Completed Projects
OPEN’s completed projects continue to inform our work. The projects below focused on different outcomes and aspects of reproductive health and policy. Each project page includes the main goals of the research, the research team, and research findings.
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This project evaluates the impact of state policies and practices on abortion clinics and health care providers, as well as which policies, laws, and regulations contribute to clinic closures and changes in abortion service delivery in Ohio, Kentucky, and West Virginia.
We aim to evaluate the information and services provided by current staff at crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs) and to assess the full range of client experiences while attending crisis pregnancy centers. To carry out this goal, we conducted qualitative interviews with clients who had recently attended CPCs and with staff.
Ohio continues to struggle with high levels of, and significant disparities in, infant and maternal mortality, unintended pregnancies, and health care coverage and access, including access to contraceptive and abortion services. Our research aims to answer the following question: “How do social determinants of health, biases, attitudes, cultural norms, laws, …
The Ohio Profile of Contraceptive Access and Use describes access to contraception in Ohio, including geographic variation across the state, contraceptive use patterns, gaps in coverage, and changes over time and among a range of potential contraceptive users.
This project evaluates the impact of state policies and practices on abortion clinics and health care providers, as well as which policies, laws, and regulations contribute to clinic closures and changes in abortion service delivery in Ohio, Kentucky, and West Virginia.
This reproductive justice-inspired community based participatory research project focuses on the lived experience and reproductive challenges of people residing in Cincinnati neighborhoods. Our goal is to assess reproductive health disparities and community health advocacy within the context of multiple abortion-related laws and regulations.