Richard S Monteith

Biographic Data

ID1592405
NAMERichard S Monteith
GIVEN NAMESRichard S
FAMILY NAMEMonteith
SIGNATUREMONTEITH R S
AFFILIATIONSCenters for Disease Control and Prevention
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS5
WORKS AS AUTHOR10
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1978
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR1994
H-INDEX2

  • Ethnicity and the use of health services in Belize

    Open AccessPaul Stupp, Paul W Stupp et al.ARTICLEJournal of Biosocial Science1994

    Data from the 1991 Belize Family Health Survey show differentials in the use of maternal and child health services between ethnic groups (Creole, Mestizo, Maya/Ketchi and Garifuna). Multivariate analysis is used to explore whether such differentials can truly be attributed to ethnicity or to other characteristics that distinguish the ethnic groups. Health services considered are: family planning, place of delivery (hospital/other), postpartum and…

  • Changes in contraceptive use and fertility

    Open AccessRichard S Monteith, Charles W Warren et al.ARTICLEJournal of Biosocial Science1991

    In El Salvador from 1978 to 1988, contraceptive use among married women 15–44 years of age increased from 34% to 47%, and the total fertility rate declined from 6·3 to 4·6 children per woman. Most of this change took place from 1978 to 1985. Sterilization is the most prevalent method used, but nearly one-half of the women who are sterilized did not use any contraception before their operation. Few young couples use reversible methods of contracep…

  • Fertility on the US–Mexico border

    Open AccessCharles W Warren, Richard S Monteith et al.ARTICLEJournal of Biosocial Science1989

    Using Bongaarts' model, the relative importance of the proximate determinants of fertility is explored in five populations on the US–Mexico border. For the groups closest to natural fertility (the two Mexican groups), lactation, use of contraception, and marriage all were moderately important in terms of their direct effect on fertility. For the group with lowest fertility (Anglo-American), contraceptive use was an important factor inhibiting fer…

  • Use of Maternal-Child Health Services and Contraception in Guatemala and Panama

    Charles W Warren, Richard S Monteith et al.ARTICLEStudies in Family Planning1989

  • Contraceptive Use and Fertility in Paraguay, 1987

    Richard S Monteith, Juan Maria Carron et al.ARTICLEStudies in Family Planning1988Cited by: 1

    In 1987, 38 percent of married Paraguayan women aged 15-44 were practicing contraception, with oral contraceptives being the most prevalent method. Fertility rates for the population were at corresponding levels, with an overall fertility rate of 5.4 births per woman. Fertility has not changed substantially for the nation as a whole since 1979, and contraceptive use has increased by only 6 percentage points. Findings from the present study are co…

  • Tubal Sterilization

    Charles W Warren, Richard S Monteith et al.ARTICLEPopulation Studies1988

    It is estimated that by 1985, more than 100 million couples worldwide had been sterilized for contraceptive reasons. Consistent with the increasing levels of contraceptive sterilization is the finding in numerous studies of generally high levels of satisfaction and low levels of regret about having undergone the procedure. However, the questions asked in these studies differ (regret v. reversal), so the validity of cross-national comparisons is p…

  • Use of maternal–child health services and contraception in Guatemala and Panama

    Open AccessCharles W Warren, Richard S Monteith et al.ARTICLEJournal of Biosocial Science1987

    This paper presents data from two recent maternal–child health (MCH) and family planning surveys in Guatemala and Panama and examines the extent to which the use of contraception is influenced by the use of MCH services as compared with the influence of an increase in parity. The findings suggest that utilization of MCH services and parity independently are associated with a woman's decision to use contraception. The study also found two groups t…

  • Contraceptive Use and Fertility in Guatemala

    Richard S Monteith, John E Anderson et al.ARTICLEStudies in Family Planning1985Cited by: 2

    In 1983, one-quarter of married Guatemalan women aged 15-44 years were using contraception, and female sterilization was the most prevalent method. Fertility rates for the population were at correspondingly high levels, with an overall total fertility rate of about six births per woman. Contraceptive prevalence varied by residence and ethnic group; less than 5 percent of currently married Indian women and about 50 percent of married women in the …

  • Contraceptive Use and Fertility in the Republic of Panama

    Richard S Monteith, John E Anderson et al.ARTICLEStudies in Family Planning1981Cited by: 2

    Panama has a high prevalence of contraception, with surgical sterilization being the dominant method. Use of contraception is fairly high even in rural areas. Seventy-one percent of users named a public sector source for their contraception. High use of contraception is part of an overall program of public sector maternal and child health services that also shows substantial penetration of rural areas. The high reliance on public sector sources i…

  • Contraceptive Prevalence in Paraguay

    Leo Morris, John E Anderson et al.ARTICLEStudies in Family Planning1978

    Leo Morris, John E. Anderson, Richard S. Monteith, Roberto Kriskovich, Juan Schoemaker, Odon Frutos, Contraceptive Prevalence in Paraguay, Studies in Family Planning, Vol. 9, No. 10/11 (Oct. - Nov., 1978), pp. 272-279