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| Cynthia HarperSummaryAffiliation: University of California Country: USA Publications
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Evidence-based IUD practice: family physicians and obstetrician-gynecologistsCynthia C Harper
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health, University of California, San Francisco 94118, USA
Fam Med 44:637-45. 2012..We assessed their competency to offer women contraceptives of the highest efficacy levels...- Willingness of clinicians to integrate microbicides into HIV prevention practices in southern AfricaCynthia C Harper
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health, University of California San Francisco, CA 94118, USA
AIDS Behav 16:1821-9. 2012..Training for both nurses and physicians prior to introduction is critical, so they have sufficient knowledge and skills to offer a microbicide upon availability... 
Copper intrauterine device for emergency contraception: clinical practice among contraceptive providersCynthia C Harper
Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
Obstet Gynecol 119:220-6. 2012..We examined clinicians' recommendations of the copper IUD for emergency contraception in a setting with few cost obstacles...
Predictors of incident herpes simplex virus type 2 infections in young women at risk for unintended pregnancy in San FranciscoNicholas J Moss
STD Prevention and Control Services Dept, Public Health, San Francisco, California, USA
BMC Infect Dis 7:113. 2007..Young women receiving family planning services are at risk for both unintended pregnancy and herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) infection...- Abstinence and teenagers: prevention counseling practices of health care providers serving high-risk patients in the United StatesCynthia C Harper
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Perspect Sex Reprod Health 42:125-32. 2010..Given the struggle over resources to improve teenagers' reproductive health outcomes, the views of clinicians serving teenagers at high risk for unintended pregnancy and STDs merit particular attention... 
Over-the-counter access to emergency contraception for teensCynthia C Harper
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, School of Medicine, Bixby Center for Reproductive Health Research and Policy, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA
Contraception 77:230-3. 2008..ucsf.edu...- The effect of increased access to emergency contraception among young adolescentsCynthia C Harper
Center for Reproductive Health Research and Policy, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
Obstet Gynecol 106:483-91. 2005..This study analyzed data on young adolescents with increased access to emergency contraception... - Challenges in translating evidence to practice: the provision of intrauterine contraceptionCynthia C Harper
Bixby Center for Reproductive Health Research and Policy, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, California 94118, USA
Obstet Gynecol 111:1359-69. 2008..3% of female patients obtain intrauterine contraceptives annually. This study assessed knowledge and practice patterns of practitioners regarding intrauterine contraception... - Abortion in the United StatesCynthia C Harper
Center for Reproductive Health Research and Policy, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, 94143, USA
Annu Rev Public Health 26:501-12. 2005..These clinics are subject to harassment. The expansion of abortion services to more types of providers could increase access, as well as integrate abortion into women's health care... - Sexual partners and use of emergency contraceptionCynthia C Harper
Center for Reproductive Health Research and Policy, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco 94118, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 189:1093-9. 2003..This study investigates the role of male sexual partners and relationships in determining whether women seek emergency contraception (EC) when needed... - Tolerability of levonorgestrel emergency contraception in adolescentsCynthia C Harper
Center for Reproductive Health Research, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, 3333 California Street, San Francisco, CA 94143 0744, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 191:1158-63. 2004..Participants kept diaries of side effects and menstrual patterns. We assessed correct use, side effects caused by treatment, and impact on menstrual cycle... - Hormonal contraceptive method choice among young, low-income women: how important is the provider?Cynthia C Harper
Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, The University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143 0744, USA
Patient Educ Couns 81:349-54. 2010..We investigated provider factors associated with the initiation of new hormonal methods among women at high risk of unintended pregnancy... - Adolescent clinic visits for contraception: support from mothers, male partners and friendsCynthia Harper
Center for Reproductive Health Policy and Research, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA
Perspect Sex Reprod Health 36:20-6. 2004.... - Race, adolescent contraceptive choice, and pregnancy at presentation to a family planning clinicTina Raine
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Center for Reproductive Health Research and Policy, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
Obstet Gynecol 99:241-7. 2002..To assess racial/ethnic differences in pregnancy and contraceptive choice among adolescent family planning patients... - Trends in knowledge of emergency contraception among women in California, 1999-2004Diana G Foster
Bixby Center for Reproductive Health Research and Policy, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
Womens Health Issues 17:22-8. 2007..To examine trends in knowledge of emergency contraception (EC) and determine whether disparities in knowledge have persisted over time... - Knowledge of emergency contraception among women aged 18 to 44 in CaliforniaDiana G Foster
Center for Reproductive Health Research and Policy, University of California, San Francisco 94143 1744, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 191:150-6. 2004..By using data from the 1999-2001 California Women's Health Survey, we estimated the knowledge of emergency contraception among adult women of reproductive age at risk of pregnancy (n=6209)... - Direct access to emergency contraception through pharmacies and effect on unintended pregnancy and STIs: a randomized controlled trialTina R Raine
Center for Reproductive Health Research and Policy, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
JAMA 293:54-62. 2005..It is estimated that half of unintended pregnancies could be averted if emergency contraception (EC) were easily accessible and used... - Contraceptive decision-making in sexual relationships: young men's experiences, attitudes and valuesTina R Raine
Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, USA
Cult Health Sex 12:373-86. 2010.... - Preventing excessive weight gain in pregnancy: how do prenatal care providers approach counseling?Naomi E Stotland
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 19:807-14. 2010.... - Attitudes toward the vaginal ring and transdermal patch among adolescents and young womenTina R Raine
Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
J Adolesc Health 45:262-7. 2009..We sought to examine young women's attitudes and perceptions about the ring and the patch to better understand the relationship between perceptions of these methods and decisions to use them... - Safety of mifepristone abortions in clinical useJillian T Henderson
Center for Reproductive Health Research and Policy, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
Contraception 72:175-8. 2005..Extensive data from clinical trials document mifepristone's safety and efficacy for induced abortion, but less information is available about its safety in routine clinical use... - Pharmacokinetics of single-dose levonorgestrel in adolescentsNancy C Sambol
Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of California San Francisco, Box 0446, San Francisco, CA 94143 0446, USA
Contraception 74:104-9. 2006..The purpose of this study is to compare the pharmacokinetics of levonorgestrel, a drug used for emergency contraception between female adolescents and adults... - Beyond access: acceptability, use and nonuse of emergency contraception among young womenCorinne H Rocca
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Bixby Center for Reproductive Health Research and Policy, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 196:29.e1-6; discussion 90.e1-5. 2007..This study was undertaken to assess the acceptability of levonorgestrel emergency contraception (EC)... - The other half of the equation: Serving young men in a young women's reproductive health clinicTina Raine
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences and Center for Reproductive Health Research and Policy, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Perspect Sex Reprod Health 35:208-14. 2003..Efforts to improve reproductive health typically target women. Family planning agencies serving high-risk young women may be particularly suited to integrating young men in their health promotion efforts... - Pharmacy access to emergency contraception: Perspectives of pharmacists at a chain pharmacy in San FranciscoShareen Y El-Ibiary
Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
J Am Pharm Assoc (2003) 47:702-10. 2007..To assess pharmacists' perception of their role in dispensing emergency contraception (EC) in San Francisco... - Pelvic examinations and access to oral hormonal contraceptionJillian T Henderson
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
Obstet Gynecol 116:1257-64. 2010..Our purpose was to investigate clinicians' requirements for pelvic examination and what may account for practice differences... - One-year contraceptive continuation and pregnancy in adolescent girls and women initiating hormonal contraceptivesTina R Raine
Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
Obstet Gynecol 117:363-71. 2011..To assess contraceptive discontinuation, switching, factors associated with method discontinuation, and pregnancy among women initiating hormonal contraceptives... - Contraceptive policies affect post-abortion provision of long-acting reversible contraceptionKirsten M J Thompson
Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, UCSF Box 0744, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
Contraception 83:41-7. 2011..Placement of long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARC) - intrauterine devices (IUDs) and the implant - directly after an abortion provides immediate contraceptive protection and has been proven safe... - "I wouldn't be this firm if I didn't care": preventive clinical counseling for reproductive healthJillian T Henderson
Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Patient Educ Couns 82:254-9. 2011.... - Sociodemographic factors associated with obstacles to abortion care: findings from a survey of abortion patients in Mexico CityDavida Becker
Center for the Study of Women, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90036, USA
Womens Health Issues 21:S16-20. 2011..First-trimester abortion was legalized in Mexico City in 2007, and services are now provided at public and private sites throughout the city. However, little is known about the obstacles women face when seeking abortion care... - Consistent condom use in married Zimbabwean women after a condom interventionLisa Callegari
Department of Obstretrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, School of Medicine, University of San Francisco, California, USA
Sex Transm Dis 35:624-30. 2008..Condom use to prevent HIV in Africa has increased in nonmarital sexual encounters but remains low within marriage. Married women of reproductive age, however, are at high risk of HIV... - Adolescent and young women's experience with the vaginal ring and oral contraceptive pillsFelicia H Stewart
The Bixby Center for Reproductive Health Research and Policy, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, The University of California, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA
J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol 20:345-51. 2007..To compare acceptability of the vaginal contraceptive ring to that of oral contraceptive pills... - Could American women use mifepristone-misoprostol pills safely with less medical supervision?Cynthia Harper
Center for Reproductive Health Research and Policy, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
Contraception 65:133-42. 2002.... - Advance provision of emergency contraception for pregnancy prevention: a meta-analysisChelsea B Polis
Department of Population, Family, and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21202, USA
Obstet Gynecol 110:1379-88. 2007....
Research Grants
- Providers' perceptions of the diaphragm in Southern Afr*Cynthia Harper; Fiscal Year: 2005..As the diaphragm effectiveness results become available, data from this proposed study will position us to design counseling interventions and to address provider education and training needs. ..