Yasamin Kusunoki

Faculty Associate, Population Studies Center.
Assistant Professor, University of Michigan, School of Nursing.

Ph.D., Public Health, UCLA

Research Interests: Dr. Kusunoki's research focuses on understanding the sources of gender, racial/ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities in health and demographic behaviors during adolescence and the transition to adulthood. She is particularly interested in the social contexts in which young people are embedded such as their families, neighborhoods, and romantic and sexual relationships. Current investigations include the influence of multiple, dynamic social contexts on young women's risk of unintended pregnancy; the ways in which neighborhoods shape young people's relationship experiences; and the role of gender and relationship characteristics on condom use.

kusunoki@umich.edu

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News & Announcements

Kusunoki and colleagues find brief behavioral interventions help reduce dating violence and depression

Kusunoki says contraception use patterns suggest greater risk of unintended pregnancy among poor

Kusunoki discusses links between contraception use, relationship instability, intimate partner violence, and pregnancy

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Ngo, Quyen M., Philip T. Veliz, Yasamin Kusunoki, Sara F. Stein, and Carol J. Boyd. 2018. "Adolescent sexual violence: Prevalence, adolescent risks, and violence characteristics." Preventive Medicine, 116: 68-74.

Barber, Jennifer S., Yasamin Kusunoki, Heather Gatny, and Jamie Budnick. Forthcoming. "The Dynamics of Intimate Partner Violence and the Risk of Pregnancy during the Transition to Adulthood." American Sociological Review.

Ngo, Q.M., A.B. Eisman, M. Walton, Yasamin Kusunoki, S.T. Chermack, V. Singh, and R. Cunningham. 2018. "Emergency Department Alcohol Intervention: Effects on Dating Violence and Depression." Pediatrics, 142(1): e20173525.

Eisman, A., Q. Ngo, Yasamin Kusunoki, E. Bonar, M. Zimmerman, R. Cunningham, and M. Walton. Forthcoming. "Sexual Violence Victimization Among Youth Presenting to an Urban Emergency Department: The Role of Violence Exposure in Predicting Risk." Health Education & Behavior.

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Contraceptive Discovery, Development and Behavioral Research Center (NICHD)

Arab American Women's Reproductive Health Project (Freedman)

Adapting a Life Skills Application to Address Interpersonal Relationship in College (Michigan State Police, Department of)

Leveraging Social Media to Inform Prevention and Intervention Efforts to Reduce Sexual Violence Among Adolescents and Emerging Adults (University of Michigan Injury Center)

Adolescent Sexual Violence: A Longitudinal Examination of Outcomes and Risk (NICHD)

The Dynamics of Intimate Partner Violence (NICHD)

Distal Determinants of Race-Ethnic Variation in Unintended Fertility (NICHD)

Research and Training to Enhance a Translational Research Agenda on Intimate Partner Violence and Reproductive Health (MICHR)

Dynamic Measures of Pregnancy Intentions and Subsequent Pregnancy (NICHD)

Relationship Dynamics and Social Life (RDSL) study (NICHD)

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