Kirsten Thompson

Reproductive health researcher. Advocate who likes plain English. Making change at the @UCSFBixby Center.

[Kirsten Thompson @kaishui212]

When a renowned bioethicist compares your state law to the East German Stasi, please pay attention. #SB8 Alta Charo in @NEJM
https://t.co/AchXvxgB35

[Kirsten Thompson @kaishui212]

National analysis shows increasing travel distance to an abortion care facility is associated with declines in county-level abortion rates. Telemedicine may help eliminate these spatial inequalities. @SturrockHugh @UshmaU @Dianagfoster @JAMANetworkOpen https://t.co/qwVTOTidAl

[Kirsten Thompson @kaishui212]

Thank you, @reprorightsdoc, for your @NEJM perspective: "we should educate ourselves, our colleagues, and trainees about the harms of mandatory reporting, its racist history, and its uneven and discriminatory implementation." https://t.co/15quMWX263

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A new report on US birth settings from @theNASEM recommends expanding health workforce diversity and providing non-clinical support workers to address disparities in maternal & neonatal outcomes https://t.co/d3FQdsJW5Z

[Kirsten Thompson @kaishui212]

.@RhiaVentures CEO makes the business case for comprehensive #ReproHealth insurace coverage: "Attraction and retention of talent – a known business driver – is connected to the availability of this coverage" https://t.co/R5sBr7IgCp

[Kirsten Thompson @kaishui212]

Attorneys general in AL, LA and SD saw the ratification coming and sued to block it. As Lisa Sales of @VAratifyERA said, "We will not stand for a few men... standing in our way - or in the way of history. They are in the minority." https://t.co/zDaHOBZtqr

[Kirsten Thompson @kaishui212]

I still have an ERA bracelet, circa 1980. This Amendment can and should be added to the Constitution, with ample precedent to support that approach. Congress can change deadlines and rescissions have not historically been honored.
https://t.co/BnXxGdTTAN

[Kirsten Thompson @kaishui212]

Friday quiz
Q: In the US, how many beds are in religiously-affiliated hospitals?
A: 17%

Q: What basic care do they deny?
A: Miscarriage care, birth control, IVF, gender-affirming care

Q: Who should not train residents in these hospitals?
A: @UCSF

https://t.co/SB3fVzRNJa

[Kirsten Thompson @kaishui212]

Could we please stop talking about breastfeeding disparities as if they were separate from inequities in access to paid parental leave and its duration?
https://t.co/zogmp2ADQH

[Kirsten Thompson @kaishui212]

Is T1 #diabetes cased by a haywire immune system? New @UCSF research suggests another origin story: "Before immune cells began to attack the pancreatic islets, the beta cells began exhibiting signs of secretory senescence" https://t.co/NHP4aBnrsF

[Kirsten Thompson @kaishui212]

.@US_FDA approves a first-ever diagnostic test for #STI Mycoplasma genitalium with reasonably high sensitivity and specificity, depending on the sample type: @Hologic Aptima M. gen. NAAT https://t.co/m9QOav3rDc

[Kirsten Thompson @kaishui212]

A macro reason to expand our paltry paid parental leave policy: “Because we refuse to acknowledge that people have families and [child] care issues, we’re falling behind our economic competitors,” said @HBoushey, the executive director of @equitablegrowth https://t.co/dthIjIBhNH

[ANSIRH @ANSIRH]

A new study by @DrSCMRoberts & @UCSFBixby’s @kaishui212 found the estimate of alcohol-exposed pregnancy is about 2.5million FEWER than @CDCgov’s estimate. Overestimating the number of women who use alcohol during pregnancy can lead to panic and bad policy. https://t.co/tuV5KVseSy

[Kirsten Thompson @kaishui212]

What happens when you cut funding for free sexual health clinics? Surprise! A major increase in STDs. Thoughtful @JAMA_current perspective on how to reverse this trend: https://t.co/JjnK5h1qGI

[Kirsten Thompson @kaishui212]

Finally catching up on books! @nationalbook 2017 long list & current reading: "The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How our Government Segregated America" by Richard Rothstein of @TMI_LDF & @BerkeleyHaas. For a data/map version, see: https://t.co/xwOAHgU38K

[Kirsten Thompson @kaishui212]

All the @HHSGov rule changes related to #womenshealth sometimes feel like death by a 1000 bureaucratic paper cuts. But they are systematically working toward an inimical goal, all tied together in this @JAMA_current piece: https://t.co/pNF8K560EV

[Kirsten Thompson @kaishui212]

"How the world addresses human mobility will determine public health and social cohesion for decades to come," so let's pay attention to the evidence on migration and health from the new @UCL-@TheLancet Commission report https://t.co/cOjDuZ73km

[Kirsten Thompson @kaishui212]

Is the incidence of autism increasing? Danish health data via @AarhusUni to the rescue in @JAMA_current! TLDR; Yes, rather alarmingly. https://t.co/hIUwEPpRcE

[Kirsten Thompson @kaishui212]

The amazing @CamaraJones of @Morehouse speaking at @UCSF_ObGynRS Grand Rounds on how to address inequity in healthcare. #heroes #bestuseofquotationmarks

[Kirsten Thompson @kaishui212]

I am so honored to work with this incredible @UCSFBixby & @UCSF_ObGynRS community. Special thanks to @_RebeccaGriffin and the many volunteers who made this party happen!

[UCSF Obstetrics Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences @UCSF_ObGynRS]

Celebrating @UCSFBixby Center’s past, present, and future! Great night with @JodySteinauer, Philip Darney & others dedicated to advancing reproductive health policy & practice worldwide through research, training & advocacy. @amypmurtha @drdgrossman #UCSFObGynProud