Mark W Oberle
Biographic Data
| ID | 786336 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mark W Oberle |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mark W |
| FAMILY NAME | Oberle |
| SIGNATURE | OBERLE M W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Exploring bi-directional and SMS messaging for communications between Public Health Agencies and their stakeholders: A qualitative study
Multiple communication strategies might be utilized but the choice of a specific strategy needs to balance message content (emergency vs. routine communications), delivery (one- vs. two-way), channel (SMS, email, etc.), and public health agency burden with stakeholder preferences and technical capabilities, all while mitigating the risk of message overload and disregard of important communications by recipients
Are preterm black infants larger than preterm white infants, or are they more misclassified?
In birth certificate data for Massachusetts resident births from 1978 to 1982, 12–27% of births purportedly under 31 weeks of gestation were probably misclassified, i.e. had birthweight ≥2500g. Correcting for maldistribution of births removed 34% and 23%, respectively, of black and white births with reported gestational ages
Fertility change in Costa Rica 1960–84: Analysis of retrospective lifetime reproductive histories
Lifetime reproductive histories of a 1984–85 nationally representative sample of 870 women aged 25–59 years provided data to describe the evolution of fertility, contraception, breast-feeding, and natural fecundability in Costa Rica between 1960 and 1984. The contraceptive prevalence rate increased from 23% in 1965 to 58% in 1975 and 66% in 1984. Duration of breast-feeding was stable during the 1960s, decreased in the early 1970s, and increased a…
Use of Maternal-Child Health Services and Contraception in Guatemala and Panama
Changes in contraceptive use and fertility: Panama, 1976 to 1984
From 1976 to 1984 important demographic changes occurred in Panama. The total fertility rate declined from 4.5 to 3.7, and contraceptive use amongmarried women 20–44 years of age increased from 55 per cent to 63 per cent. However, using data from three national level reproductive health surveys which were conducted in Panama in 1976, 1979, and 1984, we found that most of the changes took place between 1976 and 1979. Since 1979, overall contracept…
Tubal Sterilization: Questioning the Decision
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
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
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 Guatemala
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 Guatemala
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 …
Use of maternal–child health services and contraception in Guatemala and Panama
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…
Changes in contraceptive use and fertility: Panama, 1976 to 1984
From 1976 to 1984 important demographic changes occurred in Panama. The total fertility rate declined from 4.5 to 3.7, and contraceptive use amongmarried women 20–44 years of age increased from 55 per cent to 63 per cent. However, using data from three national level reproductive health surveys which were conducted in Panama in 1976, 1979, and 1984, we found that most of the changes took place between 1976 and 1979. Since 1979, overall contracept…
Tubal Sterilization: Questioning the Decision
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…
Are preterm black infants larger than preterm white infants, or are they more misclassified?
In birth certificate data for Massachusetts resident births from 1978 to 1982, 12–27% of births purportedly under 31 weeks of gestation were probably misclassified, i.e. had birthweight ≥2500g. Correcting for maldistribution of births removed 34% and 23%, respectively, of black and white births with reported gestational ages
Fertility change in Costa Rica 1960–84: Analysis of retrospective lifetime reproductive histories
Lifetime reproductive histories of a 1984–85 nationally representative sample of 870 women aged 25–59 years provided data to describe the evolution of fertility, contraception, breast-feeding, and natural fecundability in Costa Rica between 1960 and 1984. The contraceptive prevalence rate increased from 23% in 1965 to 58% in 1975 and 66% in 1984. Duration of breast-feeding was stable during the 1960s, decreased in the early 1970s, and increased a…
Use of Maternal-Child Health Services and Contraception in Guatemala and Panama
Exploring bi-directional and SMS messaging for communications between Public Health Agencies and their stakeholders: A qualitative study
Multiple communication strategies might be utilized but the choice of a specific strategy needs to balance message content (emergency vs. routine communications), delivery (one- vs. two-way), channel (SMS, email, etc.), and public health agency burden with stakeholder preferences and technical capabilities, all while mitigating the risk of message overload and disregard of important communications by recipients
Medicine (8 works) · Population (6 works) · Demography (5 works) · Family planning (5 works) · Global Maternal and Child Health (5 works) · Research methodology (5 works) · Developing country (4 works) · Environmental health (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Economic growth (3 works)