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Melissa Stillman

Senior Research Associate

Melissa Stillman joined the Guttmacher Institute in 2013. Her main research interests include adolescent sexual and reproductive health behaviors and needs, sexuality education, fertility intentions and contraceptive use among couples, and abortion in developing countries. She is a member of the Population Association of America, the Asian Population Association and the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population. Ms. Stillman received her master of science in public health with a focus on population, family and reproductive health from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in 2012.

Selected Publications

  • October 2020 Research Article

    Estimating the Incidence of Induced Abortion in Java, Indonesia, 2018

    International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • September 2020 Research Article

    An Application of the Confidante Method to Estimate Induced Abortion Incidence in Java, Indonesia

    International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • July 2020 Research Article

    Incidence of treatment for postabortion complications in India, 2015

    BMJ Global Health

    Global

    • Abortion
  • May 2020 Research Article

    Women’s self-reported experiences using misoprostol obtained from drug sellers: a prospective cohort study in Lagos State, Nigeria

    BMJ Open

    Global

    • Abortion
  • December 2019 Research Article

    Availability, practices and acceptance of postabortion contraceptive services in health facilities: A study in six states of India

    Contraception

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
  • July 2019 Research Article

    Provision of medical methods of abortion in facilities in India in 2015: A six state comparison

    Global Public Health

    Global

    • Abortion
  • June 2019 Research Article

    Measuring the quality of sexuality education implementation at the school level in low- and middle-income countries

    Sex Education

    Global

    • Teens
  • November 2018 Report

    Abortion and Unintended Pregnancy in Six Indian States: Findings and Implications for Policies and Programs

    Global

    • Abortion
  • November 2018 Report

    Unintended Pregnancy, Abortion and Postabortion Care in Bihar, India—2015

    Global

    • Abortion
  • November 2018 Report

    Unintended Pregnancy, Abortion and Postabortion Care in Assam—2015

    Global

    • Abortion
  • November 2018 Report

    Unintended Pregnancy, Abortion and Postabortion Care in Gujarat, India–2015

    Global

    • Abortion
  • October 2018 Policy Analysis

    Towards Comprehensive Sexuality Education: A Comparative Analysis of the Policy Environment Surrounding School-Based Sexuality Education in Ghana, Peru, Kenya and Guatemala

    Sex Education

    Global

    • Teens
  • July 2018 Research Article

    Challenges to Implementing National Comprehensive Sexuality Education Curricula in Low- And Middle-Income Countries: Case Studies of Ghana, Kenya, Peru and Guatemala

    PLOS ONE

    Global

    • Teens
  • December 2017 Research Article

    The Incidence of Abortion and Unintended Pregnancy in India, 2015

    The Lancet Global Health

    Global

    • Abortion
  • June 2017 Report

    De la Normativa a la Práctica: la Política y el Currículo de Educación en Sexualidad y su Implementación en Guatemala

    Global

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  • May 2017 Report

    De la Normativa a la Práctica: la Política de Educación Sexual y su Implementación en el Perú

    Global

    • Teens
  • May 2017 Blog / Letter / Op-ed

    Sex education programmes in Kenyan schools are failing students

    The Conversation

    Global

    • Teens
  • April 2017 Blog / Letter / Op-ed

    Sexuality education failing students

    Daily Nation (Kenya)

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    • Teens
  • April 2017 Report

    From Paper to Practice: Sexuality Education Policies and Their Implementation in Ghana

    Global

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  • April 2017 Report

    From Paper to Practice: Sexuality Education Policies and Their Implementation in Kenya

    Global

    • Teens
  • December 2014 Report

    Abortion in India: A Literature Review

    Global

    • Abortion

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