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CCF Expert Chloe Bird for Newsweek: Why Mothers Need Continuous Care Even After Children are Born

Posted on May 10, 2021 in Members In The News

Experts: Chloe E. Bird

Bird and co-authors Lois McCloskey and Ann Celi write, “Pregnancy care should be conceptualized not as a singular event or series of events, but as a key source of information for women’s health care prevention and treatment needs across the life course. Creating a bridge to support such health care could also help to address […]

Topics of Expertise: Fertility,Reproduction & Sexual Health / Gender & Sexuality / Health & Illness / Health Care / Parenthood: Motherhood/Fatherhood / Race, Ethnicity & Culture / Reproductive Health

Community College Students Want to Use More Effective Birth Control Methods But Can’t Always Get What They Want

Posted on May 16, 2018 in Brief Reports

A Research Brief Prepared for the University of Texas at Austin Population Research Center Research Brief Series Kristine Hopkins, Celia Hubert, Kate Coleman-Minahan, Amanda Jean Stevenson, Kari White, Daniel Grossman, and Joseph E. Potter Introduction Female community college students who have a child while in college are 65% more likely to drop out […]

Topics of Expertise: Economic Inequality / Fertility,Reproduction & Sexual Health / Reproductive Health

The Impact of Information about Abortion Safety on Texas Voters’ Opinions about Restrictive Laws

Posted on May 16, 2018 in Brief Reports

A Research Brief Prepared for the University of Texas at Austin Population Research Center Research Brief Series Kari White, Daniel Grossman, Amanda Jean Stevenson, Kristine Hopkins, and Joseph E. Potter Introduction A substantial gap exists between the scientific evidence demonstrating the safety of abortion in the United States and public opinion about abortion safety. […]

Topics of Expertise: Fertility,Reproduction & Sexual Health / Reproductive Health

The Impact of the Zika Epidemic on Women’s Reproductive Intentions and Behaviors in Brazil

Posted on May 16, 2018 in Brief Reports

A Research Brief Prepared for the University of Texas at Austin Population Research Center Research Brief Series Letícia J. Marteleto, Abigail Weitzman, Raquel Zanatta Coutinho, and Sandra Valongueiro Alves Introduction The epidemic caused by the Zika virus has been a major public health shock for Brazil, particularly for reproductive-age women. The virus is […]

Topics of Expertise: Fertility,Reproduction & Sexual Health / Health & Illness / Reproductive Health

Improving Women’s Education Improves Maternal Health: Evidence from Peru

Posted on May 16, 2018 in Brief Reports

A Research Brief Prepared for the University of Texas at Austin Population Research Center Research Brief Series Abigail Weitzman Introduction Maternal mortality in Peru declined over 70 percent between 1990 and 2015, from approximately 250 deaths per 100,000 live births to 70 deaths per 100,000 live births. Women’s education levels simultaneously rose over the same […]

Topics of Expertise: Fertility,Reproduction & Sexual Health / Health & Illness / Reproductive Health

How Greater Travel Distance Due to Clinic Closures Reduced Access to Abortion in Texas

Posted on May 16, 2018 in Brief Reports

A Research Brief Prepared for the University of Texas at Austin Population Research Center Research Brief Series Daniel Grossman, Kari White, Kristine Hopkins, and Joseph E. Potter Introduction In 2013, the Texas legislature passed House Bill (HB) 2, a law that restricted access to medication abortion, banned abortions after 20 weeks “post-fertilization,” required doctors who […]

Topics of Expertise: Feminism & Families / Fertility,Reproduction & Sexual Health / Reproductive Health

Valentine’s Day Fact Sheet on Sexual Health

Posted on February 14, 2009 in Fact Sheets

Experts: Adina Nack

What do you plan to give your valentine this February 14 – a bouquet of flowers, a heart-shaped box of chocolates, a candlelit dinner? Have you considered the gift that keeps on giving — a sexually transmitted infection? STD’s have reached an all time high, mostly because they are being talked about much less. Sexually […]

Topics of Expertise: Fertility,Reproduction & Sexual Health / Health & Illness / Reproductive Health

Reversing Course: The Impact of “Faith-Based” Sexual Health and Family Planning Policies at Home and Abroad

Posted on January 17, 2006 in Brief Reports

By AnneMarie Murdock Research Intern Council on Contemporary Families Recent trends in U.S. sexual education and reproductive health policies threaten to jeopardize the significant progress made during the 1980s and 1990s in improving teen sexual health domestically and HIV/STD infection rates, unwanted pregnancies, and reproductive health care worldwide. This is due to many reasons, one […]

Topics of Expertise: Fertility,Reproduction & Sexual Health / Gender & Sexuality / Health & Illness / Health Care / Reproductive Health / Singles & Dating

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