Kathryn Kost

Summary

Affiliation: Guttmacher Institute
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Variation in state unintended pregnancy rates in the United States
    Kathryn Kost
    Guttmacher Institute, New York, USA
    Perspect Sex Reprod Health 44:57-64. 2012
  2. ncbi Estimates of contraceptive failure from the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth
    Kathryn Kost
    Guttmacher Institute, New York, NY 10038, USA
    Contraception 77:10-21. 2008
  3. 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
  4. ncbi Trends in abortion in the United States
    Rachel K Jones
    Guttmacher Institute, 125 Maiden Lane, New York, NY 10038, USA
    Clin Obstet Gynecol 52:119-29. 2009
  5. 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
  6. ncbi Discontinuation and resumption of contraceptive use: results from the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth
    Barbara Vaughan
    Guttmacher Institute, New York, NY 10038, USA
    Contraception 78:271-83. 2008
  7. ncbi Characteristics of women in the United States who use long-acting reversible contraceptive methods
    Megan L Kavanaugh
    Guttmacher Institute, Research Division, New York, New York, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 117:1349-57. 2011
  8. ncbi The public costs of births resulting from unintended pregnancies: national and state-level estimates
    Adam Sonfield
    Guttmacher Institute, New York, NY, USA asonfi
    Perspect Sex Reprod Health 43:94-102. 2011
  9. ncbi Underreporting of induced and spontaneous abortion in the United States: an analysis of the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth
    Rachel K Jones
    Guttmacher Institute, 125 Maiden Lane, New York, NY 10038, USA
    Stud Fam Plann 38:187-97. 2007

Detail Information

Publications9

  1. ncbi Variation in state unintended pregnancy rates in the United States
    Kathryn Kost
    Guttmacher Institute, New York, USA
    Perspect Sex Reprod Health 44:57-64. 2012
    ..Because key policy and program decisions that could affect these rates are made by state governments, it is important to assess whether characteristics of the states are associated with this variation...
  2. ncbi Estimates of contraceptive failure from the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth
    Kathryn Kost
    Guttmacher Institute, New York, NY 10038, USA
    Contraception 77:10-21. 2008
    ..We provide updated estimates of contraceptive failure for the most commonly used reversible methods in the United States, as well as an assessment of changes in failure rates from 1995 to 2002...
  3. 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...
  4. ncbi Trends in abortion in the United States
    Rachel K Jones
    Guttmacher Institute, 125 Maiden Lane, New York, NY 10038, USA
    Clin Obstet Gynecol 52:119-29. 2009
    ..The number of abortion providers has declined in recent decades, but the introduction of early medical abortion may have slowed this trend...
  5. 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...
  6. ncbi Discontinuation and resumption of contraceptive use: results from the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth
    Barbara Vaughan
    Guttmacher Institute, New York, NY 10038, USA
    Contraception 78:271-83. 2008
    ..Discontinuation of contraceptive use that is not immediately followed by resumption of use of another method while a woman is at risk is a common cause of unintended pregnancy...
  7. ncbi Characteristics of women in the United States who use long-acting reversible contraceptive methods
    Megan L Kavanaugh
    Guttmacher Institute, Research Division, New York, New York, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 117:1349-57. 2011
    ..To examine characteristics of U.S. women that are associated with use of long-acting reversible contraception and changes in these characteristics between 2002 and 2006-2008...
  8. ncbi The public costs of births resulting from unintended pregnancies: national and state-level estimates
    Adam Sonfield
    Guttmacher Institute, New York, NY, USA asonfi
    Perspect Sex Reprod Health 43:94-102. 2011
    ..Births resulting from unintended pregnancies are associated with substantial maternity and infant care costs to the federal and state governments; these costs have never been estimated at the national and state levels...
  9. ncbi Underreporting of induced and spontaneous abortion in the United States: an analysis of the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth
    Rachel K Jones
    Guttmacher Institute, 125 Maiden Lane, New York, NY 10038, USA
    Stud Fam Plann 38:187-97. 2007
    ..Subsequent research should explore strategies to improve information collected on abortion, and, in the interim, research involving pregnancy outcomes should be adjusted for unreported induced abortions...