Wendy Chavkin
Biographic Data
| ID | 5877499 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Wendy Chavkin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Wendy |
| FAMILY NAME | Chavkin |
| SIGNATURE | CHAVKIN W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Columbia University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 38 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 110 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 35 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Still travelling’: Access to abortion post-12 weeks gestation in Ireland
This article focuses on access to abortion in Ireland post-12 weeks gestational age. It critically examines abortion access under the legislative sections 9, 10 and 11 of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018, the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) process, as well as the appeals process in place. We highlight existing ambiguities in diagnosing and certifying cases of risk to health during pregnancy, particularly mental health, …
Globalized Fatherhood
Using an entirely new conceptual vocabulary through which to understand men’s experiences and expectations at the dawn of the twenty-first century, this path-breaking volume focuses on fatherhood around the globe, including transformations in fathering, fatherhood, and family life. It includes new work by anthropologists, sociologists, and cultural geographers, working in settings from Peru to India to Vietnam. Each chapter suggests that men are …
Abortion policy implementation in Ireland: Successes and challenges in the establishment of hospital-based services
Objective: To describe successes and highlight remaining challenges in the establishment of hospital-based abortion services after legal change in the Republic of Ireland. Methods: We conducted a mixed-methods study on the implementation of abortion policy in Ireland. In this manuscript, we present the results from a qualitative analysis of in-depth interviews conducted with hospital-based providers, service users, and key informants. We used Ded…
Information flow as reproductive governance. Patient journey analysis of information barriers and facilitators to abortion care in the republic of Ireland
The article identifies good practice in information flow strategy, as well as areas for development. It illustrates the significance of information flow in accomplishing reproductive governance
Balancing Freedom of Conscience and Equitable Access
AffiliationsWendy Chavkin is with the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY. Desiree Abu-Odeh is with the Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University. Catherine Clune-Taylor is with Princeton University, Princeton, NJ. Sara Dubow is with Williams College, Williamstown, MA. Michael Ferber is with University of New Hampshire, Durham. Ilan H. Meyer is with the Williams Instit…
Conscientious objection to abortion provision: Why context matters
Conscientious objection to abortion - a clinician's refusal to perform abortions because of moral or religious beliefs - is a limited right, intended to protect clinicians' convictions while maintaining abortion access. This paper argues that conscientious objection policies and debates around the world generally do not take into account the social, political, and economic pressures that profoundly influence clinicians who must decide whether to …
Globalized Fatherhood
Using an entirely new conceptual vocabulary through which to understand men’s experiences and expectations at the dawn of the twenty-first century, this path-breaking volume focuses on fatherhood around the globe, including transformations in fathering, fatherhood, and family life. It includes new work by anthropologists, sociologists, and cultural geographers, working in settings from Peru to India to Vietnam. Each chapter suggests that men are …
Application of Empirical Research Findings in Public Health Advocacy: Focus on Maternal, Child, and Reproductive Health
Efforts to improve population health have always been associated with social action. Within science, however, there exists a tension as to whether including an advocacy agenda in research distorts the objective, impartial process that scientific inquiry is expected to pursue. Action‐related research models such as, participatory action research (PAR) and community‐based participatory research (CBPR), have been strengthening the case for melding r…
The Ellertson Fellowship: Advancing Reproductive Health Through Social Science and Public Health Research
The Globalization of Motherhood: Deconstructions and Reconstructions of Biology and Care
Part 1 Introduction:The Globalization of Motherhood Wendy Chavkin Motherhood: reproduction and care JaneMaree Maher Part 2. Cross National Care Labor Mothers on the Move: Children's Education and Transnational Mobility in Global-City Singapore Brenda S.A. Yeoh and Shirlena Huang Stratified Workers/Stratified Mothers: Migration Policies and Citizenship among Ecuadorian Immigrant Women Gioconda Herrera Part 3 Transationa Adoption Intercountry Adopt…
Policy Efforts to Prevent ART-Related Preterm Birth
Access Denied, Science Denied
Low-Income Mothers' Experience with Poor Health, Hardship, Work, and Violence: Implications for Policy
Welfare reform in 1996 increased work requirements for welfare recipients. Poor mothers face multiple barriers to work, among them poor health and abuse. In a sample (N = 504) of low-income mothers of children with chronic illnesses, women who had experienced violence had significantly worse health, experienced increased hardship, and faced more barriers to employment than women who did not experience violence. Battered women's health outcomes we…
The Data Are In: Health Matters in Welfare Policy
Welfare to Work? Impact of Maternal Health on Employment
Objectives. This study investigated whether health problems among poor mothers of chronically ill children affect their ability to obtain and maintain employment. Methods. Mothers of children with chronic illnesses were surveyed at clinical and welfare agency sites in San Antonio, Tex. Results. There were distinct health differences according to mothers’ TANF and employment status. Mothers without TANF experience reported better physical and ment…
Changes in Use of Health Insurance and Food Assistance Programs in Medically Underserved Communities in the Era of Welfare Reform: An Urban Study
Objectives. The purpose of this study was to assess changes in health insurance and food assistance enrollment following passage of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. Methods. Extant data sources were used to calculate changes in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Medicaid, and Food Stamp program enrollment in medically underserved Manhattan communities after 1996. Results. Dramatic declines …
Relationships Between Welfare Status, Health Insurance Status, and Health and Medical Care Among Children With Asthma
Objectives. This study evaluated the relationships between health insurance and welfare status and the health and medical care of children with asthma. Methods. Parents of children with asthma aged 2 to 12 years were interviewed at 6 urban clinical sites and 2 welfare offices. Results. Children whose families had applied for but were denied welfare had more asthma symptoms than did children whose families had had no contact with the welfare syste…
Employment Barriers Among Welfare Recipients and Applicants With Chronically Ill Children
Objectives. This study evaluated the association of chronic child illness with parental employment among individuals who have had contact with the welfare system. Methods. Parents of children with chronic illnesses were interviewed. Results. Current and former welfare recipients and welfare applicants were more likely than those with no contact with the welfare system to report that their children’s illnesses adversely affected their employment. …
Chronic Illness Among Poor Children Enrolled in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program
Objectives. This study assessed chronic child illness among recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) benefits and poor families not receiving benefits. Methods. Data from the 1998 National Health Interview Survey were used to examine chronic child illness, enrollment in TANF, health insurance status, and selected access indicators. Results. One quarter of TANF-enrolled children had chronic illnesses. Unenrolled children were 3…
State Welfare Reform Policies and Maternal and Child Health Services: A National Study
Sex, Lies, and Silence: Reproductive Health in a Hostile Environment
The Impact of Welfare Reform Policies on Child Protective Services: A National Study
The 1996 welfare reform bill set forth major changes in social welfare policies. In addition to federal work requirements and time limits, new state policies impose behavioral mandates that may be accompanied by financial sanctions for noncompliance. Analysis of a survey of state Child Protection Services (CPS) directors focuses on four major areas: effect of Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) on CPS; interaction between the two agenci…
Assessing the effects of welfare reform policies on reproductive and infant health
OBJECTIVES: The welfare reform law of 1996 marked a historical moment in US policy toward the poor by ending the entitlement to cash assistance, by requiring work, and by establishing time limits. This article examines the potential impact on the health of women and children, the primary recipients of welfare benefits. METHODS: The authors outline the reproductive health outcomes most likely to be sensitive to welfare policies, identify indicator…
National survey of the states: Policies and practices regarding drug-using pregnant women
OBJECTIVES: This study assessed the impact of national policy shifts on state policies and practices regarding substance-using mothers. METHODS: A 1995 telephone survey of substance abuse and child protective services directors in all 50 states and the District of Columbia was compared with a similar 1992 survey. RESULTS: There have been significant increases in state interventions for drug-using pregnant women (e.g., criminal prosecution, toxico…
Unwanted pregnancy in Armenia--the larger context
Unwanted pregnancy in Armenia--the larger context. W ChavkinCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.88.5.732 Published Online: October 07, 2011
Employment Barriers Among Welfare Recipients and Applicants With Chronically Ill Children
Objectives. This study evaluated the association of chronic child illness with parental employment among individuals who have had contact with the welfare system. Methods. Parents of children with chronic illnesses were interviewed. Results. Current and former welfare recipients and welfare applicants were more likely than those with no contact with the welfare system to report that their children’s illnesses adversely affected their employment. …
Drug addiction and pregnancy: Policy crossroads
The medical and lay press have lately written extensively about drug\nuse by pregnant women...The medical consequences for mother and infant can be\nsevere. In addition to the well-known roster of ills related to intravenous\nadministration such as hepatitis B, endocarditis, abcesses, etc., illicit\ndrugs have become increasingly associated with sexually transmitted diseases\nand AIDS. The sequelae for infants can include abstinence symptoms, low…
Low-Income Mothers' Experience with Poor Health, Hardship, Work, and Violence: Implications for Policy
Welfare reform in 1996 increased work requirements for welfare recipients. Poor mothers face multiple barriers to work, among them poor health and abuse. In a sample (N = 504) of low-income mothers of children with chronic illnesses, women who had experienced violence had significantly worse health, experienced increased hardship, and faced more barriers to employment than women who did not experience violence. Battered women's health outcomes we…
Welfare to Work? Impact of Maternal Health on Employment
Objectives. This study investigated whether health problems among poor mothers of chronically ill children affect their ability to obtain and maintain employment. Methods. Mothers of children with chronic illnesses were surveyed at clinical and welfare agency sites in San Antonio, Tex. Results. There were distinct health differences according to mothers’ TANF and employment status. Mothers without TANF experience reported better physical and ment…
The Data Are In: Health Matters in Welfare Policy
Chronic Illness Among Poor Children Enrolled in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program
Objectives. This study assessed chronic child illness among recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) benefits and poor families not receiving benefits. Methods. Data from the 1998 National Health Interview Survey were used to examine chronic child illness, enrollment in TANF, health insurance status, and selected access indicators. Results. One quarter of TANF-enrolled children had chronic illnesses. Unenrolled children were 3…
Assessing the effects of welfare reform policies on reproductive and infant health
OBJECTIVES: The welfare reform law of 1996 marked a historical moment in US policy toward the poor by ending the entitlement to cash assistance, by requiring work, and by establishing time limits. This article examines the potential impact on the health of women and children, the primary recipients of welfare benefits. METHODS: The authors outline the reproductive health outcomes most likely to be sensitive to welfare policies, identify indicator…
Relationships Between Welfare Status, Health Insurance Status, and Health and Medical Care Among Children With Asthma
Objectives. This study evaluated the relationships between health insurance and welfare status and the health and medical care of children with asthma. Methods. Parents of children with asthma aged 2 to 12 years were interviewed at 6 urban clinical sites and 2 welfare offices. Results. Children whose families had applied for but were denied welfare had more asthma symptoms than did children whose families had had no contact with the welfare syste…
National survey of the states: Policies and practices regarding drug-using pregnant women
OBJECTIVES: This study assessed the impact of national policy shifts on state policies and practices regarding substance-using mothers. METHODS: A 1995 telephone survey of substance abuse and child protective services directors in all 50 states and the District of Columbia was compared with a similar 1992 survey. RESULTS: There have been significant increases in state interventions for drug-using pregnant women (e.g., criminal prosecution, toxico…
Changes in Use of Health Insurance and Food Assistance Programs in Medically Underserved Communities in the Era of Welfare Reform: An Urban Study
Objectives. The purpose of this study was to assess changes in health insurance and food assistance enrollment following passage of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. Methods. Extant data sources were used to calculate changes in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Medicaid, and Food Stamp program enrollment in medically underserved Manhattan communities after 1996. Results. Dramatic declines …
The accessibility of drug treatment for pregnant women: A survey of programs in five cities
Through simulated calls to 294 drug treatment programs in five cities, this study investigated access for pregnant women and compared New York City's provision of services in 1989 to that in 1993. In all sites, the majority of programs accepted pregnant women. There was also a marked improvement in the availability of services in New York City. Yet options were more limited for Medicaid recipients and women needing child care, and an appointment …
Ascertainment of maternal deaths in New York City
Maternal deaths in New York City are defined as deaths from any cause in a woman while pregnant or within six months of pregnancy termination. Pilot studies seeking to improve maternal death ascertainment found that selected medical examiner reports contributed an additional 10.5 percent of the total maternal deaths, vital statistics review contributed 6.3 percent, linkage of death tapes of women of reproductive age to live birth and fetal death …
Still travelling’: Access to abortion post-12 weeks gestation in Ireland
This article focuses on access to abortion in Ireland post-12 weeks gestational age. It critically examines abortion access under the legislative sections 9, 10 and 11 of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018, the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) process, as well as the appeals process in place. We highlight existing ambiguities in diagnosing and certifying cases of risk to health during pregnancy, particularly mental health, …
Reproductive Health: Caribbean Women in New York City, 1980-1984
Wendy Chavkin, Carey Busner, Margaret McLaughlin, Reproductive Health: Caribbean Women in New York City, 1980-1984, The International Migration Review, Vol. 21, No. 3, Special Issue: Migration and Health (Autumn, 1987), pp. 609-625
The Impact of Welfare Reform Policies on Child Protective Services: A National Study
The 1996 welfare reform bill set forth major changes in social welfare policies. In addition to federal work requirements and time limits, new state policies impose behavioral mandates that may be accompanied by financial sanctions for noncompliance. Analysis of a survey of state Child Protection Services (CPS) directors focuses on four major areas: effect of Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) on CPS; interaction between the two agenci…
Mandatory Treatment for Pregnant Substance Abusers: Irrelevant and Dangerous
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Application of Empirical Research Findings in Public Health Advocacy: Focus on Maternal, Child, and Reproductive Health
Efforts to improve population health have always been associated with social action. Within science, however, there exists a tension as to whether including an advocacy agenda in research distorts the objective, impartial process that scientific inquiry is expected to pursue. Action‐related research models such as, participatory action research (PAR) and community‐based participatory research (CBPR), have been strengthening the case for melding r…
Access Denied, Science Denied
Sex, Lies, and Silence: Reproductive Health in a Hostile Environment
Topics for our times: Affirmative action and women's health
Topics for our times: affirmative action and women's health. W ChavkinCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.87.5.732 Published Online: October 07, 2011
Occupational Hazards to Reproduction: A Review Essay and Annotated Bibliography
Reproductive Health: Caribbean Women in New York City, 1980–1984
People from the Caribbean represent one of the largest immigrant groups in New York City. This study focuses on the reproductive health of first generation Caribbean immigrants. Birth and death certificate data were used to generate descriptive profiles of risk-factor prevalence and reproductive outcomes to Caribbean and comparison populations
Reproductive Health: Caribbean Women in New York City, 1980-1984
Wendy Chavkin, Carey Busner, Margaret McLaughlin, Reproductive Health: Caribbean Women in New York City, 1980-1984, The International Migration Review, Vol. 21, No. 3, Special Issue: Migration and Health (Autumn, 1987), pp. 609-625
Webster, Health, and History
Research Article| July 01 1990 Webster, Health, and History Wendy Chavkin Wendy Chavkin Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar The Public Historian (1990) 12 (3): 53–56. https://doi.org/10.2307/3378198 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation W…
Drug addiction and pregnancy: Policy crossroads
The medical and lay press have lately written extensively about drug\nuse by pregnant women...The medical consequences for mother and infant can be\nsevere. In addition to the well-known roster of ills related to intravenous\nadministration such as hepatitis B, endocarditis, abcesses, etc., illicit\ndrugs have become increasingly associated with sexually transmitted diseases\nand AIDS. The sequelae for infants can include abstinence symptoms, low…
Ascertainment of maternal deaths in New York City
Maternal deaths in New York City are defined as deaths from any cause in a woman while pregnant or within six months of pregnancy termination. Pilot studies seeking to improve maternal death ascertainment found that selected medical examiner reports contributed an additional 10.5 percent of the total maternal deaths, vital statistics review contributed 6.3 percent, linkage of death tapes of women of reproductive age to live birth and fetal death …
Women and Fetus: The Social Construction of Conflict
An emerging social theme positions a pregnant woman as antagonist to the fetus if she deviates from medically, socially, or legally sanctioned behavior. This is particularly devastating for low income women and women with stigmatized problems. These policies convey a vision of an errant pregnant woman whose antagonism to the fetus must be constrained by outside intervention. Autonomy, bodily integrity, and constitutional status are all at stake. …
Violence, injury, drugs, and maternal mortality
Violence, injury, drugs, and maternal mortality. W Chavkin, and M AllenCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.83.10.1494 Published Online: October 07, 2011
The accessibility of drug treatment for pregnant women: A survey of programs in five cities
Through simulated calls to 294 drug treatment programs in five cities, this study investigated access for pregnant women and compared New York City's provision of services in 1989 to that in 1993. In all sites, the majority of programs accepted pregnant women. There was also a marked improvement in the availability of services in New York City. Yet options were more limited for Medicaid recipients and women needing child care, and an appointment …
Mandatory Treatment for Pregnant Substance Abusers: Irrelevant and Dangerous
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Topics for our times: Public health on the line--abortion and beyond
Topics for our times: public health on the line--abortion and beyond. W ChavkinCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.86.9.1204 Published Online: October 07, 2011
Topics for our times: Affirmative action and women's health
Topics for our times: affirmative action and women's health. W ChavkinCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.87.5.732 Published Online: October 07, 2011
Integrating HIV prevention, STD, and family planning services. The availability of HIV services at different types of clinics: A survey
Integrating HIV prevention, STD, and family planning services. The availability of HIV services at different types of clinics: a survey. W Chavkin, V Breitbart, and D ElmanCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.87.4.691-a Published Online: October 07, 2011
National survey of the states: Policies and practices regarding drug-using pregnant women
OBJECTIVES: This study assessed the impact of national policy shifts on state policies and practices regarding substance-using mothers. METHODS: A 1995 telephone survey of substance abuse and child protective services directors in all 50 states and the District of Columbia was compared with a similar 1992 survey. RESULTS: There have been significant increases in state interventions for drug-using pregnant women (e.g., criminal prosecution, toxico…
Unwanted pregnancy in Armenia--the larger context
Unwanted pregnancy in Armenia--the larger context. W ChavkinCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.88.5.732 Published Online: October 07, 2011
Assessing the effects of welfare reform policies on reproductive and infant health
OBJECTIVES: The welfare reform law of 1996 marked a historical moment in US policy toward the poor by ending the entitlement to cash assistance, by requiring work, and by establishing time limits. This article examines the potential impact on the health of women and children, the primary recipients of welfare benefits. METHODS: The authors outline the reproductive health outcomes most likely to be sensitive to welfare policies, identify indicator…
The Impact of Welfare Reform Policies on Child Protective Services: A National Study
The 1996 welfare reform bill set forth major changes in social welfare policies. In addition to federal work requirements and time limits, new state policies impose behavioral mandates that may be accompanied by financial sanctions for noncompliance. Analysis of a survey of state Child Protection Services (CPS) directors focuses on four major areas: effect of Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) on CPS; interaction between the two agenci…
State Welfare Reform Policies and Maternal and Child Health Services: A National Study
Sex, Lies, and Silence: Reproductive Health in a Hostile Environment
The Data Are In: Health Matters in Welfare Policy
Welfare to Work? Impact of Maternal Health on Employment
Objectives. This study investigated whether health problems among poor mothers of chronically ill children affect their ability to obtain and maintain employment. Methods. Mothers of children with chronic illnesses were surveyed at clinical and welfare agency sites in San Antonio, Tex. Results. There were distinct health differences according to mothers’ TANF and employment status. Mothers without TANF experience reported better physical and ment…
Changes in Use of Health Insurance and Food Assistance Programs in Medically Underserved Communities in the Era of Welfare Reform: An Urban Study
Objectives. The purpose of this study was to assess changes in health insurance and food assistance enrollment following passage of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. Methods. Extant data sources were used to calculate changes in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Medicaid, and Food Stamp program enrollment in medically underserved Manhattan communities after 1996. Results. Dramatic declines …
Relationships Between Welfare Status, Health Insurance Status, and Health and Medical Care Among Children With Asthma
Objectives. This study evaluated the relationships between health insurance and welfare status and the health and medical care of children with asthma. Methods. Parents of children with asthma aged 2 to 12 years were interviewed at 6 urban clinical sites and 2 welfare offices. Results. Children whose families had applied for but were denied welfare had more asthma symptoms than did children whose families had had no contact with the welfare syste…
Employment Barriers Among Welfare Recipients and Applicants With Chronically Ill Children
Objectives. This study evaluated the association of chronic child illness with parental employment among individuals who have had contact with the welfare system. Methods. Parents of children with chronic illnesses were interviewed. Results. Current and former welfare recipients and welfare applicants were more likely than those with no contact with the welfare system to report that their children’s illnesses adversely affected their employment. …
Chronic Illness Among Poor Children Enrolled in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program
Objectives. This study assessed chronic child illness among recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) benefits and poor families not receiving benefits. Methods. Data from the 1998 National Health Interview Survey were used to examine chronic child illness, enrollment in TANF, health insurance status, and selected access indicators. Results. One quarter of TANF-enrolled children had chronic illnesses. Unenrolled children were 3…
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