The purpose of the PREPARE Project is to advance the health interests of pregnant adolescents living with or at risk of HIV through building on the work of PHASES to develop an empirically informed Ethics Guidance to facilitate timely, responsible research with pregnant adolescents.

If you are being considered for an EXIT procedure, you may be eligible to participate in our research study.

We would like to learn about how people who apply for healthcare financial assistance experience the application process, including things that make the application process work well or that were challenging. At this time we are not able to offer interviews to people who applied to UNC or Duke, we are interested in hearing from people who applied to other programs (such as Atrium, Novant, Wake, Vidant, ECU, Cape Fear Health Net, Physicians Reach Out, or Project Access).

In this study, we want to interview women with pregnancy Medicaid in North Carolina. We would like to learn what would help more people go to the dentist and get dental care during this time. That way, we can make suggestions for policy changes to help more people get the care they need.

Are you pregnant? Please take part in our study! You can help us learn more about how pregnancy hormones relate to mood and brain activity. Compensation provided.

Are you pregnant? Are you high risk? We know it is stressful to be pregnant when you are high-risk. We are trying to learn more about how different aspects of your life - including activity, diet, environment, stress level, and social support affect pregnancy outcomes. Compensation provided.

Are you currently pregnant and delivering your baby at UNC Women's Hospital? This exciting NIH-funded research study can help the investigators determine your risk of cardiovascular disease using a painless, non-invasive instrument that measures the stiffness of your arteries (also called pulse wave velocity).

How does your baby's environment affect their brain? A child's brain grows quickly during pregnancy and infancy. If you are pregnant in your 2nd or 3rd trimester, you may be eligible to participate in a research study to find out how your environment affects your baby's brain development. Compensation provided.

The purpose of this study is to understand the experiences of pregnancy and birth during the COVID-19 pandemic. We want to learn how pregnant individuals made healthcare decisions, reduced the risk of COVID-19 infection, and used support from friends and family throughout their pregnancy and birth experience.

We want to better understand how closures of maternity units impact maternal outcomes in North Carolina. Participants will use a tool called system support mapping to help describe their experiences with maternity care.