Advancing Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
 

Publications

Highlighted research articles

At what cost?: Payment for abortion care by U.S. women [PDF]
Rachel K. Jones, Ushma D. Upadhyay and Tracy A. Weitz
Women's Health Issues, Volume 23, Issue 3, May 2013

Long-acting Reversible Contraception for Adolescents and Young Adults: Patient and Provider Perspectives [PDF]
Megan L. Kavanaugh, Lori Frohwirth, Jenna Jerman, Ronna Popkin and and Kathleen Ethier
Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, December 2012

Meeting the Contraceptive Needs of Teens and Young Adults: Youth-Friendly and Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptive Services in U.S. Family Planning Facilities [PDF]
Megan L. Kavanaugh, Jenna Jerman, Kathleen Ethier and Susan Moskosky
Journal of Adolescent Health, December 2012

Specialized Family Planning Clinics in the United States: Why Women Choose Them and Their Role in Meeting Women’s Health Care Needs [PDF]
Jennifer J. Frost, Rachel Benson Gold, Amelia Bucek
Women's Health Issues, Volume 22, Issue 6, November 2012

Legal Abortion Levels and Trends By Woman’s Age at Termination [PDF version]
Gilda Sedgh, Akinrinola Bankole, Susheela Singh and Michelle Eilers
International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 38, Issue 3, September 2012

Reasons for using contraception: Perspectives of US women seeking care at specialized family planning clinics [PDF]
Jennifer J. Frost and Laura Duberstein Lindberg
Contraception, September 2012

The Incidence of Menstrual Regulation Procedures And Abortion in Bangladesh, 2010 [PDF version]
Susheela Singh, Altaf Hossain, Isaac Maddow-Zimet, Hadayeat Ullah Bhuiyan, Michael Vlassoff and Rubina Hussain
International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 38, Issue 3, September 2012

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The Supreme Court rules, and it's both good and bad news for reproductive health [PDF]
Adam Sonfield and Rachel Benson Gold
Contraception, September 2012

Changes in use of long-acting contraceptive methods in the U.S., 2007–2009 [PDF]
Lawrence B. Finer, Jenna Jerman and Megan L. Kavanaugh
Fertility and Sterility, July 2012

Incidence of Induced Abortion by Age and State, Mexico, 2009: New Estimates Using a Modified Methodology [PDF version]
Fatima Juarez and Susheela Singh
International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 38, Issue 2, June 2012

Young Adults' Contraceptive Knowledge, Norms and Attitudes: Associations with Risk Of Unintended Pregnancy [PDF version]
Jennifer J. Frost, Laura Duberstein Lindberg, Lawrence B. Finer
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 44, Issue 2, May 2012

Consequences of Sex Education on Teen and Young Adult Sexual Behaviors and Outcomes [PDF]
Laura Duberstein Lindberg and Isaac Maddow-Zimet
Journal of Adolescent Health, March 2012

Coleman, Coyle, Shuping, and Rue make false statements and draw erroneous conclusions in analyses of abortion and mental health using the National Comorbidity Survey [PDF]
Julia R. Steinberg and Lawrence B. Finer
Journal of Psychiatric Research, Volume 46, Issue 3, March 2012

Induced abortion: incidence and trends worldwide from 1995 to 2008 [PDF]
G Sedgh ScD, S Singh PhD, S K Henshaw PhD, A Bankole PhD
Lancet, January 2012

Who has second-trimester abortions in the United States? [PDF]
Rachel K. Jones* and Lawrence B. Finer
Contraception, December 2011

Unintended Pregnancy in the United States: Incidence and Disparities, 2006 [PDF]
Lawrence B. Finer and Mia R. Zolna
Contraception, August 2011

The Public Costs of Births Resulting from Unintended Pregnancies: National and State-Level Estimates [PDF version]
Adam Sonfield, Kathryn Kost, Rachel Benson Gold and Lawrence B. Finer
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 43, Issue 2, June 2011

Unintended Pregnancy at the State Level [PDF version]
Lawrence B. Finer and Kathryn Kost
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 43, Issue 2, June 2011

Patients' attitudes and experiences related to receiving contraception during abortion care [PDF]
Megan L. Kavanaugh, Elizabeth E. Carlin and Rachel K. Jones
Contraception, May 2011

Perceived and Insurance-Related Barriers to the Provision of Contraceptive Services in U.S. Abortion Care Settings [PDF]
Megan L. Kavanaugh, Rachel K. Jones and Lawrence B. Finer
Women's Health Issues, May 2011

Emergency contraception use and counseling after changes in United States prescription status [PDF]
Megan L. Kavanaugh, Sanithia L. Williams and E. Bimla Schwarz
Fertility and Sterility, April 2011

Teens Reflect on Their Sources of Contraceptive Information [PDF]
Rachel K. Jones, Ann E. Biddlecom, Luciana Hebert and Ruth Milne
Journal of Adolescent Research, March 2011

Abortion Incidence and Access to Services in the United States, 2008 [PDF version]
Rachel K. Jones and Kathryn Kooistra
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 43, Issue 1, March 2011

Renewed Interest in Intrauterine Contraception in the United States: Evidence and Explanation [PDF]
David Hubacher, Lawrence B. Finer, Eve Espey
Contraception, February 2011

The More Things Change...: The Relative Importance of the Internet as a Source of Contraceptive Information for Teens [PDF]
Rachel K. Jones and Ann E. Biddlecom
Sexuality Research and Social Policy, February 2011

Men's Attitudes About Abortion In Uganda [PDF]
Ann M. Moore, Gabriel Jagwe-Wadda And Akinrinola Bankole
Journal of Biological Science, Volume 43, Issue 1, January 2011

Perceptions of Male Knowledge and Support Among U.S. Women Obtaining Abortions [PDF]
Rachel K. Jones, Ann M. Moore and Lori F. Frohwirth
Women's Health Issues, January 2011

Examining the association of abortion history and current mental health: A reanalysis of the National Comorbidity Survey using a common-risk-factors model [PDF]
Julia R. Steinberg and Lawrence B. Finer
Social Science and Medicine, Volume 72, Issue 1, July 2010

Sex Redefined: The Reclassification of Oral-Genital Contact [PDF version]
Jason D. Hans, Martie Gillen and Katrina Akande
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 42, Issue 2, June 2010

How commonly do U.S. abortion clinics offer contraceptive services? [PDF]
Megan L. Kavanaugh, Rachel K. Jones, Lawrence B. Finer
Contraception, May 2010

Male reproductive control of women who have experienced intimate partner violence in the United States [PDF]
Ann Moore, Lori Frohwirth and Elizabeth Miller
Social Science and Medicine, Volume 70, Issue 11, April 2010

Unintended pregnancy among U.S. adolescents: accounting for sexual activity [PDF]
Lawrence B. Finer, Ph.D.
Journal of Adolescent Health, Volume 46, Issue 4, April 2010

Caring for Women with Abortion Complications in Ethiopia: National Estimates and Future Implications [PDF version]
Hailemichael Gebreselassie, Tamara Fetters, Susheela Singh, Ahmed Abdella, Yirgu Gebrehiwot, Solomon Tesfaye, Takele Geressu and Solomon Kumbi
International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 36, Issue 1, March 2010

The Estimated Incidence of Induced Abortion In Ethiopia, 2008 [PDF version]
Susheela Singh, Tamara Fetters, Hailemichael Gebreselassie, Ahmed Abdella, Yirgu Gebrehiwot, Solomon Kumbi and Suzette Audam
International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 36, Issue 1, March 2010

Prevalence of STI/HIV Counseling Services Received by Teen Males, 1995 to 2002 [PDF]
Arik V. Marcell, David L. Bell, Laura Duberstein Lindberg. and Adel Takruri
Journal of Adolescent Health, February 2010

Changing Behavioral Risk for Pregnancy among High School Students in the United States, 1991-2007 [PDF]
John S. Santelli, MD, MPH, Mark Orr, PhD, Laura D. Lindberg PhD, and Daniela C. Diaz
Journal of Adolescent Health, Volume 44, Issue 7, July 2009

Better Than Nothing or Savvy Risk-Reduction Practice? The Importance of Withdrawal [PDF]
Rachel K. Jones, Julie Fennell, Jenny A. Higgins and Kelly Blanchard
Contraception, Volume 79, Issue 6, June 2009

Role of Parents in Adolescent Sexual Activity And Contraceptive Use in Four African Countries [PDF version]
Ann Biddlecom, Kofi Awusabo-Asare and Akinrinola Bankole
International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 35, Issue 2, June 2009

Estimates of Induced Abortion in Mexico: What's Changed Between 1990 and 2006 [PDF version]
Fatima Juarez, Susheela Singh, Sandra G. Garcia and Claudia Diaz Olavarrieta
International Family Planning Perspectives, Volume 34, Issue 4, December 2008

Trends in U.S. Women's Use of Sexual and Reproductive Health Care Services, 1995-2002
Jennifer J. Frost
American Journal of Public Health, Volume 98, Issue 9, October 2008

Non-coital sexual activities among adolescents [PDF]
Laura Duberstein Lindberg, Rachel Jones and John S. Santelli
Journal of Adolescent Health, Volume 43, Issue 3, September 2008

The Impact of Publicly Funded Family Planning Clinic Services on Unintended Pregnancies and Government Cost Savings [PDF]
Jennifer J. Frost, Lawrence B. Finer and Athena Tapales
Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, Volume 19, Issue 3, July 2008

Public and Private Providers' Involvement in Improving Their Patients' Contraceptive Use [PDF]
David Landry, Junhow Wei and Jennifer J. Frost
Contraception, Volume 78, Issue 1, July 2008

Severity and Cost of Unsafe Abortion Complications Treated in Nigerian Hospitals [PDF version]
Stanley K. Henshaw, Isaac Adewole, Susheela Singh, Akinrinola Bankole, Boniface Oye-Adeniran and Rubina Hussain
International Family Planning Perspectives, Volume 34, Issue 1, March 2008

Adolescents' views of and preferences for sexual and reproductive health services in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Malawi and Uganda [PDF]
Ann E. Biddlecom, Alister Munthali, Susheela Singh and Vanessa Woog
African Journal of Reproductive Health, Volume 11, Issue 3, December 2007

Coerced First Sex among Adolescent Girls in Sub-Saharan Africa: Prevalence and Context [PDF]
Ann M. Moore, Kofi Awusabo-Asare, Nyovani Madise, Johannes John-Langba, and Akwasi Kumi-Kyereme
African Journal of Reproductive Health, Volume 11, Issue 3, December 2007

Factors Associated with Sexual Abstinence among Adolescents in Four Sub-Saharan African Countries [PDF]
Caroline W. Kabiru and Alex Ezeh
African Journal of Reproductive Health, Volume 11, Issue 3, December 2007

HIV/AIDS and Sexual-Risk Behaviors among Adolescents: Factors influencing the use of condoms in Burkina Faso [PDF]
Georges Guiella and Nyovani Janet Madise
African Journal of Reproductive Health, Volume 11, Issue 3, December 2007

Influence of social connectedness, communication and monitoring on adolescent sexual activity in Ghana [PDF]
Akwasi Kumi-Kyereme, Kofi Awusabo-Asare. Ann Biddlecom and Augustine Tanle
African Journal of Reproductive Health, Volume 11, Issue 3, December 2007

Is Poverty a Driver for Risky Sexual Behaviour? Evidence from National Surveys of Adolescents in four African Countries [PDF]
Nyovani Madise, Eliya Zulu and James Ciera
African Journal of Reproductive Health, Volume 11, Issue 3, December 2007

Knowledge of correct condom use and consistency of use among adolescents in four countries in Sub-Saharan Africa [PDF]
Akinrinola Bankole, Fatima H. Ahmed, Stella Neema, Christine Ouedraogo,and Sidon Konyani
African Journal of Reproductive Health, Volume 11, Issue 3, December 2007

Metaphors We Love By: Conceptualizations of Sex among Young People in Malawi [PDF]
Chi-Chi Undie, Joanna Crichton, Eliya Zulu
African Journal of Reproductive Health, Volume 11, Issue 3, December 2007

Perceptions of risk to HIV Infection among Adolescents in Uganda: Are they Related to Sexual Behaviour? [PDF]
Richard Kibombo, Stella Neema and Fatima H. Ahmed
African Journal of Reproductive Health, Volume 11, Issue 3, December 2007

Prevalence and meanings of exchange of money or gifts for sex in unmarried adolescent sexual relationships in sub-Saharan Africa [PDF]
Ann M. Moore, Ann E. Biddlecom, and Eliya M. Zulu
African Journal of Reproductive Health, Volume 11, Issue 3, December 2007

Sexual Behavior, Knowledge and Information Sources of Very Young Adolescents in Four Sub-Saharan African Countries [PDF]
Akinrinola Bankole, Ann Biddlecom, Georges Guiella, Susheela Singh and Eliya Zulu
African Journal of Reproductive Health, Volume 11, Issue 3, December 2007

The Timing and role of Initiation Rites in Preparing Young People for Adolescence and Responsible Sexual and Reproductive Behaviour in Malawi [PDF]
Alister C. Munthali and Eliya M. Zulu
African Journal of Reproductive Health, Volume 11, Issue 3, December 2007

Trends in Premarital Sex in the United States, 1954-2003 [PDF]
Lawrence B. Finer, PhD
Public Health Reports, January 2007

Timing of Steps and Reasons for Delays in Obtaining Abortions in the United States [PDF]
Lawrence B. Finer, Lori F. Frohwirth, Lindsay A. Dauphinee, Susheela Singh, and Ann M. Moore
Contraception, Volume 74, Issue 4, October 2006

Induced Abortion and Unintended Pregnancy in Guatemala
Susheela Singh, Elena Prada and Edgar Kestler
International Family Planning Perspectives, Volume 32, Issue 3, September 2006

Reasons U.S. Women Have Abortions: Quantitative and Qualitative Perspectives [PDF version]
Lawrence B. Finer, Lori F. Frohwirth, Lindsay A. Dauphinee, Susheela Singh and Ann M. Moore
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 37, Issue 3, September 2005

Is Integration the Answer for Africa [PDF version]
John C. Caldwell and Pat Caldwell
International Family Planning Perspectives, Volume 28, Issue 2, June 2002