LAWRENCE FINER

Summary

Affiliation: Guttmacher Institute
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi U.S. agencies providing publicly funded contraceptive services in 1999
    Lawrence B Finer
    The Alan Guttmacher Institute, New York, USA
    Perspect Sex Reprod Health 34:15-24. 2002
  2. ncbi Unintended pregnancy rates at the state level
    Lawrence B Finer
    Guttmacher Institute, New York, NY, USA
    Perspect Sex Reprod Health 43:78-87. 2011
  3. ncbi Unintended pregnancy among U.S. adolescents: accounting for sexual activity
    Lawrence B Finer
    Guttmacher Institute, New York, New York 10038, USA
    J Adolesc Health 47:312-4. 2010
  4. ncbi Effect of mifepristone on abortion access in the United States
    Lawrence B Finer
    Guttmacher Institute, 125 Maiden Lane, New York, NY 10038, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 114:623-30. 2009
  5. ncbi Trends in premarital sex in the United States, 1954-2003
    Lawrence B Finer
    Research Division, The Guttmacher Institute, New York, NY 10005, USA
    Public Health Rep 122:73-8. 2007
  6. ncbi Timing of steps and reasons for delays in obtaining abortions in the United States
    Lawrence B Finer
    Research Division, The Guttmacher Institute, New York, NY 10005, USA
    Contraception 74:334-44. 2006
  7. ncbi Disparities in rates of unintended pregnancy in the United States, 1994 and 2001
    Lawrence B Finer
    Guttmacher Institute, New York, NY, USA
    Perspect Sex Reprod Health 38:90-6. 2006
  8. ncbi Reasons U.S. women have abortions: quantitative and qualitative perspectives
    Lawrence B Finer
    Guttmacher Institute, New York, NY, USA
    Perspect Sex Reprod Health 37:110-8. 2005
  9. ncbi Abortion incidence and services in the United States in 2000
    Lawrence B Finer
    The Alan Guttmacher Institute, New York, USA
    Perspect Sex Reprod Health 35:6-15. 2003
  10. ncbi Unintended pregnancy in the United States: incidence and disparities, 2006
    Lawrence B Finer
    Guttmacher Institute, New York, NY 10038, USA
    Contraception 84:478-85. 2011

Research Grants

  1. Measuring and Explaining Unintended Pregnancy in the United States, 1987-2009
    Lawrence B Finer; Fiscal Year: 2010

Detail Information

Publications20

  1. ncbi U.S. agencies providing publicly funded contraceptive services in 1999
    Lawrence B Finer
    The Alan Guttmacher Institute, New York, USA
    Perspect Sex Reprod Health 34:15-24. 2002
    ..In light of changes in government policy and funding and in the structure of health care financing, an assessment of agency policies and programs is essential for monitoring women's access to contraceptive care and services...
  2. ncbi Unintended pregnancy rates at the state level
    Lawrence B Finer
    Guttmacher Institute, New York, NY, USA
    Perspect Sex Reprod Health 43:78-87. 2011
    ..Unintended pregnancy is a key reproductive health indicator, but rates have never been calculated for all 50 states...
  3. ncbi Unintended pregnancy among U.S. adolescents: accounting for sexual activity
    Lawrence B Finer
    Guttmacher Institute, New York, New York 10038, USA
    J Adolesc Health 47:312-4. 2010
    ..When rates are recalculated including only sexually active people, adolescents aged 15-19 years have the highest rates, arguing for a continued focus on adolescents in efforts to reduce unintended pregnancy...
  4. ncbi Effect of mifepristone on abortion access in the United States
    Lawrence B Finer
    Guttmacher Institute, 125 Maiden Lane, New York, NY 10038, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 114:623-30. 2009
    ..To examine the pattern of mifepristone uptake in the United States and whether the introduction of this drug has facilitated access to abortion services...
  5. ncbi Trends in premarital sex in the United States, 1954-2003
    Lawrence B Finer
    Research Division, The Guttmacher Institute, New York, NY 10005, USA
    Public Health Rep 122:73-8. 2007
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  6. ncbi Timing of steps and reasons for delays in obtaining abortions in the United States
    Lawrence B Finer
    Research Division, The Guttmacher Institute, New York, NY 10005, USA
    Contraception 74:334-44. 2006
    ..We studied the steps in the process of obtaining abortions and women's reported delays in order to help understand difficulties in accessing abortion services...
  7. ncbi Disparities in rates of unintended pregnancy in the United States, 1994 and 2001
    Lawrence B Finer
    Guttmacher Institute, New York, NY, USA
    Perspect Sex Reprod Health 38:90-6. 2006
    ..Determining whether unintended pregnancy rates and disparities in rates between subgroups are changing may help policymakers target reproductive health services to those women most in need...
  8. ncbi Reasons U.S. women have abortions: quantitative and qualitative perspectives
    Lawrence B Finer
    Guttmacher Institute, New York, NY, USA
    Perspect Sex Reprod Health 37:110-8. 2005
    ..Demographic changes over the last two decades highlight the need for a reassessment of why women decide to have abortions...
  9. ncbi Abortion incidence and services in the United States in 2000
    Lawrence B Finer
    The Alan Guttmacher Institute, New York, USA
    Perspect Sex Reprod Health 35:6-15. 2003
    ..No nationally representative statistics on abortion incidence or on the universe of abortion providers have been available since 1996...
  10. ncbi Unintended pregnancy in the United States: incidence and disparities, 2006
    Lawrence B Finer
    Guttmacher Institute, New York, NY 10038, USA
    Contraception 84:478-85. 2011
    ..One ongoing goal of the US Department of Health and Human Services is to reduce unintended pregnancy, but the national rate has not been estimated since 2001...
  11. ncbi Services for men at publicly funded family planning agencies, 1998-1999
    Lawrence B Finer
    The Alan Guttmacher Institute, New York, USA
    Perspect Sex Reprod Health 35:202-7. 2003
    ..Men's reproductive health needs are receiving increased attention, but most family planning clinic clients are female, and clinics have reported barriers to serving men...
  12. ncbi U.S. women's one-year contraceptive use patterns, 2004
    Jennifer J Frost
    Guttmacher Institute, New York, NY, USA
    Perspect Sex Reprod Health 39:48-55. 2007
    ..Improved measures of the continuity of women's contraceptive use, nonuse and switching patterns can help identify ways to reduce unintended pregnancy...
  13. ncbi Factors associated with contraceptive use and nonuse, United States, 2004
    Jennifer J Frost
    Guttmacher Institute, New York, USA
    Perspect Sex Reprod Health 39:90-9. 2007
    ..Understanding what factors are associated with risky contraceptive use patterns can inform programs and policies designed to reduce levels of unintended pregnancy...
  14. ncbi Comparability of contraceptive prevalence etimates for women from the 2002 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
    John Santelli
    Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Public Health Rep 123:147-54. 2008
    ..The 2002 BRFSS uses data collection methods that are considerably different from the NSFG...
  15. ncbi The impact of publicly funded family planning clinic services on unintended pregnancies and government cost savings
    Jennifer J Frost
    Guttmacher Institute, 125 Maiden Lane, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10038, USA
    J Health Care Poor Underserved 19:778-96. 2008
    ..3 billion). Thus, public expenditures for family planning care not only help women to achieve their childbearing goals, but they also save public dollars: Our calculations indicate that for every $1 spent, $4.02 is saved...
  16. ncbi The accessibility of abortion services in the United States, 2001
    Stanley K Henshaw
    The Alan Guttmacher Institute, New York, USA
    Perspect Sex Reprod Health 35:16-24. 2003
    ..A woman's ability to obtain an abortion is affected both by the availability of a provider and by access-related factors such as cost, convenience, gestational limits and the provision of early medical abortion services...
  17. ncbi Adolescents' reports of parental knowledge of adolescents' use of sexual health services and their reactions to mandated parental notification for prescription contraception
    Rachel K Jones
    The Alan Guttmacher Institute, New York, NY 10005, USA
    JAMA 293:340-8. 2005
    ..Legislation has been proposed that would mandate parental notification for adolescents younger than 18 years (minors) obtaining prescription contraception from federally funded family planning clinics...
  18. ncbi Abortion in the United States: incidence and access to services, 2005
    Rachel K Jones
    Guttmacher Institute, New York, NY, USA
    Perspect Sex Reprod Health 40:6-16. 2008
    ..Accurate information about abortion incidence and services is necessary to monitor levels of unwanted pregnancy and women's ability to access abortion services...
  19. ncbi Explaining recent declines in adolescent pregnancy in the United States: the contribution of abstinence and improved contraceptive use
    John S Santelli
    Guttmacher Institute, New York, NY, USA
    Am J Public Health 97:150-6. 2007
    ..We explored the relative contributions of declining sexual activity and improved contraceptive use to the recent decline in adolescent pregnancy rates in the United States...
  20. ncbi A history of induced abortion in relation to substance abuse during subsequent pregnancies carried to term
    Jacqueline E Darroch
    Am J Obstet Gynecol 189:617-8; author reply 618. 2003

Research Grants2

  1. Measuring and Explaining Unintended Pregnancy in the United States, 1987-2009
    Lawrence B Finer; Fiscal Year: 2010
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