State Differences in Recommended Components of Care Received During Postpartum Visits for Rural and Urban Residents, 2016-2019

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Policy brief measuring state-level differences in receipt of recommended postpartum care components for urban and rural residents, using data from the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System. Features statistics on the median number of postpartum care components with breakdowns by state and rurality, and state-level maps with shadings showing frequency of screening for depression, smoking, abuse, and counseling for contraception, eating and exercise, and birth spacing.

Julia D. Interrante, Phoebe Chastain, Katy Backes Kozhimannil

07/2023

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University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center

Abuse and violence · Access · Food security and nutrition · Health screening · Maternal health and prenatal care · Mental health conditions · Physical activity · Rural-urban differences · Sexual and reproductive health · Statistics and data · Tobacco use · Women