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James McCarthy
Professor of Population & Family Health
jm25@columbia.edu
EXPERTISE: Reproductive and adolescent health; demographic and sociological research on the determinants and consequences of fertility and mortality; operations research on the development and evaluation of adolescent health, family planning and prevention of maternal mortality programs; management of family planning and adolescent health service-delivery programs in urban areas of the U.S.; research and field experience in the United States, Ireland, Latin America, Africa, Asia and the Middle East.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS:
Adelson S, McCarthy J., Tiezzi L., and Vaughan R. "School-Based Clinics Promote Mental Health in Under-Served Youth," Bulletin of the International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions, forthcoming.
McCarthy J. "The Conceptual Framework of the PMM Network," Special Supplement to the International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, November 1997.
Tiezzi L., Lipshutz J., Wrobleski N., Vaughan R., and McCarthy J. "Pregnancy Prevention Among Young, Minority Urban Adolescents: Results of the In Your Face Pregnancy Prevention Program," Family Planning Perspectives, v29n4, July/August 1997.
McCarthy J. and Murphy-Lawless J. "Recent Fertility Change in Ireland".
"Setting Priorities in International Reproductive Health Programs: A Practical Framework," McGinn T., Maine D., McCarthy J. and Rosenfeld A. Center monograph, July 1996. 50 pages, 240K download.
"The Development, Reliability, and Validity of a Risk Factor Screening Survey For Urban Minority Junior High School Students;" Journal of Adolescent Health, 1996, 19:171-178. Vaughan RD, McCarthy JF, Walter HJ, Resnicow K, Waterman P, Armstrong B, and Tiezzi L.
"Characteristics of Users and Non-Users of Health Clinics in Inner-City Junior High Schools," Walter H., Vaughan R., Armstrong B., Krakoff R., Tiezzi L. and McCarthy J. Journal of Adolescent Health, 18:344-348, 1996.
"Carrying and Using a Weapon: A Survey of Minority Junior High School Students in New York City," Vaughan R., McCarthy J., Armstrong B., Walter H., Waterman P. and Tiezzi L. American Journal of Public Health, v86 n4, April 1996.
"School-Based Health Care for Urban Minority Junior High School Students," Walter H., Vaughan R., Armstrong B., Krakoff R., L., Tiezzi L. and McCarthy J. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, v149, November 1995.
"Sexual, Assaultive, and Suicidal Behaviors Among Urban Minority Junior High School Students," Walter H., Vaughan R., Armstrong B., Krakoff R., Maldonado L., Tiezzi L. and McCarthy J. J. Am. Academy of Child Adolescent Psychiatry, 34:1, January 1995.
"A Framework for Analyzing the Determinants of Maternal Mortality: Implications for Research and Programs," (co-author) Studies in Family Planning, 1992.
"The Effects of the Timing of a First Birth on High School Completion," (co-author) American Sociological Review, 1990.
