Legal Reform to Address Key Drivers of Racial Inequities in Maternal Health: A Multi-method Analysis of California Laws & Regulations from 2019 to 2023
California's recent maternal health-focused laws/regulations have primarily targeted inadequate or inequitable structural resources (Driver 3). Few directly intervened on Drivers 1 or 2. These findings provide a useful grounding for future policy research and reveal the advantages of assessing policies in terms of mechanism-focused intervention targets. Policy implications and potential levers are discussed.
Authors
- MariaDelSol De Ornelas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5144-4611)
- Sarah Hooper (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1110-0093)
- Sarah B. Garrett (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3238-5692)
- Linda Jones (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3597-5997)
- M.Dhyanne Warner
Institutions
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Health Initiatives for Youth (US)
- University of San Francisco (US)
- University of California, Berkeley (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Maternal and Child Health Journal
- Published
- 2025-11-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-025-04167-7
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.06
Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- University of California, San Francisco