Ann Biddlecom, Senior Research Associate

Ann Biddlecom joined the Guttmacher Institute in August 2002 as a Senior Research Associate. She recently directed a multi-country study of HIV and pregnancy prevention among adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa and has authored or co-authored peer-reviewed journal articles on contraceptive use, men’s reproductive roles and adolescent sexual behaviors. She previously worked at the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research, conducting analysis in the areas of reproduction and family support, and at the Population Council, where she performed quantitative and qualitative research on contraceptive use with colleagues in Sub-Saharan Africa. She was also on the team fielding the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth. Dr. Biddlecom received her undergraduate degree from the University of Notre Dame and her Ph.D. in sociology and population studies from Brown University in 1995. She was also a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Michigan’s Population Studies Center.

Recent Publications Include:

Biddlecom AE, Hessburg L, Singh S, Bankole A and Darabi L, Protecting the Next Generation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Learning from Adolescents to Prevent HIV and Unintended Pregnancy, New York: Guttmacher Institute, 2007.

Bankole A, Biddlecom AE, Guiella G, Singh S and Zulu E, Sexual behavior, knowledge and information sources of very young adolescents in four Sub-Saharan African countries, African Journal of Reproductive Health, 2007, 11(3):28-43.

Biddlecom AE, Munthali A, Singh S and Woog V, Adolescents’ views of and preferences for sexual and reproductive health services in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Malawi and Uganda, African Journal of Reproductive Health, 2007, 11(3):99-110.

Kumi-Kyereme A, Awusabo-Asare K and Biddlecom AE, Influence of social connectedness, communication and monitoring on adolescent sexual activity in Ghana, African Journal of Reproductive Health, 2007, 11(3):133-149.

Moore A, Biddlecom AE and Zulu E, Prevalence and meanings of exchange of money or gifts for sex in unmarried adolescent sexual relationships in Sub-Saharan Africa, African Journal of Reproductive Health, 2007, 11(3):44-61.

Biddlecom AE, Bankole A and Patterson K, Vaccine for cervical cancer: reaching adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa, 2006, The Lancet, 367:1299-1300.

Biddlecom AE and Martin S, Childless in America, Contexts, 2006, 5(4):54.

Amuyunzu-Nyamongo M, Biddlecom AE, Ouedraogo C and Woog V, Qualitative evidence on adolescents' views of sexual and reproductive health in sub-saharan africa, Occasional Report, 2005, New York: Guttmacher Institute, No. 16.

Biddlecom AE, Axinn W and Barber JS, Environmental Effects on Family Size Preferences and Subsequent Reproductive Behavior in Nepal, Population and Environment, 2005, 26(3):583-621.

Biddlecom AE, Trends in Sexual Behaviors and Infections Among Young Persons in the United States, Sexually Transmitted Infections 2004, 80(2):ii74-ii79.

Biddlecom AE and Kaona F, The Nature of Unmet Need for Contraception in Ndola, Zambia, in Agyei-Mensah S and Casterline JB, eds., Reproduction and Social Context in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Collection of Micro-Demographic Studies 2003, Greenwood: Westport, CT. 127-146.

Rutenberg N, Biddlecom AE and Kaona F, Reproductive Decision Making in the Context of HIV/AIDS: A Qualitative Study in Ndola, Zambia, International Family Planning Perspectives 2000, 26(3): 124-130.

Greene ME and Biddlecom AE, Absent and Problematic Men: Demographic Accounts of Male Reproductive Roles, Population and Development Review, 2000, 26(1): 81-115.