Kathleen Broussard
Biographic Data
| ID | 312383 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kathleen Broussard |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kathleen |
| FAMILY NAME | Broussard |
| SIGNATURE | BROUSSARD K |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Texas at Austin |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6312-7207 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 45 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The meaning and measurement of unrealised fertility
Unrealised fertility – when people fall short of their childbearing goals – is inconsistently defined and measured, leading to wide variation in estimates of its prevalence and implications for health and well-being. Using a nationally representative sample of U.S. women aged 40–49, this study compares four potential approaches to measurement, finding prevalence estimates that range from 3.5% to 22.4% across indicators. Multivariable logistic reg…
Contraceptive autonomy of adolescents and young adults in the U.S. South
A growing body of research describes coercive experiences in contraceptive care in the clinic setting, a phenomenon that disproportionately constrains the contraceptive autonomy of women who are young, low-income, Black, or Latinx. Less research has examined how other social influences may constrain contraceptive use and decision-making. We examine contraceptive autonomy across three domains of interpersonal influence (healthcare providers, sexua…
Women’s Reproductive Health Conditions and Fertility Goals
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11113-026-09996-0
Parental influences on contraceptive autonomy among adolescents in the Southern USA
Research on contraceptive coercion among adolescent and young adult women in the USA focuses primarily on clinicians and male sexual partners. Less recognised is how parents may limit their daughters' autonomy to decide when and if to initiate or discontinue prescription-based contraception and to use their preferred method. This study used thematic content analysis of interviews conducted with 46 adolescent and young adult women living in the so…
U.S. college students’ perspectives on contraception and abortion post-Dobbs
This study examined college students’ perspectives about contraception and abortion in the context of the United States Supreme Court’s decision to eliminate the constitutional right to abortion in June 2022. Individual, semi-structured interviews were conducted between October 2022 and February 2023 with a convenience sample of 20 college students, ages 18–22, attending a public university in the southeastern United States. Qualitative data anal…
Sociology from a Distance
Strategic (Non)Disclosure
The increased politicization of sexual and reproductive health has created barriers to medically necessary care. In absence of formal health care, social ties become critical sources of information and resources, yet the disclosure of stigmatized health needs carries significant risk. How do people navigate the risks and benefits of disclosure when seeking care for stigmatized needs? Drawing on original survey data (N = 153) and in-depth intervie…
Near-universal marriage, early childbearing, and low fertility
OBJECTIVE: To compare fertility in India to both low-to-middle-income and high-income countries (LMICs and HICs) and describe the patterns that have accompanied India's transition to low fertility. METHODS: We use data from the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), the United Nations (UN), and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to observe factors associated with fertility decline in 36 Indian states and 76 countries…
Experiences seeking, sourcing, and using abortion pills at home in the United States through an online telemedicine service
A growing number of people in the United States seek to self-manage their abortions by self-sourcing abortion medications online. Prior research focuses on people's motivations for seeking self-management of abortion and experiences trying to obtain medications. However, little is known about the experiences of people in the U.S. who actually complete a self-managed abortion using medications they self-sourced online. We conducted anonymous in-de…
Satisfaction, Resignation, and Dissatisfaction with Long-Acting Reversible Contraception among Low-Income Postpartum Texans
U.S. Abortion Care Providers’ Perspectives on Self-Managed Abortion
State-level restrictions on abortion access may prompt greater numbers of people to self-manage their abortion. The few studies exploring perspectives of providers towards self-managed abortion are focused on physicians and advanced practice clinicians. Little is known about the wider spectrum of abortion care providers who encounter self-managed abortion in their clinic-based work. To gain a deeper understanding of this issue and inform future c…
Demand for Self-Managed Medication Abortion Through an Online Telemedicine Service in the United States
Objectives. To examine demand for abortion medications through an online telemedicine service in the United States. Methods. We examined requests from US residents to the online telemedicine abortion service Women on Web (WoW) between October 15, 2017, and August 15, 2018. We calculated the population-adjusted rate of requests by state and examined the demographics, clinical characteristics, and motivations of those seeking services, comparing th…
Sibling loss and fertility desires in the high-mortality context of Peru
Despite demographers' long-standing preoccupation with the effects of child mortality on women's fertility desires, scholars continue to know little about the consequences of other pervasive mortality exposures. We use nationally representative data from the high-mortality context of Peru to examine whether the desire to have a(nother) child varies as a function of sibling loss and to assess heterogeneity in this association by women's current nu…
The changing landscape of abortion care
Motivations and Experiences of People Seeking Medication Abortion Online in the United States
Current online options for abortion medications leave many important needs unmet, particularly for women who encounter barriers to obtaining clinic-based abortion services. There is a public health justification to reduce clinic access barriers and to make medication abortion that is sourced online and managed at home as safe and supported as possible
The changing landscape of abortion care
Sociology from a Distance
Demand for Self-Managed Medication Abortion Through an Online Telemedicine Service in the United States
Objectives. To examine demand for abortion medications through an online telemedicine service in the United States. Methods. We examined requests from US residents to the online telemedicine abortion service Women on Web (WoW) between October 15, 2017, and August 15, 2018. We calculated the population-adjusted rate of requests by state and examined the demographics, clinical characteristics, and motivations of those seeking services, comparing th…
Motivations and Experiences of People Seeking Medication Abortion Online in the United States
Current online options for abortion medications leave many important needs unmet, particularly for women who encounter barriers to obtaining clinic-based abortion services. There is a public health justification to reduce clinic access barriers and to make medication abortion that is sourced online and managed at home as safe and supported as possible
Sibling loss and fertility desires in the high-mortality context of Peru
Despite demographers' long-standing preoccupation with the effects of child mortality on women's fertility desires, scholars continue to know little about the consequences of other pervasive mortality exposures. We use nationally representative data from the high-mortality context of Peru to examine whether the desire to have a(nother) child varies as a function of sibling loss and to assess heterogeneity in this association by women's current nu…
Near-universal marriage, early childbearing, and low fertility
OBJECTIVE: To compare fertility in India to both low-to-middle-income and high-income countries (LMICs and HICs) and describe the patterns that have accompanied India's transition to low fertility. METHODS: We use data from the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), the United Nations (UN), and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to observe factors associated with fertility decline in 36 Indian states and 76 countries…
Motivations and Experiences of People Seeking Medication Abortion Online in the United States
Current online options for abortion medications leave many important needs unmet, particularly for women who encounter barriers to obtaining clinic-based abortion services. There is a public health justification to reduce clinic access barriers and to make medication abortion that is sourced online and managed at home as safe and supported as possible
Demand for Self-Managed Medication Abortion Through an Online Telemedicine Service in the United States
Objectives. To examine demand for abortion medications through an online telemedicine service in the United States. Methods. We examined requests from US residents to the online telemedicine abortion service Women on Web (WoW) between October 15, 2017, and August 15, 2018. We calculated the population-adjusted rate of requests by state and examined the demographics, clinical characteristics, and motivations of those seeking services, comparing th…
Sibling loss and fertility desires in the high-mortality context of Peru
Despite demographers' long-standing preoccupation with the effects of child mortality on women's fertility desires, scholars continue to know little about the consequences of other pervasive mortality exposures. We use nationally representative data from the high-mortality context of Peru to examine whether the desire to have a(nother) child varies as a function of sibling loss and to assess heterogeneity in this association by women's current nu…
The changing landscape of abortion care
Experiences seeking, sourcing, and using abortion pills at home in the United States through an online telemedicine service
A growing number of people in the United States seek to self-manage their abortions by self-sourcing abortion medications online. Prior research focuses on people's motivations for seeking self-management of abortion and experiences trying to obtain medications. However, little is known about the experiences of people in the U.S. who actually complete a self-managed abortion using medications they self-sourced online. We conducted anonymous in-de…
Satisfaction, Resignation, and Dissatisfaction with Long-Acting Reversible Contraception among Low-Income Postpartum Texans
U.S. Abortion Care Providers’ Perspectives on Self-Managed Abortion
State-level restrictions on abortion access may prompt greater numbers of people to self-manage their abortion. The few studies exploring perspectives of providers towards self-managed abortion are focused on physicians and advanced practice clinicians. Little is known about the wider spectrum of abortion care providers who encounter self-managed abortion in their clinic-based work. To gain a deeper understanding of this issue and inform future c…
Near-universal marriage, early childbearing, and low fertility
OBJECTIVE: To compare fertility in India to both low-to-middle-income and high-income countries (LMICs and HICs) and describe the patterns that have accompanied India's transition to low fertility. METHODS: We use data from the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), the United Nations (UN), and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to observe factors associated with fertility decline in 36 Indian states and 76 countries…
U.S. college students’ perspectives on contraception and abortion post-Dobbs
This study examined college students’ perspectives about contraception and abortion in the context of the United States Supreme Court’s decision to eliminate the constitutional right to abortion in June 2022. Individual, semi-structured interviews were conducted between October 2022 and February 2023 with a convenience sample of 20 college students, ages 18–22, attending a public university in the southeastern United States. Qualitative data anal…
Sociology from a Distance
Strategic (Non)Disclosure
The increased politicization of sexual and reproductive health has created barriers to medically necessary care. In absence of formal health care, social ties become critical sources of information and resources, yet the disclosure of stigmatized health needs carries significant risk. How do people navigate the risks and benefits of disclosure when seeking care for stigmatized needs? Drawing on original survey data (N = 153) and in-depth intervie…
Parental influences on contraceptive autonomy among adolescents in the Southern USA
Research on contraceptive coercion among adolescent and young adult women in the USA focuses primarily on clinicians and male sexual partners. Less recognised is how parents may limit their daughters' autonomy to decide when and if to initiate or discontinue prescription-based contraception and to use their preferred method. This study used thematic content analysis of interviews conducted with 46 adolescent and young adult women living in the so…
The meaning and measurement of unrealised fertility
Unrealised fertility – when people fall short of their childbearing goals – is inconsistently defined and measured, leading to wide variation in estimates of its prevalence and implications for health and well-being. Using a nationally representative sample of U.S. women aged 40–49, this study compares four potential approaches to measurement, finding prevalence estimates that range from 3.5% to 22.4% across indicators. Multivariable logistic reg…
Contraceptive autonomy of adolescents and young adults in the U.S. South
A growing body of research describes coercive experiences in contraceptive care in the clinic setting, a phenomenon that disproportionately constrains the contraceptive autonomy of women who are young, low-income, Black, or Latinx. Less research has examined how other social influences may constrain contraceptive use and decision-making. We examine contraceptive autonomy across three domains of interpersonal influence (healthcare providers, sexua…
Women’s Reproductive Health Conditions and Fertility Goals
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11113-026-09996-0
Reproductive Health and Contraception (10 works) · Medicine (9 works) · Reproductive Health and Technologies (8 works) · Abortion (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Population (7 works) · Pregnancy (7 works) · Family medicine (6 works) · Family planning (5 works) · Global Maternal and Child Health (5 works)