Sonya Borrero

Summary

Affiliation: University of Pittsburgh
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi "Everything I know I learned from my mother...Or not": perspectives of African-American and white women on decisions about tubal sterilization
    Sonya Borrero
    Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    J Gen Intern Med 24:312-9. 2009
  2. ncbi Federally funded sterilization: time to rethink policy?
    Sonya Borrero
    Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    Am J Public Health 102:1822-5. 2012
  3. ncbi Contraceptive care in the VA health care system
    Sonya Borrero
    Center for Health Equity, Research, and Promotion, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, PA 15206, USA
    Contraception 85:580-8. 2012
  4. ncbi Racial variation in tubal sterilization rates: role of patient-level factors
    Sonya Borrero
    Divison of General Internal Medicine, Center for Research on Health Care, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
    Fertil Steril 95:17-22. 2011
  5. ncbi Unintended pregnancy influences racial disparity in tubal sterilization rates
    Sonya Borrero
    Divison of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 230 McKee Place, Suite 600, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    J Gen Intern Med 25:122-8. 2010
  6. ncbi Low rates of vasectomy among minorities: a result of differential receipt of counseling?
    Sonya Borrero
    University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
    Am J Mens Health 4:243-9. 2010
  7. ncbi The impact of race and ethnicity on receipt of family planning services in the United States
    Sonya Borrero
    Divison of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    J Womens Health (Larchmt) 18:91-6. 2009
  8. ncbi Does vasectomy explain the difference in tubal sterilization rates between black and white women?
    Sonya Borrero
    Divison of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
    Fertil Steril 91:1642-5. 2009
  9. ncbi Perspectives of primary care clinicians on teratogenic risk counseling
    Eleanor Bimla Schwarz
    Center for Research on Health Care, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
    Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol 85:858-63. 2009
  10. ncbi Providers' perspectives on challenges to contraceptive counseling in primary care settings
    Aletha Y Akers
    Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 300 Halket Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 3180, USA
    J Womens Health (Larchmt) 19:1163-70. 2010

Detail Information

Publications18

  1. ncbi "Everything I know I learned from my mother...Or not": perspectives of African-American and white women on decisions about tubal sterilization
    Sonya Borrero
    Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    J Gen Intern Med 24:312-9. 2009
    ..African-American women have had higher rates of female sterilization compared to white women since its emergence as a contraceptive method. The reasons underlying this observed racial difference are unknown...
  2. ncbi Federally funded sterilization: time to rethink policy?
    Sonya Borrero
    Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    Am J Public Health 102:1822-5. 2012
    ....
  3. ncbi Contraceptive care in the VA health care system
    Sonya Borrero
    Center for Health Equity, Research, and Promotion, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, PA 15206, USA
    Contraception 85:580-8. 2012
    ....
  4. ncbi Racial variation in tubal sterilization rates: role of patient-level factors
    Sonya Borrero
    Divison of General Internal Medicine, Center for Research on Health Care, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
    Fertil Steril 95:17-22. 2011
    ..To assess racial differences in attitudes and knowledge about sterilization...
  5. ncbi Unintended pregnancy influences racial disparity in tubal sterilization rates
    Sonya Borrero
    Divison of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 230 McKee Place, Suite 600, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    J Gen Intern Med 25:122-8. 2010
    ..Disparities in rates of unintended pregnancy may help explain observed racial/ethnic differences in sterilization, but this association has not been investigated...
  6. ncbi Low rates of vasectomy among minorities: a result of differential receipt of counseling?
    Sonya Borrero
    University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
    Am J Mens Health 4:243-9. 2010
    ..8-7.1 and OR = 1.9, 95% CI = 0.9-4.1, respectively). In this nationally representative sample of men aged 15 to 44 years, there were exceedingly low rates of sterilization counseling for all men regardless of race/ethnicity...
  7. ncbi The impact of race and ethnicity on receipt of family planning services in the United States
    Sonya Borrero
    Divison of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    J Womens Health (Larchmt) 18:91-6. 2009
    ..This study sought to examine the independent effect of patient race or ethnicity on the use of family planning services and on the likelihood of receiving counseling for sterilization and other birth control methods...
  8. ncbi Does vasectomy explain the difference in tubal sterilization rates between black and white women?
    Sonya Borrero
    Divison of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
    Fertil Steril 91:1642-5. 2009
    ..To examine whether the observed difference in tubal sterilization rates between black and white women is dependent on racial/ethnic differences in vasectomy rates...
  9. ncbi Perspectives of primary care clinicians on teratogenic risk counseling
    Eleanor Bimla Schwarz
    Center for Research on Health Care, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
    Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol 85:858-63. 2009
    ..Women of childbearing age are commonly prescribed medications by primary care providers (PCPs) that may cause birth defects if used during pregnancy...
  10. ncbi Providers' perspectives on challenges to contraceptive counseling in primary care settings
    Aletha Y Akers
    Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 300 Halket Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 3180, USA
    J Womens Health (Larchmt) 19:1163-70. 2010
    ..We sought to explore providers' perspectives on the challenges to contraceptive counseling in primary care clinics to develop strategies to improve counseling services...
  11. ncbi Race, insurance status, and tubal sterilization
    Sonya Borrero
    Divison of General Internal Medicine, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System and University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15240, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 109:94-100. 2007
    ..To examine the independent effects of race or ethnicity and insurance status on use of tubal sterilization rates...
  12. ncbi The impact of contraceptive counseling in primary care on contraceptive use
    Jessica K Lee
    University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    J Gen Intern Med 26:731-6. 2011
    ..Whether contraceptive counseling improves contraceptive use is unknown...
  13. ncbi Family discussions about contraception and family planning: a qualitative exploration of black parent and adolescent perspectives
    Aletha Y Akers
    Magee Womens Hospital, Magee Womens Research Institute and Foundation, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    Perspect Sex Reprod Health 42:160-7. 2010
    ..Examining communication in black families is particularly important, given the high pregnancy rate among black adolescents...
  14. ncbi Racial disparities in awareness of the human papillomavirus
    Amanda Gelman
    University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
    J Womens Health (Larchmt) 20:1165-73. 2011
    ..HPV awareness may be relatively low among minority women. Because HPV awareness is associated with uptake of the HPV vaccine, it is critical to assess HPV awareness in the population and identify any racial/ethnic gaps...
  15. ncbi Women's perspectives on counseling about risks for medication-induced birth defects
    Aimee K Santucci
    Center for Research on Health Care, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
    Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol 88:64-9. 2010
    ....
  16. ncbi Gender differences in 30-day mortality for patients hospitalized with acute pulmonary embolism
    Sonya Borrero
    University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
    J Womens Health (Larchmt) 16:1165-70. 2007
    ..We compared 30-day mortality for men and women hospitalized with PE using a large statewide database...
  17. ncbi Professionalism in residency training: is there a generation gap?
    Sonya Borrero
    Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
    Teach Learn Med 20:11-7. 2008
    ..Difficulty in teaching and evaluating professionalism may stem from generational differences between teachers and trainees in their definition of professional behavior...
  18. ncbi Brief report: Gender and total knee/hip arthroplasty utilization rate in the VA system
    Sonya Borrero
    School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    J Gen Intern Med 21:S54-7. 2006
    ..97 (0.83 to 1.14) and 1.00 (0.79 to 1.27), respectively. CONCLUSION: Among patients potentially at risk for the procedure, men and women in the VA system were equally likely to undergo knee/hip arthroplasty...