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"Everything I know I learned from my mother...Or not": perspectives of African-American and white women on decisions about tubal sterilizationSonya 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...
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....
Contraceptive care in the VA health care systemSonya Borrero
Center for Health Equity, Research, and Promotion, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, PA 15206, USA
Contraception 85:580-8. 2012....
Racial variation in tubal sterilization rates: role of patient-level factorsSonya 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...
Unintended pregnancy influences racial disparity in tubal sterilization ratesSonya 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...
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...
The impact of race and ethnicity on receipt of family planning services in the United StatesSonya 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...
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...
Perspectives of primary care clinicians on teratogenic risk counselingEleanor 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...
Providers' perspectives on challenges to contraceptive counseling in primary care settingsAletha 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...
Race, insurance status, and tubal sterilizationSonya 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...
The impact of contraceptive counseling in primary care on contraceptive useJessica 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...
Family discussions about contraception and family planning: a qualitative exploration of black parent and adolescent perspectivesAletha 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...
Racial disparities in awareness of the human papillomavirusAmanda 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...
Women's perspectives on counseling about risks for medication-induced birth defectsAimee 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....
Gender differences in 30-day mortality for patients hospitalized with acute pulmonary embolismSonya 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...
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...
Brief report: Gender and total knee/hip arthroplasty utilization rate in the VA systemSonya 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...
