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Senior Research Associate

Melissa Stillman

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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.

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Selected Publications

  1. octubre 2020 Research Article

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

    Margaret M. Giorgio, Budi Utomo, Nugroho Soeharno, Riznawaty Imma Aryanty, Besral, Melissa Stillman, Jesse Philbin, Susheela Singh and Gilda Sedgh International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health
  2. septiembre 2020 Research Article

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

    Melissa Stillman, Ellie Leong, Budi Utomo, Dadun Dadun, Riznawaty Imma Aryanty, Gilda Sedgh and Margaret Giorgio International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health
  3. junio 2017 Report

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

    Ana Silvia Monzón, Sarah Keogh, Ana Lucía Ramazzini, Elena Prada, Melissa Stillman and Ellie Leong
  4. mayo 2017 Report

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

    Angélica Motta, Sarah Keogh, Elena Prada, Arón Núnez-Curto, Kelika Konda, Melissa Stillman and Carlos F. Cáceres
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