Stephanie Arteaga, MPH, is a PhD candidate and a Project Director with the UC Berkeley Sexual Health and Reproductive Equity (SHARE) Program whose work centers on understanding how social, cultural, and structural factors influence reproductive decision-making. Through her research, Stephanie explores the intersections of reproductive health and the lived experiences of the communities she serves, advancing community-engaged scholarship that informs more equitable reproductive health care.
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July 14, 2026
Title V Agency Placement and Project
July 13, 2026
Title V Agency Placement & Project
- Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Bureau of Family Health
- Summer 2024
- Fatherhood & Non-Birthing Partner Needs Assessment
Internship Focus
July 9, 2026
Title V Agency Placement & Project
May 27, 2026
When I think about maternal health now, I find it difficult to separate outcomes from experience. In public health, we frequently measure a successful pregnancy and birth using clinical outcomes, but this does not fully capture what the mother had to carry emotionally, mentally, and physically to get there. A birth can look medically positive on paper and still leave a woman feeling unheard, rushed, confused and powerless.
Informed decision-making is frequently presented as if it is simple: a provider explains, a patient understands, and a decision is made. However, in maternal care, particularly when dealing with immigrant mothers, I have learned that actual understanding is much more complicated. Being informed is not only about receiving medical information; it also depends on how that information is explained, how much time is provided to fully understand it, and whether the patient feels comfortable enough to pause, ask questions and admit confusion.
May 22, 2026
Get to Know the Graduate Students: Kinzie Warne-McGraw
This past March, I supported the first full-spectrum doula training for incarcerated community members at Santa Rita Jail through my work as a full-spectrum doula with Roots of Labor Birth Collective. Each morning, participants and facilitators gathered around an altar we built together to ground ourselves in gratitude, reflection, and intention before moving through the day’s training. What stayed with me most was how quickly the classroom transformed into a space of mutual care. Lessons often opened into conversations about family separation, loss, grief, survival, and hope.
May 21, 2026
This past April, I had the honor of being selected to present my research poster at the Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA) Biennial Conference in Toronto, Canada. The SRA focuses on advancing understanding of the adolescent developmental period to which my work directly relates. My research poster used the CHAMACOS longitudinal cohort study to determine if early major life events (positive, negative, and neutral) were associated with adolescent mental health outcomes (anxiety, depression, and internalizing issues).
Get to Know the Graduate Students: Kendy Mendoza
Research Interests:
Education; Program Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation; Black & Latine Health; Qualitative Research Methods; Adolescent and Environmental Health; Family Planning
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