Lindsey Yates

About

Lindsey Yates is an assistant professor in the Department of Maternal and Child Health and the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. She is a health equity social scientist whose research, teaching, and practice sit at the intersection of family planning, maternal and child health services, and implementation science. Dr. Yates focuses on exploring the impact of systemic racism and other types of systemic oppression on racialized and other marginalized populations. She is also invested in identifying and implementing systemic solutions to racial health disparities in maternal and child health outcomes, specifically those most impactful to Black women, birthing people, and children.

Honors and Awards

Dissertation Completion Fellowship
2019-2020, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Teaching Interests

• Implementation Science
• US Healthcare System
• Health Equity
• Community Engagement
• Reproductive Justice
• Antiracism and Health Outcomes

Research Activities

• Family Planning
• Maternal Health Services
• Implementation Science
• MCH Racial Disparities
• Structural Racism and Health Outcomes
• Medicaid

Service Activities

2023 – Present Board Member, Black American History Organization
2023 Grant Reviewer, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) health and Pregnancy Outcomes Vision for Everyone Community Implementation Project (IMPROVE-CIP)
2023 Reviewer, AcademyHealth Diversity Scholar Program AcademyHealth
2022 Online Discussion Facilitator, Abortion Care and Reproductive Justice Institute, The American Medical Student Association

Practice Activities

2023-Present Implementation Coach, National Center for a System of Services for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN), National MCH Workforce Development Center
2022-Present Equity and Engagement Core Member, Technical Assistance Coach, National MCH Workforce Development Center
2018-Present Implementation Coach, Improving Community Outcomes for Maternal and Child Health

Key Publications

The Practical Playbook III: Working Together to Improve Maternal Health. Dorothy Cilenti, Alisahah Jackson, Natalie D. Hernandez, Lindsey Yates, Sarah Verbiest, J. Lloyd Michener, and Brian C. Castrucci. (2024). Oxford University Press.

Looking Back, Visioning Forward: Preconception Health in the US 2005 to 2023. Verbiest S, Yates L, Neely EJ, Tumblin C. (2023). Matern Child Health J.

Single-Visit Long-Acting Reversible Contraception Initiation Among Adolescents Before and During COVID-19. Allison BA, Yates L, Tadikonda A, Arora KS, Stuart GS. (2024). J Adolesc Health, 74(2), 367-374.

Single-visit insertion of long-acting reversible contraception in a single health system. Stuart GS, Yates L, Crump J, et al. (2023). Contraception.

A Path Towards Reproductive Justice: Incorporating a RJ Framework into North Carolina's Improving Community Outcomes for Maternal and Child Health Initiative. Yates L, Morgan I, Tucker C, Henderson C, Shuler TO, Cilenti D. (2023). Matern Child Health J, 27(1), 7-14.

Understanding Youth Sport Coaches' Perceptions of Evidence-Based Injury-Prevention Training Programs: A Systematic Literature Review. Hawkinson LE, Yates L, Minnig MC, Register-Mihalik JK, Golightly YM, Padua DA. (2022). J Athl Train, 57(9-10), 877-893.

A qualitative analysis of Medicaid beneficiaries perceptions of prenatal and immediate postpartum contraception counseling. Yates L, Birken S, Thompson TA, Stuart GS, Greene S, Hassmiller Lich K, Weinberger M.  (2022). Womens Health (Lond).

Education