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Ilene S. Speizer is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, with a focus on medicine, health professions, and social sciences. Within these fields, their work primarily addresses pediatrics, perinatology and child health, general health professions, safety research, public health, environmental and occupational health, as well as economics and econometrics.

The main topics of Ilene S. Speizer's research include:

  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
  • Reproductive Health and Contraception
  • HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences

Their recent publications reflect these areas of study and include:

  • "Stigma in the health clinic and implications for PrEP access and use by adolescent girls and young women: conflicting perspectives in South Africa," 2022, published in BMC Public Health
  • "Priority Indicators for Adolescent Health Measurement - Recommendations From the Global Action for Measurement of Adolescent Health (GAMA) Advisory Group," 2022, published in Journal of Adolescent Health
  • "Urban Family Planning in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Critical Scoping Review," 2021, published in Frontiers in Global Women's Health
  • "Influences on seeking a contraceptive method among adolescent women in three cities in Nigeria," 2020, published in Reproductive Health
  • "Perceptions of peer contraceptive use and its influence on contraceptive method use and choice among young women and men in Kenya: a quantitative cross-sectional study," 2022, published in Reproductive Health

Ilene S. Speizer frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Lisa M. Calhoun
  • Siân Curtis
  • Courtney McGuire
  • David K. Guilkey
  • Amelia Maytan-Joneydi

The scientist's work has appeared often in a range of publication venues. The most common include:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Reproductive Health
  • Gates Open Research
  • Studies in Family Planning
  • Research Square

Best Publications

  • Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage: An Updated Review of U.S. Policies and Programs and Their Impact

    John S. Santelli;Leslie M. Kantor;Leslie M. Kantor;Stephanie A. Grilo;Ilene S. Speizer

  • The effectiveness of adolescent reproductive health interventions in developing countries: a review of the evidence.

    Ilene S Speizer;Robert J Magnani;Charlotte E Colvin

  • What works in family planning interventions: a systematic review.

    Lisa Mwaikambo;Ilene S. Speizer;Anna Schurmann;Gwen Morgan

  • Toward a multidimensional measure of pregnancy intentions: evidence from the United States.

    John S. Santelli;Laura Duberstein Lindberg;Mark G. Orr;Lawrence B. Finer

  • Understanding pregnancy in a population of inner-city women in New Orleans--results of qualitative research

    Carl Kendall;Aimee Afable-Munsuz;Ilene Speizer;Alexis Avery

  • Intimate Partner Violence Attitudes and Experience Among Women and Men in Uganda

    Ilene S. Speizer

  • Trends in the Incidence of Outcomes Defining Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study: 1985–1991

    Alvaro Muñoz;Lewis K. Schrager;Lewis K. Schrager;Helena Bacellar;Helena Bacellar;Ilene Speizer

  • Belief in Family Planning Myths at the Individual and Community Levels and Modern Contraceptive Use in Urban Africa.

    Abdou Gueye;Ilene S. Speizer;Meghan Corroon;Chinelo C. Okigbo

  • Association between Early Marriage and Intimate Partner Violence in India: A Focus on Youth from Bihar and Rajasthan

    Ilene S. Speizer;Erin Pearson

  • Differences in food intake and exercise by smoking status in adolescents.

    Diane B. Wilson;Brian N. Smith;Ilene S. Speizer;Melanie K. Bean

  • The Role of Gender Empowerment on Reproductive Health Outcomes in Urban Nigeria

    Meghan Corroon;Ilene S. Speizer;Jean Christophe Fotso;Akinsewa Akiode

  • An Evaluation of the “Entre Nous Jeunes” Peer—educator Program for Adolescents in Cameroon

    Ilene S. Speizer;B. Oleko Tambashe;Simon Pierre Tegang

  • Gender relations and reproductive decision making in Honduras.

    Ilene S. Speizer;Lisa Whittle;Marion Carter

  • The impact of a family planning multimedia campaign in Bamako Mali.

    Thomas T. Kane;Mohamadou Gueye;Ilene S. Speizer;Sara Pacque-Margolis

  • The role of social support and parity in contraceptive use in Cambodia.

    Ghazaleh Samandari;Ilene S. Speizer;Kathryn O'connell

  • Salvadoran fathers' attendance at prenatal care, delivery, and postpartum care

    Marion W Carter;Ilene Speizer

  • Measuring factors underlying intendedness of women's first and later pregnancies.

    Ilene S. Speizer;John S. Santelli;Aimee Afable-Munsuz;Carl Kendall

  • The impact of India’s accredited social health activist (ASHA) program on the utilization of maternity services: a nationally representative longitudinal modelling study

    Smisha Agarwal;Smisha Agarwal;Sian L. Curtis;Gustavo Angeles;Ilene S. Speizer

  • Do service providers in Tanzania unnecessarily restrict clients' access to contraceptive methods?

    Ilene S. Speizer;David R. Hotchkiss;Robert J. Magnani;Brian Hubbard

  • Can family planning outreach bridge the urban-rural divide in Zambia?

    Justin S White;Ilene S Speizer

  • Psychosocial factors associated with non-smoking adolescents' intentions to smoke

    Brian N. Smith;Melanie K. Bean;Karen S. Mitchell;Ilene S. Speizer

  • Quality of Care and Contraceptive Use in Urban Kenya.

    Katherine Tumlinson;Brian W. Pence;Siân L. Curtis;Stephen W. Marshall

Frequent Co-Authors

David K. Guilkey
David K. Guilkey University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Carl Kendall
Carl Kendall Tulane University
Susan Parnell
Susan Parnell University of Cape Town
Audrey Pettifor
Audrey Pettifor University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Wendee M. Wechsberg
Wendee M. Wechsberg Research Triangle Park Foundation
Luuk C. Rietveld
Luuk C. Rietveld Delft University of Technology
Keisuke Hanaki
Keisuke Hanaki University of Tokyo
Laura Duberstein Lindberg
Laura Duberstein Lindberg Guttmacher Institute
Karen S. Mitchell
Karen S. Mitchell Boston University
Yong-Guan Zhu
Yong-Guan Zhu Chinese Academy of Sciences

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