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Promoting safe prescribing in primary care with a contraceptive vital sign: a cluster-randomized controlled trialEleanor Bimla Schwarz
Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Ann Fam Med 10:516-22. 2012....
Computer-assisted provision of hormonal contraception in acute care settingsEleanor B Schwarz
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Contraception 87:242-50. 2013..We evaluated whether computerized counseling about contraceptive options and screening for contraindications increased women's subsequent knowledge and use of hormonal contraception...- Clinical decision support to promote safe prescribing to women of reproductive age: a cluster-randomized trialEleanor Bimla Schwarz
Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
J Gen Intern Med 27:831-8. 2012..Potentially teratogenic medications are frequently prescribed without provision of contraceptive counseling... - Provision of contraceptive services to women with diabetes mellitusEleanor Bimla Schwarz
Departments of Medicine, Epidemiology, Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Center for Research on Health Care, 230 McKee Place, Suite 600, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
J Gen Intern Med 27:196-201. 2012..Women with diabetes mellitus who delay pregnancy until glycemic control is achieved experience lower rates of adverse pregnancy outcomes... - Documentation of contraception and pregnancy when prescribing potentially teratogenic medications for reproductive-age womenEleanor Bimla Schwarz
Center for Research on Health Care, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Ann Intern Med 147:370-6. 2007..Certain medications are identified by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as class D or X because they increase the risk for birth defects if used during pregnancy... - Provision of potentially teratogenic medications to female veterans of childbearing ageEleanor Bimla Schwarz
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, Reproductive Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Med Care 48:834-42. 2010..Certain medications increase the risk of birth defects whether used during pregnancy or immediately preconception... - Measuring the effects of unintended pregnancy on women's quality of lifeEleanor Bimla Schwarz
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Center for Research on Health Care, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Contraception 78:204-10. 2008..This study was conducted to assess the potential impact of an unintended pregnancy on women's quality of life... 
Risk of hypospadias in offspring of women using loratadine during pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysisEleanor B Schwarz
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Center for Research on Health Care, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Drug Saf 31:775-88. 2008..Loratadine, a second-generation antihistamine, is commonly used to treat seasonal allergies. Some studies have suggested that use of loratadine by pregnant women increases the risk of hypospadias in male offspring...- Perceived access to contraception among adolescents with diabetes: barriers to preventing pregnancy complicationsEleanor B Schwarz
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Diabetes Educ 36:489-94. 2010..The purpose of this study was to assess beliefs, perceived access to, and practices regarding contraception among adolescent women with type 1 diabetes... - Computerized counseling for folate knowledge and use: a randomized controlled trialEleanor Bimla Schwarz
Center for Research on Health Care Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Am J Prev Med 35:568-71. 2008..This study evaluated whether computer-assisted counseling and the provision of free folate tablets increases women's knowledge and use of folate supplements... - Lactation and maternal measures of subclinical cardiovascular diseaseEleanor Bimla Schwarz
Department of Medicine and Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Obstet Gynecol 115:41-8. 2010..To examine the relationship between lactation and subclinical cardiovascular disease in a population free of clinical cardiovascular disease... - Contraception for cancer survivorsEleanor Bimla Schwarz
Center for Research on Health Care, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, 230 McKee Place, Suite 600, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
J Gen Intern Med 24:S401-6. 2009..Women with IUDs can undergo all forms of imaging, including computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging... - Duration of lactation and risk factors for maternal cardiovascular diseaseEleanor Bimla Schwarz
Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Obstet Gynecol 113:974-82. 2009..To examine dose-response relationships between the cumulative number of months women lactated and postmenopausal risk factors for cardiovascular disease... - Risk of unintended pregnancy among women with systemic lupus erythematosusEleanor Bimla Schwarz
University of Pittsburgh, Center for Research on Health Care, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Arthritis Rheum 59:863-6. 2008..The goal of this study was to estimate the proportion of women with lupus at risk for unintended pregnancy... - Computer-assisted provision of emergency contraception a randomized controlled trialEleanor Bimla Schwarz
Center for Research on Health Care, Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
J Gen Intern Med 23:794-9. 2008..Emergency contraception (EC) can prevent unintended pregnancy. However, many women continue to lack information needed to use EC effectively and clinician time to counsel women about EC is limited... - Lactation and maternal risk of type 2 diabetes: a population-based studyEleanor Bimla Schwarz
Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Am J Med 123:863.e1-6. 2010..Lactation has been associated with improvements in maternal glucose metabolism... - Prescription of teratogenic medications in United States ambulatory practicesEleanor Bimla Schwarz
Center for Research on Health Care, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Am J Med 118:1240-9. 2005..In addition, we evaluated rates of contraceptive counseling to explore awareness of the risks associated with teratogenic medication use... - Contraceptive counseling of diabetic women of reproductive ageEleanor Bimla Schwarz
Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Center for Research on Health Care, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Obstet Gynecol 107:1070-4. 2006..To evaluate the impact of diabetes on provision of contraceptive counseling... - Interest in intrauterine contraception among seekers of emergency contraception and pregnancy testingEleanor Bimla Schwarz
Center for Research on Health Care, Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Obstet Gynecol 113:833-9. 2009..To estimate the interest in using intrauterine contraception among women and adolescent girls seeking emergency contraception or walk-in pregnancy testing... - Knowledge of and perceived access to emergency contraception at two urgent care clinics in CaliforniaEleanor Bimla Schwarz
Center for Research on Health Care, Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Contraception 75:209-13. 2007..California allowed women access to emergency contraception (EC) without a physicians' prescription in 2002... - Need for emergency contraception in urgent care settingsEleanor Bimla Schwarz
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Center for Research on Health Care, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Contraception 75:285-8. 2007..Emergency contraceptive (EC) pills are safe and effective in preventing pregnancy up to 5 days after unprotected sex... - Prevalence and correlates of ambivalence towards pregnancy among nonpregnant womenEleanor Bimla Schwarz
Center for Research on Health Care, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Magee Women s Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Contraception 75:305-10. 2007..Ambivalence towards pregnancy is rarely acknowledged in policy discussions... - 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... - 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.... - Contraception and abortion coverage: What do primary care physicians think?Cynthia H Chuang
Division of General Internal Medicine, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, USA
Contraception 86:153-6. 2012..Whether primary care providers (PCPs) support public and private health insurance coverage for family planning services is unknown... - Lactation and maternal subclinical cardiovascular disease among premenopausal womenCandace K McClure
Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 207:46.e1-8. 2012..The objective of the study was to examine the association between lactation and maternal subclinical cardiovascular disease... - 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... - Cervical cancer screening continues to limit provision of contraceptionEleanor Bimla Schwarz
General Internal Medicine Section, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco UCSF, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
Contraception 72:179-81. 2005..We assessed US obstetrician/gynecologists' practices regarding requirement of Pap testing before prescribing oral contraceptive or emergency contraceptive pills... - 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... - Maternal visceral adiposity by consistency of lactationCandace K McClure
Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Matern Child Health J 16:316-21. 2012..These results provide a potential physiologic basis for prior findings that women who do not consistently breastfeed are at an increased risk of diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and the metabolic syndrome... - Counseling about and use of emergency contraception in the United StatesMegan L Kavanaugh
Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, USA
Perspect Sex Reprod Health 40:81-6. 2008.... - Primary care physicians' perceptions of rates of unintended pregnancySara M Parisi
Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Contraception 86:48-54. 2012..Primary care physicians (PCPs) treat many women of reproductive age who need contraceptive and preconception counseling... - 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... - 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... - Advance supply of emergency contraception. effect on use and usual contraception--a randomized trialRebecca A Jackson
Center for Reproductive Health Research and Policy and Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Obstet Gynecol 102:8-16. 2003..To evaluate whether advance provision of emergency contraception increases its use and/or adversely affects usual contraceptive practices... - 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... - 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... - 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... - Willing and able? Provision of medication for abortion by future internistsEleanor Bimla Schwarz
Department of Medicine, General Internal Medicine Section 111A1, University of California San Francisco, VA Medical Center, 4150 Clement Street, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
Womens Health Issues 15:39-44. 2005..The development of medications such as mifepristone (RU486) has created the opportunity to introduce medication abortion as a component of office practice... - Race, insurance status, and desire for tubal sterilization reversalSonya B Borrero
Division of General Internal Medicine, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System and University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15240, USA
Fertil Steril 90:272-7. 2008..To examine the independent effects of race/ethnicity and insurance status on desire for tubal sterilization reversal... - Duration of use of a levonorgestrel IUS amongst nulliparous and adolescent womenTiffany Behringer
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Contraception 84:e5-e10. 2011..This study sought to examine rates and reasons for discontinuation of IUS use in adolescents versus older women and nulliparous versus parous women, as these groups may be more likely to discontinue use... - Pregnancy intention and health behaviors: results from the Central Pennsylvania Women's Health Study cohortCynthia H Chuang
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Penn State College of Medicine, 600 Centerview Drive, A210, Hershey, PA 17033 0850, USA
Matern Child Health J 14:501-10. 2010..Our objective was to determine whether intention for future pregnancy affects selected preconception health behaviors that may impact pregnancy outcomes... - 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... - 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)... - Degrading and non-degrading sex in popular music: a content analysisBrian A Primack
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Public Health Rep 123:593-600. 2008..We also aimed to determine if sexual references of each subtype were associated with other song characteristics and/or content... - Feasibility of recruitment for an efficacy trial of emergency contraceptive pillsElizabeth G Raymond
Family Health International, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
Contraception 77:118-21. 2008..The best way to obtain a robust efficacy estimate would be to conduct a placebo-controlled randomized trial. We aimed to assess the feasibility of identifying women eligible for such a trial...
Research Grants
- Contraceptive Services/Primary Care to Prevent Birth DefectsEleanor Schwarz; Fiscal Year: 2007....
- Harnessing Health IT to Prevent Medication-Induced Birth DefectsEleanor Schwarz; Fiscal Year: 2007..In addition, the Health IT intervention shown to be most effective will be disseminated within the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, which provides 3 million outpatient visits each year...