Barriers to pregnancy care in the Midwest
Time sensitive research on barriers to pregnancy care
This project will follow people seeking pregnancy-related care in Midwestern states to learn what keeps them from getting care and how that affects their health.
Quick facts
| Grant type | NIH-funded research |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Indiana University Indianapolis NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Indianapolis, United States) |
| Project ID | NIH-11392816 on NIH RePORTER |
What this research studies
If you join, you would be asked to share your experiences trying to get pregnancy-related care whether you went to a clinic, used telemedicine, managed care yourself, or continued your pregnancy. The team will recruit people across communities (not just at clinics) and collect information over time about barriers like clinic closures, travel, cost, legal concerns, and exclusion. They will also track pregnancy pathways and outcomes such as miscarriage and birth to see how access challenges relate to health. The aim is to produce unbiased, locally relevant data that can help improve services and policies.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: People who are pregnant or seeking pregnancy-related care in Midwestern U.S. states, including those who use clinics, telemedicine, or self-managed care, would be ideal participants.
Not a fit: People who live outside the Midwestern states or who are not seeking pregnancy-related care are unlikely to benefit directly from this project.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, this work could help shape services and policies that make pregnancy care easier and safer to access in affected communities.
How similar studies have performed: Most prior studies recruited from clinics and missed people who never reached care, so this broader, community-based approach is relatively new and aims to fill that gap.
Where this research is happening
Indianapolis, United States
- Indiana University Indianapolis — Indianapolis, United States (Active)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Wilkinson, Tracey — Indiana University Indianapolis
- Study coordinator: Wilkinson, Tracey
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page below.