1996 Publications & Presentations
Journal Articles & Chapters
Barber-Madden R. "The Evaluation of the National Maternal and Child Health/Family Planning Training Program and Service Network," UN Population Fund and Ministry of Health of Angola, 1996.
Barber-Madden R. and Laudari C. "The Evaluation of the Regional Family Planning Training Program in Lusophone Africa," UN Population Fund, 1996.
Bertin J. and Beck L. "Of Headlines and Hypotheses: The Role of Gender in Popular Press Coverage of Women's Health and Biology," in Man-Made Medicine: Women's Health, Public Policy and Reform, Duke University Press, K. Moss (ed.), 1996.
Chavkin W. "Abortion," JAMA, 276(2):164-165, 1996.
Chavkin W. "Abortion, Law, and Public Health," in Man-Made Medicine: Women's Health, Public Policy and Reform, Duke University Press, K. Moss (ed.), 1996.
Chavkin W. "Mandatory Treatment for Pregnant Substance Abusers: Irrelevant and Dangerous," Politics and the Life Sciences, March 1996; 53-54.
Chavkin W. "Race-Ethnicity and Women's Health," Journal of the American Medical Women's Association, 51(4): 131-132, 1996.
Chavkin W. and Breitbart V. "Reproductive Health Care & Blurred Professional Boundaries," Journal of Women's Health, 6:1-8, 1996.
Chavkin W. "Topics for Our Times: Public Health... Abortion and Beyond," American Journal of Public Health, 86(9): 1204-1206, 1996.
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.
Findley S. and Assitan D. "Interactions Between Household Structure and Female Migration in Rural Mali," in Women and Demographic Change in Sub-Saharan Africa, P. Makinwe-Adebusooya & A. Jenson (editors.)
Freedman L., "The Challenge of Fundamentalisms," Reproductive Health Matters, 8:55-69, November 1996.
Furmanski L., Bahamonde L., Cunningham N., Maw K., Ramos C., Lobach K., Maybor K., and Findley S. "A Children's Lifetime Home-Based Health Record: Its Use and Non-use" Ambulatory Child Health (1996)2: 139-149.
Gammon, Bertin and Terry. "Abortion and Breast Cancer: Is There a Believable Association?" JAMA, 275(4), 1996.
Maine D., Akalin M., Chakraborty J., de Francisco A., and Strong M. "Why Did Maternal Mortality Decline in Metlab?" Studies in Family Planning, v27 n4, July-August 1996.
McCarthy. "Fertility Transitions and Demographic Politics" (Portuguese), Bioetica, v4, 1996.
Miller K. and Rosenfield A. "Population and Women's Reproductive Health: An International Perspective," Annual Review of Public Health, v17, 1996.
Morris M., Podhisita, Wawer, and Handcock. "Bridge Populations in the Spread of HIV in Thailand," AIDS, 10:1265-1271, 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.
Podhisita C., Wawer M., Pram. A., Kun. U., and McNamara R. "Multiple Sexual Partners and Condom Use Among Long-Distance Truck Drivers in Thailand," AIDS Education & Prevention, 8(6) 490-498, 1996.
Richardson J. and Adelson S. "Understanding Gay Teen Suicide," Scientific Proceedings of the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, 1996.
Rosenfield A. and Harrison P. "Contraceptive Research and Development: Looking to the Future, Institute of Medicine, " Washington: National Academy Press, 1996.
Vaughan R., Walter H., Armstrong B., Tiezzi L., Waterman P., McCarthy J. "Carrying and Using Weapons: A Survey of Minority Junior High School Students," American Journal of Public Health, v86, April 1996.
Vaughan R., McCarthy J., Walter H., Resnicow K., Waterman P., Armstrong B., Tiezzi L. "The Development, Reliability and Validity of a Risk Factor Screening Survey for Urban Minority Junior High School Students," Journal of Adolescent Health, v19, Sept. 1996.
Walter H., Vaughan R., Armstrong B., Krafkoff R., Tiezzi L., and McCarthy J. "Characteristics of Users and Nonusers of Health Clinics in Inner-City Junior High Schools," Journal of Adolescent Health, v18, May 1996.
Wawer M., Podhisita C., Pramualratana A., and McNamara R., "Origins and Working Conditions of Female Commercial Sex Workers in Urban Thailand: Consequences of Social Context for HIV Transmission," Social Science and Medicine, v42 n3, 1996.
Yamin A. "Artificial Respiration, by R. Piglia - book review," Review: Latin American Literature & Arts, 52: 105., 1996.
Yamin A. "Defining Questions: Situating Issues of Power in the Formulation of A Right to Health under International Law," Human Rights Quarterly, 18: 398, 1996.
Yamin A. "'Ethnic Cleansing' and Other Lies: Reflections on Combining Health and Human Rights in the Search for Truth and Justice in the Former Yugoslavia," Health & Human Rights, 2:58, 1996.
Zelikoff J., Bertin J., Burbacher T., Hunter E., Miller R., Silbergeld E., Tabocova S., and Rogers J. "Symposium Overview: Health Risks Associated with Prenatal Metal Exposure," Fundamental Application of Toxicology, 1996.
Monographs & Abstracts
Making a Difference for Children, Families and Communities: Partnerships among Researchers, Practitioners and Policymakers, Faith Lamb Parker (editor), Head Start's Third National Research Conference, Washington, D.C., June, 1996.
PMM Results Conference: Abstracts, Deborah Maine et al. (editors), Prevention of Maternal Mortality Network Conference, Accra, Ghana, June 1996.
Setting Priorities in International Reproductive Health Programs: A Practical Framework, McGinn T., Maine D., McCarthy J., and Rosenfield A.Center for Population and Family Health, April 1996.
Presentations, Posters and Panel Discussions
from the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, New York, November 1996...
Adelson S., Calderon A., Colon-Torres B., Tiezzi, Vaughan, and McCarthy. "Overcoming the Access Barriers to Mental Health Services Among Minority Youth: The Establishment of an Onsite Psychiatric Service Program in a School-Based Clinic".
Armstrong, Cohall, Tiezzi, Vaughan, and McCarthy. "Serving Health Needs of Adolescent Males: The Young Men's Clinic as Model Health Service Delivery Program".
Barber-Madden, R. "Child Injury in New York City: A Descriptive Study Using Hospital Medical Records".
Barber-Madden, R. "Lessons Learned from the Public Health Advocacy Program in Sao Paulo, Brazil".
Barber-Madden, R. "Parent Satisfaction with Service Delivery to Children with Sickle Cell Diseases".
Barber-Madden, R. "The Role of Nurses as Health Coordinators in Head Start: Education, Performance and Training Needs".
Barber-Madden, R. and Cowell, C. "Identifying and Addressing Community and Family Health Problems".
Barber-Madden, R. and Cowell, C. "Reconfiguring Health Service for Children in Head Start: A Strategic Approach".
Baum L., Tiezzi L., DelCanto G., Vaughan R., and McCarthy J. "W.O.W.! An Early Intervention Approach to Drop-Out Prevention Among Urban Minority Adolescents".
Birnbaum, A. "Why Focus on Women's Health?"
Chavkin, W.. "The Social and Economic Attacks on Women and Their Effects on Public Health".
Colon-Torres B., Tiezzi L., Lipshutz J., Hughes J., Vaughan R., and McCarthy J, "Onsite Pre-Natal Care: The Role of School Based-Clinics in Service Delivery Among Urban Minority High School Students".
Cowell C., Barber-Madden, R., and Clark W. "Child Nutrition in Head Start: Screening, Linkages and Training Needs".
Davidson, A. "Norplant Coercion: An Overstated Threat".
Escandon, I. "Are We Really Neglecting Maternal Morbidity?"
Ewing L., Richardson B., Krakoff R., Kalmuss D., Tiezzi D.,. Vaughan R., and McCarthy J. "The Sequelae of Sexual Abuse Among Low Income Latina Women".
Findley, S. "Determinants for Emergency Department Care for Asthma in Harlem: The Role of Asthma Triggers and Primary Care".
Findley, S. "Maintaining Immunization Coverage: Lessons for the Long Haul".
Findley S., McLean D., and Arcenas M. "Excess Asthma in Harlem".
Findley, McLean, & Stevens. "Interactive Effects of Race and Poverty on Asthma".
Freedman L., Key F., Toubia N., and Maine D. "Human Rights and Reproductive Health: A Woman's Health and Human Rights Working Group Discussion".
Haller, P., Namerow, P., and Barber-Madden, R. "Adolescent Peer Education Training: Is Knowledge Enough to Change Attitude? A Report from Dominica, West Indies".
Kalmuss, D. "Depo-Provera Discontinuation Among Poor and Minority Women".
Koumare K., Sidibe T., Bickley L., Shelly M., Findley S., and Izett S. "Improving Immunization Coverage in Mali: Timing Makes the Difference".
Lipshutz J., Wrobleski N., Tiezzi L., Vaughan R., and McCarthy J., "Falling Between the Cracks: Adolescents Who Aren't Reached by a Successful Pregnancy-Prevention Program".
McCarthy J. "Broad Versus Targeted Approaches to Pregnancy Prevention".
Rauh V. "Multi-level Analysis of the Impact of Socio-Economic Conditions on Low Birthweight Rates Among African Americans".
Toubia, N. and Freedman, L. "Female Genital Mutilation and the Rights of Women and Children".
Yamin A. "Maternal Mortality as A Human Rights Issue".
Other Presentations...
Adelson S. "Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Public Health in Pediatrics," Grand Rounds Presentation, Dept. of Pediatrics, Roosevelt Hospital; January 1996
Findley S. and Cunningham N. "Lessons Learned: Applications of Developing Countries' Strategies to New York City to Improve Immunization," the National Council for International Health Annual Meeting, Washington D.C.; June 10, 1996.
Findley S. "Implementing Overseas Lessons at Home," the National Lessons Without Borders Conference, Johns Hopkins University; September 15-17, 1996.
Freedman L. "A Health and Human Rights Working Group Discussion," Association for Women in Development; September 7, 1996.
Freedman L. "Human Rights and Reproductive Health: Making the Connections," School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University; April 17, 1996.
Freedman L. "Perspectives from the Women's Health Movement on the 'Innovations in Family Planning Services' Project in Uttar Pradesh, India," Meeting of the Working Group on Reproductive Health and Family Planning, Population Council, New York; November 14, 1996.
Freedman L. "Religious, Ethnic, and Cultural Extremism and Its Impact on Women," UNIFEM, Strategic Planning Meeting, NY; October 31, 1996.
Freedman L. "Reproductive Health and Human Rights," Global Leadership Institute at the Center for Women's Global Leadership, Rutgers University; June 24, 1996.
Freedman L. "Women's Health in Africa: What Does the West Have to Offer?" Columbia University School of Public Health program in conjunction with Guggenheim Art of Africa Exhibit; September 18, 1996.
Key F. "Using Indices of Reproductive Intentions and Health Status for Monitoring Human Rights," Health and Human Rights Working Group Discussion, Association for Women in Development; September 7, 1996. Also, 124th Annual American Public Health Association Conference; November 20, 1996.
Lamb Parker F. "Researcher/Practitioner Partnerships: ACYF's 3rd National Research Conference," presented at Head Start's 23rd Annual Training Conference, New Orleans; March 1996.
Maine D. "Maternal Mortality in Developing Countries," Lunchtime Seminar Series of the Columbia Presbyterian Women's Resource Center; January 1996.
Maine D. "Will Prenatal Care be a Solution for High Maternal Mortality in Developing Countries?" Grand Rounds, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center; Jan. 23, 1996.
Rauh V. "Innovative Approaches to the Study of Child Health," the Third National Conference on Head Start Research, Washington D.C.; June 1996.
Rauh V. "Child Abuse as a Community Problem," the National Committee to Prevent Child Abuse, New York Chapter Annual Meeting; May 1996.
Rodriguez C. "How Do Experienced Practitioners Think: Clinical Reasoning from Different Perspectives," New York 0-to-3 Network; March 1996.
Vaughan R. "Units of Analysis Problem in Quasi-experiments: Some Problems... Solutions... Clustered Binary Data in School-Based Intervention," CSPH seminar series.
Yamin A. "Accountability and the Search for Justice: The International War Crimes Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda," Harvard Club of New York City; April 30, 1996.
Yamin A. "Health and Human Rights," Columbia School of Public Health; September 25 and November 7, 1996.
Yamin A. "Maternal Mortality as a Human Rights Issue," Human Rights and Reproductive Health Panel, 124th Annual American Public Health Association Conference; November 20, 1996.
Yamin A. "Under Fire: Attacks on the Human Rights Community in Mexico," Lawyers' Committee for Human Rights presentation of Roger Baldwin Medal of Liberty Award to the Union of Indigenous Communities of the Northern Zone of the Isthmus (UCIZONI), Americas Society; November 11, 1996.
Yamin A. "Women's Human Rights: Bridging the Divide Between Academia and Activism," AWARE Conference, Columbia School of International and Public Affairs; October 11, 1996.
Yamin A. "Women's Health and Human Rights," Second International Conference on Health and Human Rights, Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard School of Public Health; October 3, 1996.