Recent Publications
Journal Articles
2006
Harlow, Sioban D., K. Cain, S. Crawford, L. Dennerstein, R. Little, E.S. Mitchell, B. Nan, J.F. Randolph, J. Taffee, and M. Yosef. 2006. "Evaluation of four proposed bleeding criteria for the onset of late menopausal transition." Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 91(9), 3432-3438.
2005
Ford, Kathleen, M. Sowers, M. Crutchfield, A. Wilson, and M. Jannausch. 2005. "A longitudinal study of the predictors of prevalence and severity of symptoms commonly associated with menopause." Menopause, 12(3): 308-317.
2004
Ford, Kathleen, and James M. Lepkowski. 2004. "Characteristics of Sexual Partners and STD Infection Among American Adolescents." International Journal of STD & AIDS, 15(4): 260-265.
Dunkie, K.L., R.K. Jewkes, H.C. Brown, G.E. Gray, J.A. Mcintryre, and Sioban D. Harlow. 2004. "Transactional Sex Among Women in Soweto, South Africa: Prevalence, Risk Factors and Association With HIV Infection." Social Science & Medicine, 59(8): 1581-1592.
Lisabeth, L., Sioban D. Harlow, and B. Qaqish. 2004. "A New Statistical Approach Demonstrated Menstrual Patterns During the Menopausal Transition Did Not Vary by Age at Menopause." Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 57(5): 484-496.
Bainbridge, K.E., M. Sowers, X.H. Lin, and Sioban D. Harlow. 2004. "Risk Factors for Low Bone Mineral Density and the 6-Year Rate of Bone Loss Among Premenopausal and Perimenopausal Women." Osteoporosis International, 15(6): 439-446.
Randolph, J.F., M. Sowers, I.V. Bondarenko, Sioban D. Harlow, J.L. Luborsky, and R.J. Little. 2004. "Change in Estradiol and Follicle-Stimulating Hormone Across the Early Menopausal Transition: Effects of Ethnicity and Age." Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 89(4): 1555-1561.
Lisabeth, L., Sioban D. Harlow, X. Lin, B. Gillespie, and M. Sowers. 2004. "Sampling Strategies for Prospective Studies of Menstrual Function." American Journal of Epidemiology, 159(8): 795-802.
Lisabeth, L.D., Sioban D. Harlow, B. Gillespie, X.H. Lin, and M.F. Sowers. 2004. "Staging Reproductive Aging: a Comparison of Proposed Bleeding Criteria for the Menopausal Transition." Menopause-the Journal of the North American Menopause Society, 11(2): 186-197.
Feresu, S.A., Sioban D. Harlow, K. Welch, and B.W. Gillespie. 2004. "Incidence of and Socio-Demographic Risk Factors for Stillbirth, Preterm Birth and Low Birthweight Among Zimbabwean Women." Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, 18(2): 154-163.
Harlow, Sioban D., and O. M. R Campbell. 2004. "Epidemiology of Menstrual Disorders in Developing Countries: a Systematic Review." Bjog-an International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 111(1): 6-16.
Burgard, Sarah. 2004. "Factors associated with contraceptive use in late- and post-apartheid South Africa." Studies in Family Planning, 35(2): 91-104.
Burgard, Sarah. 2004. "Race and Pregnancy-Related Care in Brazil and South Africa." Social Science and Medicine, 59(6): 1127-1146.
2003
Ford, Kathleen, B.D. Reed, D.N. Wirawan, P. Muliawan, M. Sutarga, and L. Gregoire. 2003. "The Bali STD/AIDS Study: Human Papillomavirus Infection Among Female Sex Workers." International Journal of STD & AIDS, 14(10): 681-687.
Lin, Ge, and Q.Y. Wang. 2003. "Predictors of Non-Use of Condoms Among Drug Users in China: Implications for HIV Harm Reduction." Drugs-Education Prevention and Policy, 10(2): 141-146.
Wang, Q.Y., and Ge Lin. 2003. "Sex Exchange and HIV-Related Risk Behaviors Among Female Heroin Users in China." Journal of Drug Issues, 33(1): 119-132.
Harding, David J., and Christopher Jencks. 2003. "Changing Attitudes Toward Pre-Marital Sex: Cohort, Period, and Aging Effects." Public Opinion Quarterly, 67(2): 211-226.
Sievert, Lynette Leidy, and Susan Hautaniemi Leonard. 2003. "Age at menopause in Puebla, Mexico." Human Biology, 75(2): 205-226.
Leonard, Susan Hautaniemi, and Lynnette Leidy Sievert. 2003. "Risk factors for hysterectomy among Mexican American women in the US Southwest." American Journal of Human Biology, 15: 38-47.
2002
Ford, Kathleen, Dewa Nyoman Wirawan, and Partha Muliawan. 2002. "Social Influence, AIDS/STD Knowledge, and Condom Use Among Male Clients of Female Sex Workers." AIDS Education and Prevention, 14(6), 496-504.
Ford, Kathleen, Woosung Sohn, and James M. Lepkowski. 2002. "American Adolescents: Sexual Mixing Patterns, Bridge Partners and Concurrency." Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 29(1): 13-19.
Ford, Kathleen, Linda Weglicki, Trace Kershaw, Cheryl Schram, Paulette J. Hoyer, and Mary L. Jacobson. 2002. "Effects of a Prenatal Care Intervention for Adolescent Mothers on Birth Weight, Repeat Pregnancy and Educational Outcomes at One Year Postpartum." Journal of Perinatal Education, 11(1): 35-38.
Ford, Kathleen, Dewa Nyoman Wirawan, Barbara D. Reed, Partha Muliawan, and Robert Wolfe. 2002. "The Bali STD / AIDS Study: Evalution of an Intervention for Sex Workers." Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 29(1): 50-58.
Rowland, A.S., D.P. Baird, S. Long, G. Wegienka, Sioban D. Harlow, M. Alavanja, and D.P. Sandler. 2002. "Medical Conditions and Lifestyle Factors are Associated with Menstrual Cycle Characteristics." Epidemiology, 13(6): 668-674.
Sampselle, C.M., V. Harris, Sioban D. Harlow, and M.F. Sowers. 2002. "Midlife Development and Menopause in African American and Caucasian Women." Health Care for Women International, 32(4): 351-363.
Villarrule, A.M., Sioban D. Harlow, M. Lopez, and M.F. Sowers. 2002. "El Cambio de Vida: Conceptualizations of Menopause and Midlife among Urban Mexican-American Women." Research and Theory for Nursing Practice, 16(2): 1-12.
Okonofua, F.E., U. Larsen, F. Oronsaye, Rachel C. Snow, and T.E. Slanger. 2002. "The Association Between Female Genital Cutting and Correlates of Sexual and Gynaecological Morbidity in Edo State, Nigeria." Bjog-an International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 109(10): 1089-1096.
Slanger, T.E., Rachel C. Snow, and F.E. Okonofua. 2002. "The Impact of Female Genital Cutting on First Delivery in Southwest Nigeria." Studies in Family Planning, 33(2): 173-184.
Snow, Rachel C., T.E. Slanger, F.E. Okonofua, F. Oronsaye, and J. Wacker. 2002. "Female Genital Cutting in Southern Urban and Peri-Urban Nigeria: Self-Reported Validity, Social Determinants and Secular Decline." Tropical Medicine & International Health, 7(1): 91-100.
Wang, Quanyi, and Ge Lin. 2002. "Sexual risk behaviors, HIV knowledge and perception between injection and non-injection female drug users in China." Women's Health and Urban Life, 1(2): 66-78.
Chapters
Renne, Elisha. 2003. "Changing Assessments of Abortion in a Northern Nigerian Town." In The Sociocultural and Political Aspects of Abortion: Global Perspectives. Pp. 119-138. Westport, CT: Praeger.
PSC Reports
Burgard, Sarah, and Yasamin Kusunoki. 2009. "Gender and Condom Use among Black South African Young People." PSC Research Report No. 09-683. July 2009.
Kusunoki, Yasamin, and Dawn M. Upchurch. 2008. "Contraceptive Method Choice among Youth in the United States: The Importance of Relationship Context." PSC Research Report No. 08-655. September 2008.
VanLandingham, Mark, and John E. Knodel. 2003. "Sex and the Single (Older) Guy: Sexual Lives of Older Unmarried Thai Men During the AIDS Era." PSC Research Report No. 03-536. June 2003.
