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Sheila Desai

Senior Research Scientist

Sheila Desai joined the Guttmacher Institute in 2015. She has worked on projects related to abortion provision, access, and measurement, and to adolescent sexual health in the United States. Her research also brings into focus the sexual and reproductive health of immigrants and Asian populations in the United States. Dr. Desai was recently named an Emerging Scholar and a Changemaker in Family Planning by the Society of Family Planning. She earned her MPH from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and her DrPH in Epidemiology from the CUNY School of Public Health. Prior to joining the Guttmacher Institute, Dr. Desai worked for Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health at the University of California, San Francisco, where her work focused on expanding access to abortion care in California.

Selected Publications

  • June 2020 Blog / Letter / Op-ed

    What COVID-19 Means for Immigrants’ Reproductive Health

    Colorlines

    United States

  • June 2020 Research Article

    COVID‐19 and Immigrants’ Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Services in the United States

    Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • May 2020 Research Article

    Abortion Reporting in the United States: An Assessment of Three National Fertility Surveys

    Demography

    United States

    • Abortion
  • December 2019 Research Article

    Sexual Activity, Contraceptive Use and Sexual Violence among Asian High School Students in the United States

    Contraception

    United States

    • Contraception
    • Teens
  • June 2019 Research Article

    Characteristics of immigrants obtaining abortions and comparison with U.S.-born individuals

    Journal of Women's Health

    United States

    • Abortion
  • May 2019 Research Article

    Data opportunities for studying the sexual and reproductive health of immigrants in the United States

    Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved
  • November 2018 Policy Analysis

    Immigrant Women’s Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Coverage and Care in the United States

  • August 2018 Research Article

    Changing Patterns of Contraceptive Use and the Decline in Rates of Pregnancy and Birth Among U.S. Adolescents, 2007–2014

    Journal of Adolescent Health

    United States

    • Contraception
    • Teens
  • June 2018 Research Article

    A prospective measure of unintended pregnancy in the United States

    Contraception

    United States

    • Pregnancy
  • November 2017 Research Article

    Estimating Abortion Provision and Abortion Referrals Among United States Obstetrician-Gynecologists in Private Practice

    Contraception

    United States

    • Abortion
  • July 2017 Research Article

    Reasons Women Have Induced Abortions: A Synthesis of Findings from 14 Countries

    Contraception

    Global

    • Abortion
  • March 2017 Research Article

    Characteristics of Women Obtaining Induced Abortions in Selected Low- and Middle-Income Countries

    PLOS ONE

    Global

    • Abortion
  • August 2016 Research Article

    Understanding the Decline in Adolescent Fertility in the United States, 2007–2012

    Journal of Adolescent Health

    United States

    • Contraception
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens

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