Meredith Branch

Biographic Data

ID7560877
NAMEMeredith Branch
GIVEN NAMESMeredith
FAMILY NAMEBranch
SIGNATUREBRANCH M
AFFILIATIONSOregon State University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT6
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2002
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2011
H-INDEX0

  • Exploring Power and Sexual Decision Making among Young Latinos Residing in Rural Communities

    Open AccessAnn P Zukoski, S Marie Harvey et al.ARTICLEWomen s Health Issues2011

  • Immigrant Latino men in rural communities in the Northwest: Social environment and HIV/STI risk

    Liana B Winett, Liana Winett et al.ARTICLECulture Health & Sexuality2011

    This study explored how migration-related socio-cultural and environmental factors interact to render immigrant Latino men residing in rural Oregon at increased risk for HIV/STI. More specifically, the paper describes the socio-demographic characteristics and sexual risk profile of immigrant Latino men and characterises the physical and socio-cultural contexts in which they reside. In-depth interviews were conducted with 49 men who newly immigrat…

  • Prevention of Unintended Pregnancy and HIV/STIs Among Latinos in Rural Communities: Perspectives of Health Care Providers

    Meredith Branch, S Marie Harvey et al.ARTICLEHealth Care For Women International2010

    Latino women in the United States are disproportionately at risk for unintended pregnancy, HIV, and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). We conducted nine focus groups with health care practitioners who provide reproductive health care to Latinos in rural areas of the Northwest. From the practitioner perspective, we explored barriers and facilitators to the acquisition and use of contraceptives and to the prevention of HIV/STIs among rural Lat…

  • Condom use: Exploring verbal and non-verbal communication strategies among Latino and African American men and women

    Ann P Zukoski, S Marie Harvey et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2009

    A growing body of literature provides evidence of a link between communication with sexual partners and safer sexual practices, including condom use. More research is needed that explores the dynamics of condom communication including gender differences in initiation, and types of communication strategies. The overall objective of this study was to explore condom use and the dynamics surrounding condom communication in two distinct community-base…

  • A New Look at an Old Method: The Diaphragm

    Open AccessS Marie Harvey, Sheryl Thorburn Bird et al.ARTICLEPerspectives on Sexual and…2003

    Invented in 1842 the vaginal diaphragm is one of the oldest contraceptive methods. Despite several decades of legal restrictions in the United States that slowed the methods introduction into the market the diaphragm had become the most frequently prescribed form of birth control in America by the 1930s. Currently however very few U.S. women who practice contraception use the diaphragm: In 1995 only 2% of contraceptive users aged 15-44 used the m…

  • The Relationship of Contextual Factors to Women's Perceptions of Medical Abortion

    S Marie Harvey, Linda J Beckman et al.ARTICLEHealth Care For Women International2002

    This study explores how personal values and the social context of women's lives influence their perceptions of a new reproductive technology, medical abortion. The major objective is to examine the interrelationship between perceived attributes of medical abortion (number of clinic visits, availability early in pregnancy, seeing the expelled products of conception, and unfamiliar method) and the context of a woman's life. Data were collected in e…