy: Why it Matters National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy What If: How Declines in Teen Births Have Improved Poverty and Child Well-being National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy By the Numbers: the Public Costs of Teen Childbearing National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy Impacts of Abstinence Education Programs Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. "Too Young" Fact Sheet National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy


Family Planning & Reproductive Health
Fulfilling the Promise: Public Policy & US Family Planning Clinics Guttmacher Institute Contraception Counts - Wisconsin Guttmacher Institute Increasing Access to Affordable Contraception: A Look at the Wisconsin Medicaid Family Planning Waiver Wisconsin Medical Journal Adding It Up: The Benefits of Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health Care Guttmacher Institute Reproductive Health for the 21st Century National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Birth control: More & safer choices Consumer Reports February 2005 WW=P Take Action Paper : Reproductive Health WI Women Equal Prosperity Estimating the Impact of Serving New Clients by Expanding Funding for Title X The Alan Guttmacher Institute The Cost of Contraceptive Insurance Coverage The Alan Guttmacher Institute Family Planning Annual Report The Alan Guttmacher Institute

More than a Choice: A Progressive Vision for Reproductive Health & Rights
Center for American Progress

Emergency Contraception in Wisconsin: A Review
Wisconsin Medical Journal

Compassionate Care for Rape Victims Survey Highlight Report
Compassionate Care for Rape Victims Coalition

The Public Health Promise and Potential Pitfalls of the World's First Cervical Cancer Vaccine
Guttmacher Policy Review


Health Disparities
Wisconsin Health Facts: Racial and Ethnic Disparities WI DHFS Wisconsin Health Facts: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Infant Mortality WI DHFS Abortion in Women's Lives Guttmacher Institute


Women's Health
Wisconsin Report Card on Women's Health National Women's Law Center KaiserEDU.org Women's Health Tutorials Kaiser Family Foundation Women's Health USA 2006 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration Women and Health Care: A National Profile Kaiser Family Foundation


Maternal & Child Health
Healhty Mothers, Healthy Babies Issue Report Trust for America's Health Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Wisconsin Birth Outcomes Presentation Slids WI DHFS Dr. Murray Katcher and Dr. Sheri Johnson Preterm Birth: Causes, Consequences, and Prevention Institute of Medicine Health Counts in Wisconsin - Infant Health 2005 Division of Public Health DHFS America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2007 Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics


Wisconsin DHFS State Reports
DHFS Fact Sheet on Women's Health & Demography


General Research & Reports
2007 Health of Wisconsin Report Card UW Population Health Institute 2007 Status of Girls in Wisconsin Report Institute for Women's Policy Research When Girls Don't Graduate, We All Fail Report National Women's Law Center 2004 Status of Women in Wisconsin Report Alverno College Research Center for Women & Girls 2002 Status of Women in Wisconsin Report Institute for Women's Policy Research The Status of Women in the States Institute for Women's Policy Research The Wisconsin State Health Plan: Healthiest Wisconsin 2010 Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services Wisconsin Women and Economic Opportunity Report Center on Wisconsin Strategy (COWS)


Women's Health Toolkits
Contraceptive Equity Laws in Your State: A Consumer Guide A Guide to Pharmacy Refusal Laws, Policies and Practices

Women's Health Guide Now Available in Spanish Voter Education Center 2008 CCRV Hospital Toolkit BadgerCare Plus Raising Women's Voices for the Health Care We Need Unplanned Pregnancy Fact Sheets WI "End Cervical Cancer" Campaign Maternal & Child Health Hotline 800-722-2295 Recursos En Español