Karen Katz

Biographic Data

ID5992893
NAMEKaren Katz
GIVEN NAMESKaren
FAMILY NAMEKatz
SIGNATUREKATZ K
AFFILIATIONSFamily Health International 360
ORCID0000-0002-6724-3993
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS4
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR4
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1996
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2016
H-INDEX0

  • I won’t be able to go home being pregnant’

    Karen Katz, Karen R Katz et al.ARTICLECulture Health & Sexuality2016

    Sex workers report high rates of unintended pregnancy that are inconsistent with widespread reports of condom use. Greater understanding of the implications of an unintended pregnancy and barriers to contraceptive use is needed to better meet the broader sexual and reproductive health needs of this population. We conducted in-depth interviews with 20 women sex workers in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Findings reveal that most women are trying to conform to …

  • Understanding the Broader Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs of Female Sex Workers in Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Karen Katz, Karen R Katz et al.ARTICLEInternational Perspectives on…2015

    CONTEXT: Little is known about the sexual and reproductive health care needs of female sex workers in Dhaka, Bangladesh. METHODS: Survey data were collected from 354 hotel-based and 323 street-based female sex workers using a venue-based stratified cluster sampling approach. In addition, in-depth interviews were conducted with 20 female sex workers recruited from drop-in centers. We calculated unmet need for family planning and examined fertility…

  • Reproductive Health Knowledge and Use of Services Among Young Adults in Dakar, Senegal

    Open AccessKaren Katz, CHRISTINE NARÉARTICLEJournal of Biosocial Science2002

    A study was conducted in Dakar, Senegal, to measure reproductive health knowledge and contraceptive use among young adults, and access to family planning services. A household survey was conducted with 1973 single and married women aged 15–24 and 936 single men aged 15–19. Two focus groups and a simulated client study were also conducted. The survey and focus groups noted gaps in knowledge of family planning methods and reproductive health. There…

  • Clinical Outcomes of Two Early Postpartum IUD Insertion Programs in Africa

    C Morrison, Cynthia Waszak et al.ARTICLEStudies in Family Planning1996

    Postpartum IUD insertion programs are new to Africa and few have been carefully evaluated. Also, data on the clinical outcomes of postpartum IUD insertions using the Copper T 380A IUD are sparse. Therefore, we conducted a study to evaluate introductory postpartum IUD programs using the Copper T 380A IUD in Kenya and Mali. Postpartum IUD acceptors in Kenya (n=224) and Mali (n=110) were interviewed at baseline and at 1, 3, and 6 months after delive…