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Laura Duberstein Lindberg

Laura Duberstein Lindberg

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Social Sciences and Humanities

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51
Citations
11760
World Ranking
2557
National Ranking
1246

Overview

Laura Duberstein Lindberg is affiliated with the Guttmacher Institute in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on reproductive and adolescent sexual health, with significant contributions to understanding public health trends and policies affecting these areas.

The scientist's work spans several main fields of study, including Medicine and Health Professions. More specifically, their research covers subfields such as General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Reproductive Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

Main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Reproductive Health and Contraception
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Reproductive Health and Technologies
  • Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics

Their scholarly output includes numerous publications in established venues, with a notable concentration in:

  • Contraception
  • Journal of Adolescent Health
  • Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
  • Sexuality Research and Social Policy

Representative recent papers include:

  • The Sexual and Reproductive Health of Adolescents and Young Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020, Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Adolescents' Receipt of Sex Education in a Nationally Representative Sample, 2011-2019, 2021, Journal of Adolescent Health
  • Trends in U.S. adolescent sexual behavior and contraceptive use, 2006-2019, 2021, Contraception X
  • Abortion Reporting in the United States: An Assessment of Three National Fertility Surveys, 2020, Demography
  • COVID-19 Abortion Bans and Their Implications for Public Health, 2020, Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

Frequent co-authors collaborating on multiple projects include Jennifer Mueller, Zoe H. Pleasure, Isaac Maddow-Zimet, Leslie M. Kantor, and Sheila Desai.

Best Publications

  • Adolescent sexual behavior, drug use, and violence: increased reporting with computer survey technology

    Charles F. Turner;L Ku;Susan M. Rogers;Laura Duberstein Lindberg

  • Explaining recent declines in adolescent pregnancy in the United States: the contribution of abstinence and improved contraceptive use.

    John S. Santelli;Laura Duberstein Lindberg;Lawrence B. Finer;Susheela Singh

  • 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

  • Consequences of Sex Education on Teen and Young Adult Sexual Behaviors and Outcomes

    Laura Duberstein Lindberg;Isaac Maddow-Zimet

  • Pregnancy Intentions, Maternal Behaviors, and Infant Health: Investigating Relationships With New Measures and Propensity Score Analysis

    Kathryn Kost;Laura Lindberg

  • Young Adults' Contraceptive Knowledge, Norms and Attitudes: Associations with Risk Of Unintended Pregnancy

    Jennifer J. Frost;Laura Duberstein Lindberg;Lawrence B. Finer

  • Changes in Adolescents' Receipt of Sex Education, 2006-2013.

    Laura Duberstein Lindberg;Isaac Maddow-Zimet;Heather Boonstra

  • Adolescent sexual behavior: estimates and trends from four nationally representative surveys.

    John S. Santelli;Laura Duberstein Lindberg;Joyce Abma;Clea Sucoff McNeely

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

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

  • Short interpregnancy intervals in the United States.

    Alison Gemmill;Laura Duberstein Lindberg

  • Changes in formal sex education: 1995-2002.

    Laura Duberstein Lindberg;John S. Santelli;Susheela Singh

  • Women's Decisions about Breastfeeding and Maternal Employment

    Laura Duberstein Lindberg

  • Understanding the Decline in Adolescent Fertility in the United States, 2007–2012

    Laura Lindberg;John Santelli;John Santelli;Sheila Desai

  • Changes in sexual behavior and condom use among teenaged males: 1988 to 1995.

    Freya L. Sonenstein;Leighton Ku;Laura Duberstein Lindberg;Charles F. Turner

  • Noncoital Sexual Activities Among Adolescents

    Laura Duberstein Lindberg;Rachel Jones;John S. Santelli;John S. Santelli

  • Changing Patterns of Contraceptive Use and the Decline in Rates of Pregnancy and Birth Among U.S. Adolescents, 2007-2014.

    Laura D. Lindberg;John S. Santelli;Sheila Desai

  • Predicting adolescent profiles of risk: looking beyond demographics

    Janine M. Zweig;Shauna-Dae Phillips;Laura Duberstein Lindberg

  • Adolescent Health Risk Profiles: The Co-Occurrence of Health Risks among Females and Males

    Janine M. Zweig;Laura Duberstein Lindberg;Karen Alexander McGinley

  • Can changes in sexual behaviors among high school students explain the decline in teen pregnancy rates in the 1990s

    John S. Santelli;Joyce Abma;Stephanie Ventura;Laura Lindberg

  • Age differences between minors who give birth and their adult partners

    Laura Duberstein Lindberg;Freya L. Sonenstein;Leighton Ku;Gladys Martinez

  • Contraceptive use and pregnancy risk among U.S. high school students, 1991-2003.

    John S. Santelli;Brian Morrow;John E. Anderson;Laura Duberstein Lindberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Leighton Ku
Leighton Ku George Washington University
Freya L. Sonenstein
Freya L. Sonenstein Johns Hopkins University
Patricia Dittus
Patricia Dittus Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Ilene S. Speizer
Ilene S. Speizer University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Joseph H. Pleck
Joseph H. Pleck University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Charles F. Turner
Charles F. Turner City University of New York
Sam Harper
Sam Harper McGill University
Jennifer S. Hirsch
Jennifer S. Hirsch Columbia University
Susie Hoffman
Susie Hoffman Columbia University
Kaye Wellings
Kaye Wellings London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

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