Published on in Vol 9 (2025)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/60829, first published .
Designing the First Pregnancy Guaranteed Income Program in the United States: Qualitative Needs Assessment and Human-Centered Design to Develop the Abundant Birth Project

Designing the First Pregnancy Guaranteed Income Program in the United States: Qualitative Needs Assessment and Human-Centered Design to Develop the Abundant Birth Project

Designing the First Pregnancy Guaranteed Income Program in the United States: Qualitative Needs Assessment and Human-Centered Design to Develop the Abundant Birth Project

Deborah Karasek   1, 2 , MPH, PhD ;   Jazzmin C Williams   3 , MD ;   Michaela A Taylor   4 , MPH ;   Monica M De La Cruz   5 , MPH ;   Stephanie Arteaga   5 , MPH ;   Sabra Bell   6 ;   Esperanza Castillo   3 , MS ;   Maile A Chand   4, 6 , BA ;   Anjeanette Coats   5 ;   Erin M Hubbard   5 , MPH ;   Latriece Love-Goodlett   4 , BA ;   Breezy Powell   4, 6 ;   Solaire Spellen   7 , MPH ;   Zea Malawa   3, 4 , MPH, MD ;   Anu Manchikanti Gomez   5 , MSc, PhD

1 School of Public Health, Oregon Health & Science University and Portland State University, Portland, OR, United States

2 Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States

3 University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States

4 Expecting Justice, San Francisco, CA, United States

5 Sexual Health and Reproductive Equity Program, School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States

6 Department of Human Ecology, Univeristy of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States

7 California Preterm Birth Initiative, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Anu Manchikanti Gomez, MSc, PhD
  • Sexual Health and Reproductive Equity Program
  • School of Social Welfare
  • University of California, Berkeley
  • 110 Haviland Hall, MC 7400
  • Berkeley, CA, 94720-7400
  • United States
  • Phone: 1 510 6420722
  • Email: anugomez@berkeley.edu