JOSEPH POTTER

Summary

Affiliation: University of Texas
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Hospital variation in postpartum tubal sterilization rates in California and Texas
    Joseph E Potter
    Population Research Center, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 121:152-8. 2013
  2. ncbi Frustrated demand for sterilization among low-income Latinas in El Paso, Texas
    Joseph E Potter
    Population Research Center, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, USA
    Perspect Sex Reprod Health 44:228-35. 2012
  3. ncbi Fertility and development: evidence from Brazil
    Joseph E Potter
    Population Research Center, 1800 Main Building, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712
    Demography 39:739-61. 2002
  4. ncbi Frustrated demand for postpartum female sterilization in Brazil
    Joseph E Potter
    Population Research Center, University of Texas at Austin, 1800 Main Building, Austin, TX 78712, USA
    Contraception 67:385-90. 2003
  5. ncbi Cross-border procurement of contraception. estimates from a postpartum survey in El Paso, Texas
    Joseph E Potter
    University of Texas at Austin, Population Research Center, 1800 Main Building, Austin, TX 78712, USA
    Contraception 68:281-7. 2003
  6. ncbi Continuation of prescribed compared with over-the-counter oral contraceptives
    Joseph E Potter
    Population Research Center, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 117:551-7. 2011
  7. ncbi Clinic versus over-the-counter access to oral contraception: choices women make along the US-Mexico border
    Joseph E Potter
    Population Research Center, 1 University Station G1800, Austin, TX 78712, USA
    Am J Public Health 100:1130-6. 2010
  8. ncbi Adolescent fertility and religion in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in the year 2000: the role of Protestantism
    Sarah McKinnon
    Population Research Center, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712 0544, USA
    Popul Stud (Camb) 62:289-303. 2008
  9. ncbi Over-the-counter access, changing WHO guidelines, and contraindicated oral contraceptive use in Mexico
    Sara E Yeatman
    Department of Sociology, Population Research Center, The University of Texas at Austin, TX 78712, USA
    Stud Fam Plann 37:197-204. 2006
  10. ncbi The impact of health care providers on female sterilization among HIV-positive women in Brazil
    Kristine Hopkins
    Population Research Center, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
    Soc Sci Med 61:541-54. 2005

Research Grants

  1. Training Program in Population Studies
    JOSEPH POTTER; Fiscal Year: 2007
  2. Oral Contraceptive Use along the US-Mexico Border
    JOSEPH POTTER; Fiscal Year: 2007
  3. The Fertility Transition in Brazil: 1960-2000
    JOSEPH POTTER; Fiscal Year: 2004
  4. Oral Contraceptive Use along the US-Mexico Border
    JOSEPH POTTER; Fiscal Year: 2009

Detail Information

Publications16

  1. ncbi Hospital variation in postpartum tubal sterilization rates in California and Texas
    Joseph E Potter
    Population Research Center, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 121:152-8. 2013
    ..To estimate variation across hospitals in the rate of postpartum sterilization...
  2. ncbi Frustrated demand for sterilization among low-income Latinas in El Paso, Texas
    Joseph E Potter
    Population Research Center, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, USA
    Perspect Sex Reprod Health 44:228-35. 2012
    ..Sterilization is the most commonly used contraceptive in the United States, yet access to this method is limited for some...
  3. ncbi Fertility and development: evidence from Brazil
    Joseph E Potter
    Population Research Center, 1800 Main Building, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712
    Demography 39:739-61. 2002
    ..We found strong and consistent relationships between the decline in fertility and measurable changes in social and economic circumstances...
  4. ncbi Frustrated demand for postpartum female sterilization in Brazil
    Joseph E Potter
    Population Research Center, University of Texas at Austin, 1800 Main Building, Austin, TX 78712, USA
    Contraception 67:385-90. 2003
    ..However, public patients were much less likely to be sterilized than private patients. Thus, the new law may not have reduced inequities in access or, paradoxically, the incentive for unnecessary cesarean sections...
  5. ncbi Cross-border procurement of contraception. estimates from a postpartum survey in El Paso, Texas
    Joseph E Potter
    University of Texas at Austin, Population Research Center, 1800 Main Building, Austin, TX 78712, USA
    Contraception 68:281-7. 2003
    ..These findings support the proposition that reducing the medical requirements to acquire pills and injectables and making them available at low cost would augment their use in low-income populations...
  6. ncbi Continuation of prescribed compared with over-the-counter oral contraceptives
    Joseph E Potter
    Population Research Center, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 117:551-7. 2011
    ..To estimate differences in continuation of oral contraceptive pills (OCPs) between U.S. resident women obtaining pills in U.S. family planning clinics compared with over-the-counter in Mexican pharmacies...
  7. ncbi Clinic versus over-the-counter access to oral contraception: choices women make along the US-Mexico border
    Joseph E Potter
    Population Research Center, 1 University Station G1800, Austin, TX 78712, USA
    Am J Public Health 100:1130-6. 2010
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  8. ncbi Adolescent fertility and religion in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in the year 2000: the role of Protestantism
    Sarah McKinnon
    Population Research Center, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712 0544, USA
    Popul Stud (Camb) 62:289-303. 2008
    ..Our findings offer some support for the hypothesis that Protestant churches are more effective than the Catholic Church in discouraging premarital sexual relations and childbearing among adolescents...
  9. ncbi Over-the-counter access, changing WHO guidelines, and contraindicated oral contraceptive use in Mexico
    Sara E Yeatman
    Department of Sociology, Population Research Center, The University of Texas at Austin, TX 78712, USA
    Stud Fam Plann 37:197-204. 2006
    ..The relevance of these findings to the larger debate concerning screening and over-the-counter access to oral contraceptives is discussed...
  10. ncbi The impact of health care providers on female sterilization among HIV-positive women in Brazil
    Kristine Hopkins
    Population Research Center, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
    Soc Sci Med 61:541-54. 2005
    ..At the higher level of national policy on reproductive rights, there may be grounds for reopening discussion about the norms regarding postpartum procedures, and for devoting far more resources to expanding contraceptive options...
  11. ncbi Women's autonomy and scheduled cesarean sections in Brazil: a cautionary tale
    Joseph E Potter
    Population Research Center, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
    Birth 35:33-40. 2008
    ..The question this study addresses is whether childbearing women were induced to accept the procedure by their physicians, and if so, how?..
  12. ncbi Consumer demand for caesarean sections in Brazil. Demand should be assessed rather than inferred
    Joseph E Potter
    BMJ 325:335. 2002
  13. ncbi Accuracy of self-screening for contraindications to combined oral contraceptive use
    Daniel Grossman
    Ibis Reproductive Health, San Francisco, California, USA
    Obstet Gynecol 112:572-8. 2008
    ..To estimate how well a convenience sample of women from the general population could self-screen for contraindications to combined oral contraceptives using a medical checklist...
  14. ncbi Empirical Bayes estimation of demographic schedules for small areas
    Renato M Assunção
    Department of Statistics, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
    Demography 42:537-58. 2005
    ..EB is substantially better than standard methods when rates have strong spatial and age patterns. We illustrate this method with estimates of age-specific fertility schedules for over 3,800 Brazilian municipalities...
  15. ncbi Low birth weight in Mexico: new evidence from a multi-site postpartum hospital survey
    Reanne Frank
    The Ohio State University, Columbus 43210, USA
    Salud Publica Mex 46:23-31. 2004
    ..To identify factors related to cases of low birth weight among a sample of Mexican women...
  16. ncbi A Bayesian space varying parameter model applied to estimating fertility schedules
    Renato M Assunção
    UFMG, Departamento de Estatistica, Caixa Postal 702, Belo Horizonte MG, 30161 970, Brazil
    Stat Med 21:2057-75. 2002
    ..A simulation shows the advantages of our approach. In addition, the paper applies the procedure to census data used to study the diffusion of low fertility behaviour in Brazil...

Research Grants10

  1. Training Program in Population Studies
    JOSEPH POTTER; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..The PRC is currently characterized by a very productive and academically broad group of researchers, with the greatest concentration in the Departments of Sociology, Human Ecology, and Economics, in that order. ..
  2. Oral Contraceptive Use along the US-Mexico Border
    JOSEPH POTTER; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..Additionally, it will add substantially to the slim literature on the increasingly important area of Hispanic fertility and contraceptive practice. ..
  3. The Fertility Transition in Brazil: 1960-2000
    JOSEPH POTTER; Fiscal Year: 2004
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  4. Oral Contraceptive Use along the US-Mexico Border
    JOSEPH POTTER; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..Additionally, it will add substantially to the slim literature on the increasingly important area of Hispanic fertility and contraceptive practice. ..