Project Staff

Abaki Beck, MPH (she/her)

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Ashley Watson, PhD (she/her)

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Peer-Reviewed Publications
  • Beck, A., Osman, I., Watson, A. et al. “It’s gotta be really hard to be a mom inside right now:” a qualitative analysis on the impacts of COVID-19 on perinatal support programs for people in prison. Health Justice 13, 54 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40352-025-00359-z
  • Beck, A., Osman, I., Watson, A.N. et al. “We were on lockdown for pretty much my entire pregnancy”: a qualitative study of pregnancy care in prisons and jails during the COVID-19 pandemic. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 25, 815 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-025-07908-2
  • Osman I, Beck A, Watson AN, Sufrin C, Shlafer RJ (2025). A qualitative review of organizational COVID-19 communications and guidance for pregnant and postpartum people who are incarcerated, Health Equity 9:1, 305–315, DOI: 10.1089/heq.2024.0235.
  • Corbett, A., Osman, I., Roane, A., Crawford, A.D., Siegler, A., & Shlafer, R. (2023). The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Care and Treatment of Pregnant, Birthing, and Postpartum People in Prisons in the United States. U. St. Thomas L.J., 19(3): 587–606. Available at: https://researchonline.stthomas.edu/esploro/outputs/991015132138203691
Posters
Poster from the ACCJH 2025 Conference