Faculty and Staff of The Center for Population and Family Health

Linda Cushman
Associate Clinical Professor of Population & Family Health
lfc2@columbia.edu

EXPERTISE: Survey methodology, research design and implementation in low-income communities, including contraceptive decision-making and use of alternative medicines.

For more information, refer to the Family Planning Decision Making web site, or send e-mail to lfc2@columbia.edu

RECENT PUBLICATIONS:

L. Cairo, AD Rodriguez, LF Cushman, A Jimeniz-Bautista. "A Crossnational Collaboration to Improve the Health of Dominican Adolescents," Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Global Health Council, Washington DC, May, 2001.

LF Cushman, EAB Morrison, S Zane, J Kendrick, K Kulig. Maternal Morbidity due to Infectious Agents: Preliminary Findings from a Latina, Clinic-Based Sample". Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Boston, November, 2000.

Linda F. Cushman, Pam Factor-Litvak, Fredi Kronenberg, Christine Wade, and Lynne Firester."Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine among African-American and Hispanic Women in New York City." JAMWA 54 (4): 193-195,1999.

Rebecca Allan, Linda F. Cushman, Christine Wade, Fredi Kronenberg. "Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine among Hispanic Emergency Department Patients". American Journal of Emergency Medicine 18 (1): 51-54, 2000.

Alfred Ashford, Steven Albert, Gerald Hoke, Linda F. Cushman, Daniel Miller and Mary Bassett."Prostate Carcinoma Knowledge, Attitudes, and Screening Behavior among African-American Men in Central Harlem, NYC" Cancer 91 (1), 2001.

Linda F. Cushman, Debra S. Kalmuss, and Pearila B. Namerow. &quot;Openness in Adoption: Experiences and Social Psychological Outcomes Among Birth Mothers." Marriage and Family Review 23(1/2), 1997.

Pearila B. Namerow, Debra S. Kalmuss, Linda F. Cushman. "Consequences of Placing Versus Parenting Among Young Unmarried Women." Marriage and Family Review 23(1/2), 1997.

Linda F. Cushman, Andrew R. Davidson, Debra Kalmuss, Stephen Heartwell, and Marvin Rulin. "Beliefs About Norplant Among Low Income Urban Women." Contraception 53:285-291, 1996.

Linda F. Cushman, Debra Kalmuss, Andrew R. Davidson, Stephen Heartwell, and Marvin Rulin. "Beliefs About Depo-Provera Among Three Groups of Contraceptors." Advances in Contraception 12:43-52, 1996.

Linda F. Cushman, Diana Romero, Debra Kalmuss, Andrew Davidson, Steven Heartwell and Marvin Rulin."Condom Use among Clinic Patients Using Norplant and Depo-Provera", Family Planning Perspectives 30:240-244, 1998

Linda F. Cushman, Peg Evans, and Pearila B. Namerow. "Occupational Stress Among AIDS Social Service Providers," Social Work in Health Care 21(3), 1995.

V. Bhushan, and Linda F. Cushman. "Pediatric AIDS: Selected Attitudes and Behavior of Pediatricians in New York City Hospitals," AIDS Care 7(1):25-32, 1995.

Westoff C., Truman C., Kalmuss D., Cushman L., Davidson A., Rulin M., and Heartwell S. "Depressive Symptoms and Depo-Provera," Contraception, 1998;57:237-240.

Westoff C., Truman C., Kalmuss D., Cushman L., Rulin M., Heartwell S., and Davidson A. "Depressive Symptoms and Norplant Contraceptive Implants," Contraception, 1998;57:241-245.

Cushman L., Romero D., Kalmuss D., Davidson A., Heartwell S., and Rulin M. "Condom Use Among Clinic Patients Using Norplant and Depo Provera," Family Planning Perspectives, forthcoming.

Kalmuss D., Davidson A., Cushman L., Heartwell S., and Rulin M. "Potential Barriers to the Removal of Levonorgestrel Implants (Norplant) Among Family Planning Clinic Patients," forthcoming.

Cushman L., Kalmuss D., and Namerow P. "Openness in Adoption: Experiences and Social Psychological Outcomes among Birthmothers," Marriage and Family Review, 25, 1/2: 7-18, 1997.

Namerow P., Kalmuss D., and Cushman L. "The Consequences of Placing versus Parenting among Young, Unmarried Women," Marriage and Family Review, 25, 3/4: 175-197, 1997.

Davidson A., Kalmuss D., Cushman L., Romero D., Heartwell S., and Rulin M. "Rates of Injectable Contraceptive Discontinuation and Subsequent Unintended Pregnancy Among Low-Income Women," American Journal of Public Health, v87n9, p. 1532, September 1997.

Cushman L., Romero D., Kalmuss D., Davidson A., Heartwell S., and Rulin M. "Condom Use among Clinic Patients using Norplant and Depo-Provera," Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Indianapolis, Ind., November 1997.

Cushman L., Kalmuss, Davidson, Heartwell, and Rulin. "Beliefs About Depo-Provera Among Three Groups of Contraceptors," Advances in Contraception, 12:43-52, 1996.

Cushman L., Kalmuss D., Davidson A., Heartwell S., and Rulin M. "Beliefs About Norplant Among Low Income Urban Women," Contraception, 53:285-291, 1996.

Cushman, Kalmuss, and Namerow. "Openness in Adoption: Experiences and Social Psych. Outcomes Among Birth Mothers," Marriage & Family Rev., 23(1/2), 1996.

Namerow P., Kalmuss D., and Cushman L. "Consequences of Placing Versus Parenting Among Young Unmarried Women," Marriage and Family Review, 23(1/2) 1996.