Melissa Stillman

Datos Biográficos

ID5991752
NOMBREMelissa Stillman
NOMBRESMelissa
APELLIDOStillman
FIRMASTILLMAN M
AFILIACIONESGuttmacher Institute
ORCID0000-0002-1318-2419
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS9
TOTAL DE CITAS0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR9
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2019
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2023
ÍNDICE H0

  • Cost-related barriers to sexual and reproductive health care

    Open AccessAlicia Vandevusse, Rubina Hussain et al.ARTICLESSM - Qualitative Research in…2023

    Financial barriers can inhibit reproductive autonomy. This study examines the role of financial barriers on Arizona individuals' experiences accessing sexual and reproductive health (SRH) care. We recruited individuals who may have experienced barriers when accessing SRH care in 2019 to participate in three interviews at six-to-nine-month intervals beginning in the summer of 2020. Our analyses focused on respondent strategies to mitigate cost bar…

  • Lived experiences and drivers of induced abortion among women in central Uganda

    Open AccessSimon Peter Sebina Kibira, Melissa Stillman et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Although unsafe abortions are preventable, they are one of the leading causes of maternal mortality and morbidity. Despite the serious potential health consequences, there is limited published information about drivers and challenges of obtaining abortions in restrictive settings such as Uganda. This limits efforts to improve programing for preventing unsafe abortion and providing comprehensive post abortion care. This study sought to understand …

  • Sexual and Reproductive Health Literacy, Misoprostol Knowledge and Use of Medication Abortion in Lagos State, Nigeria

    Open AccessHeini Vaisanen, Alison M Moore et al.ARTICLEStudies in Family Planning2021Referencias: 43

    Little is known about the link between health literacy and women's ability to safely and successfully use misoprostol to self‐induce an abortion. While abortion is only allowed to save a woman's life in Nigeria, misoprostol is widely available from drug sellers. We interviewed 394 women in 2018 in Lagos State, Nigeria, who induced abortion using misoprostol obtained from a drug seller to determine their sexual and reproductive health literacy (SR…

  • Incidence of treatment for postabortion complications in India, 2015

    Open AccessSusheela Singh, Rubina Hussain et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2020

    Abortion has been legal under broad criteria in India since 1971. However, access to legal abortion services remains poor. In the past decade, medication abortion (MA) has become widely available in India and use of this method outside of health facilities accounts for over 70% of all abortions. Morbidity from unsafe abortion remains an important health issue. The informal providers who are the primary source of MA may have poor knowledge of the …

  • An Application of the Confidante Method to Estimate Induced Abortion Incidence in Java, Indonesia

    Melissa Stillman, Stillman Stillman et al.ARTICLEInternational Perspectives on…2020

    CONTEXT: Induced abortion is legally restricted and highly stigmatized in Indonesia, and is thus extremely difficult to measure. Indirect methods leveraging women's social networks, such as the Confidante Method, have shown promise in estimating hidden behaviors, including abortion, in similar settings. METHODS: A community-based survey was conducted among 8,696 women aged 15-49 in Java, Indonesia, in November 2018-January 2019. Data were collect…

  • Estimating the Incidence of Induced Abortion in Java, Indonesia, 2018

    Margaret Giorgio, Giorgio Giorgio et al.ARTICLEInternational Perspectives on…2020

    CONTEXT: In Indonesia, maternal mortality is high and abortion is restricted. Reliable information on induced abortion is needed; however, the difficulty of measuring abortion in settings where it is legally restricted and highly stigmatized calls for innovation in approaches to measuring abortion incidence. METHODS: The data were from three original surveys conducted in Java among health facilities, knowledgeable informants and women aged 15-49,…

  • Measuring the quality of sexuality education implementation at the school level in low- and middle-income countries

    Open AccessSarah Keogh, Melissa Stillman et al.ARTICLESex Education2020

    Comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) is a key component of efforts to improve sexual and reproductive outcomes for young people. While many governments have established policies and curricula for CSE, there are no quantitative measures of the quality of their implementation in schools. We describe the construction of a school-level index to measure CSE implementation quality using data from Peru, Guatemala, Kenya and Ghana for validation. The …

  • Towards comprehensive sexuality education

    Christine Panchaud, Sarah Keogh et al.ARTICLESex Education2019

    The successful implementation of comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) programmes in schools depends on the development and implementation of strong policy in support of CSE. This paper offers a comparative analysis of the policy environment governing school-based CSE in four low- and middle-income countries at different stages of programme implementation: Ghana, Peru, Kenya and Guatemala. Based on an analysis of current policy and legal framew…

  • Provision of medical methods of abortion in facilities in India in 2015

    Open AccessAlison M Moore, Melissa Stillman et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2019

    Medical methods of abortion, MMA, has been legal in India since 2002. Guidelines stipulate that it should be administered by a provider or acquired via prescription. 1.2 million women having abortions in India use MMA acquired from health facilities [Singh, S., Shekhar, C., Acharya, R., Moore, A. M., Stillman, M., Pradhan, M. R., ... Browne, A. (2018). The incidence of abortion and unintended pregnancy in India, 2015. The Lancet Global Health , 6…