Health Equity

Health and Wellness

• Plan Healthy Meals
• Cervical Cancer Awareness
• Creating Strength in Numbers to End Violence Against Women & Girls
• Joan Lunden Shares Her Breast Cancer Story in CDC Videos
• CDC Launches Campaign to Help States Fight Prescription Opioid Epidemic

Science and Research

• Disparities in Hospital-Reported Breast Milk Use in Neonatal Intensive Care Units – United States, 2015
• Maternal Obesity, Gestational Weight Gain, and Asthma in Offspring
• Receipt of Selected Preventive Health Services for Women and Men of Reproductive Age – United States, 2011-2013
• Study Shows Tdap Vaccination During Pregnancy Can Prevent Whooping Cough in Babies
• Trends in Cervical Cancer Screening in Title X-Funded Health Centers – United States, 2005-2015

This story highlights the personal experiences of a Tuberculosis (TB) survivor who was diagnosed and treated for TB disease. The survivor details the challenges of a lengthy hospital stay, her worries over how TB medicines would affect her pregnancy and baby, and her work as an advocate since recovering from TB.

Take a Walk

Regular physical activity is important for maintaining good health. One activity that’s easy and readily available to most people is walking. In this podcast, Dr. Emily Ussery discusses the health benefits of walking.

• Building U.S. Capacity to Review and Prevent Maternal Deaths
• Addressing Maternal Health During CDC's Ebola Response in the United States
• Disparities in Assisted Reproductive Technology Utilization by Race and Ethnicity, United States, 2014: A Commentary
• Questions About Cervical and Breast Cancer Screening Knowledge, Practice, and Outcomes: A Review of Demographic and Health Surveys
• Injury Deaths Among U.S. Females: CDC Resources and Programs
• Human Papillomavirus Vaccine as an Anticancer Vaccine: Collaborative Efforts to Promote Human Papillomavirus Vaccine in the National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program
• CDC's DELTA FOCUS Program: Identifying Promising Primary Prevention Strategies for Intimate Partner Violence