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Overview

Joseph E. Potter is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research primarily centers on medicine, with a focus on several subfields including public health, environmental and occupational health, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, reproductive medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, and emergency medicine.

The main topics explored in their work include reproductive health and contraception, reproductive health and technologies, global maternal and child health, maternal and perinatal health interventions, pediatric pain management techniques, emergency and acute care studies, and pregnancy and medication impact.

Joseph E. Potter has authored multiple papers, with recent research addressing a variety of issues related to reproductive and maternal health. Notable publications include:

  • Texas women's decisions and experiences regarding self-managed abortion, 2020, BMC Women s Health
  • Association of Texas' 2021 Ban on Abortion in Early Pregnancy With the Number of Facility-Based Abortions in Texas and Surrounding States, 2022, JAMA
  • Unsatisfied contraceptive preferences due to cost among women in the United States, 2020, Contraception X
  • Meeting Preferences for Specific Contraceptive Methods: An Overdue Indicator, 2023, Studies in Family Planning
  • Breastfeeding Initiation, Duration, and Supplementation Among Mexican-Origin Women in Texas, 2020, PEDIATRICS

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Joseph E. Potter include:

  • Kari White
  • Kristen Lagasse Burke
  • Kristine Hopkins
  • Daniel Grossman
  • Gracia Sierra

Research by Potter often appears in established publication venues such as:

  • Contraception
  • Contraception X
  • Studies in Family Planning
  • Women s Health Issues
  • Australasian Emergency Care

Best Publications

  • Unwanted caesarean sections among public and private patients in Brazil: prospective study.

    Joseph E Potter;Elza Berquó;Ignez H O Perpétuo;Ondina Fachel Leal

  • Maternal health care utilization in Jordan: a study of patterns and determinants

    Carla Makhlouf Obermeyer;Joseph E. Potter

  • Impact of Clinic Closures on Women Obtaining Abortion Services After Implementation of a Restrictive Law in Texas

    Caitlin Gerdts;Liza Fuentes;Daniel Grossman;Kari White

  • Change in abortion services after implementation of a restrictive law in Texas

    Daniel Grossman;Sarah Baum;Liza Fuentes;Kari White

  • Contraception After Delivery and Short Interpregnancy Intervals Among Women in the United States

    Kari White;Stephanie B. Teal;Joseph E. Potter

  • Fertility and Development: Evidence From Brazil

    Joseph E. Potter;Carl P. Schmertmann;Suzana M. Cavenaghi

  • Problems in using birth-history analysis to estimate trends in fertility.

    Joseph E Potter

  • Population and development in Mexico since 1940: an interpretation.

    Francisco Alba;Joseph E. Potter

  • Challenging unintended pregnancy as an indicator of reproductive autonomy.

    Joseph E. Potter;Amanda Jean Stevenson;Kate Coleman-Minahan;Kristine Hopkins

  • The persistence of outmoded contraceptive regimes: The cases of Mexico and Brazil

    Joseph E. Potter

  • Women’s Autonomy and Scheduled Cesarean Sections in Brazil: A Cautionary Tale

    Joseph E. Potter;Kristine Hopkins;Anibal Faúndes;Ignez Perpétuo

  • Mapping the Timing, Pace, and Scale of the Fertility Transition in Brazil

    Joseph E. Potter;Carl P. Schmertmann;Renato M. Assunção;Suzana M. Cavenaghi

  • Women's experiences seeking abortion care shortly after the closure of clinics due to a restrictive law in Texas

    Liza Fuentes;Sharon Lebenkoff;Kari White;Caitlin Gerdts

  • Changes in Service Delivery Patterns After Introduction of Telemedicine Provision of Medical Abortion in Iowa

    Daniel A. Grossman;Kate Grindlay;Todd Buchacker;Joseph E. Potter

  • Accuracy of self-screening for contraindications to combined oral contraceptive use.

    Daniel Grossman;Leticia Fernandez;Kristine Hopkins;Jon Amastae

  • Effect of Removal of Planned Parenthood from the Texas Women’s Health Program

    Amanda Jean Stevenson;Imelda M. Flores-Vazquez;Richard L. Allgeyer;Pete Schenkkan

  • Unmet demand for highly effective postpartum contraception in Texas

    Joseph E. Potter;Kristine Hopkins;Abigail R.A. Aiken;Celia Hubert

  • Continuation of prescribed compared with over-the-counter oral contraceptives.

    Joseph E Potter;Sarah McKinnon;Kristine L Hopkins;Jon Amastae

  • Contraindications to Combined Oral Contraceptives Among Over-the-Counter Compared With Prescription Users

    Daniel Grossman;Kari White;Kristine L Hopkins;Jon Amastae

  • Medicaid policy on sterilization - Anachronistic or still relevant?

    Sonya Borrero;Sonya Borrero;Nikki Zite;Joseph E. Potter;James Trussell

Frequent Co-Authors

Samuel H. Preston
Samuel H. Preston University of Pennsylvania
John Cleland
John Cleland London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Linda M. Niccolai
Linda M. Niccolai Yale University
Trace Kershaw
Trace Kershaw Yale University

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