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Differences in Abortion Use by Sexual Orientation in 3 National Cohorts Open

Payal Chakraborty, Sarah McKetta, Colleen A. Reynolds, Mikaela H. Smith, Heidi Moseson , et al. · 2025

Importance Sexual minority individuals have less access to high-quality reproductive health care—including contraceptive care—and have higher rates of unintended pregnancies than their heterosexual peers. Little is known about differences …

Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Human Health Implications ofSalmonella entericaandCampylobacterspp. in Vermont Backyard Poultry Open

Craig S Patch, Katalin M. Larsen, Cheryl M. Armstrong, Siddartha Kanrar, A Michaelides , et al. · 2025

Backyard poultry (BYP) are increasingly linked to cases of campylobacteriosis and salmonellosis. Between 2022-2024, soiled bedding samples from 70 BYP farms were tested for Campylobacter spp. and/or Salmonella enterica. Nine farms (12.86%)…

Differences in medically assisted reproduction use by sexual identity and partnership: a prospective cohort of cisgender women Open

Kodiak R. S. Soled, Tabor Hoatson, Brent Monseur, Bethany G. Everett, Payal Chakraborty , et al. · 2024

STUDY QUESTION Does medically assisted reproduction (MAR) use among cisgender women differ among those with same-sex partners or lesbian/bisexual identities compared to peers with different-sex partners or heterosexual identities? SUMMARY …

Sexual orientation-related disparities in perinatal mental health among a prospective cohort study Open

Kodiak R. S. Soled, Sarah McKetta, Payal Chakraborty, Colleen A. Reynolds, S. Bryn Austin , et al. · 2024

Sexually minoritized women (SMW) may be at an increased risk of adverse perinatal mental health, though prior research is limited. We examined sexual orientation-related differences in perinatal mental health (i.e., stress and depression),…

Evaluating the Implementation of Digital Advertising Policy Change on Harmful Consumer Products: An Exploratory Natural Language Processing Study of Skin-Lightening Product Ads Open

Junjie Lu, Sook Ning Chua, Jill R. Kavanaugh, Jaanak Prashar, Egbe Ndip-Agbor , et al. · 2024

COVID‐19 and abortion in the Ohio River Valley: A case study of Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia Open

Mikaela H. Smith, Molly Broscoe, Payal Chakraborty, Jessie Hill, Robert B. Hood , et al. · 2023

Introduction During early stages of COVID‐19 in the United States, government representatives in Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia restricted or threatened to restrict abortion care under elective surgery bans. We examined how abortion uti…

Abortion-Related Laws and Concurrent Patterns in Abortion Incidence in Indiana, 2010–2019 Open

Heidi Moseson, Mikaela H. Smith, Payal Chakraborty, Hillary J. Gyuras, Abigail Foster , et al. · 2023

Objectives. To analyze abortion incidence in Indiana concurrent with changes in abortion-related laws. Methods. Using publicly available data, we created a timeline of abortion-related laws in Indiana, calculated abortion rates by geograph…

Kentucky's abortion landscape, 2010 to 2019: an analysis of pre-Dobbs abortion disparities in a rural, restrictive state Open

Mikaela H. Smith, Michelle L. McGowan, Payal Chakraborty, Robert B. Hood, Meredith P. Field , et al. · 2023

This study was supported by a philanthropic foundation that makes grants anonymously.

Factors associated with never‐use of long‐acting reversible contraception among adult reproductive‐aged women in Ohio Open

Payal Chakraborty, Shibani Chettri, Maria Gallo, Mikaela H. Smith, Robert B. Hood , et al. · 2022

Background The number of women using long‐acting reversible contraception (LARC)—intrauterine devices (IUDs) and implants—is increasing and 14% of contraceptive users in the United States adopt LARC. We examined correlates of LARC never‐us…

Housing Stability and Access to General Healthcare and Reproductive Healthcare Among Women in Ohio Open

Robert B. Hood, Abigail Norris Turner, Mikaela H. Smith, Payal Chakraborty, Shibani Chettri , et al. · 2022

Depressive Symptoms and Perception of COVID-19 Risk in Ohio Adults Open

Katarina M. Bischof, Payal Chakraborty, William C. Miller, Abigail Norris Turner · 2022

Background: We assessed the relationship between depressive symptoms and perceived COVID-19 risk in the next month. Methods: This analysis used survey data collected during a July 2020 cross-sectional study using a household-based probabil…

Comparison of abortion incidence estimates derived from direct survey questions versus the list experiment among women in Ohio Open

Robert B. Hood, Heidi Moseson, Mikaela H. Smith, Payal Chakraborty, Alison H. Norris , et al. · 2022

Abortion is highly stigmatized in the United States which prevents its accurate measurement in surveys. The list experiment aims to improve the reporting of abortion history. We evaluated whether a list experiment resulted in higher report…

Summary of the Fourth Annual American Sexually Transmitted Diseases Association Workshop on Improving Sexually Transmitted Infection Control Efforts Through Cross-Sector Collaboration Open

Olivia Van Gerwen, Stacey B. Griner, Alissa Davis, Alison Footman, Casey N. Pinto , et al. · 2022

The American Sexually Transmitted Diseases Association has, for several years, been conducting a cross-sector workshop to bring together a variety of stakeholders to develop ideas for collaboratively improving the sexually transmitted infe…

How Ohio's proposed abortion bans would impact travel distance to access abortion care Open

Payal Chakraborty, Stef Murawsky, Mikaela H. Smith, Michelle L. McGowan, Alison H. Norris , et al. · 2022

Context Since March 2021, the Ohio legislature has been actively considering laws that would ban abortion if the United States Supreme Court overturns the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationally in 1973. Methods We used a n…

Abortion travel within the United States: An observational study of cross-state movement to obtain abortion care in 2017 Open

Mikaela H. Smith, Zoe Muzyczka, Payal Chakraborty, Elaina Johns‐Wolfe, Jenny A. Higgins , et al. · 2022

This study was supported by a philanthropic foundation that makes grants anonymously.

Prevalence of current and past COVID-19 in Ohio adults Open

Abigail Norris Turner, David Kline, Alison H. Norris, Willard Phillips, Elisabeth Dowling Root , et al. · 2021

Mental health and substance use by sexual minority status in high school students who experienced sexual violence Open

Payal Chakraborty, Mahmood A. Alalwan, Reneé M. Johnson, Li Li, Kathryn E. Lancaster , et al. · 2021

Federal, state, and institutional barriers to the expansion of medication and telemedicine abortion services in Ohio, Kentucky, and West Virginia during the COVID-19 pandemic Open

Kelsey Mello, Mikaela H. Smith, B. Jessie Hill, Payal Chakraborty, Katherine Rivlin , et al. · 2021

Use of nonpreferred contraceptive methods among women in Ohio Open

Payal Chakraborty, Maria F Gallo, Saira Nawaz, Mikaela H. Smith, Robert B. Hood , et al. · 2021

Passage of abortion ban and women’s accurate understanding of abortion legality Open

Maria F Gallo, John B. Casterline, Payal Chakraborty, Alison H. Norris, Danielle Bessett , et al. · 2021

Abortion Travel Within the United States: An Analysis of Cross-State Movement to Obtain Abortion Care in 2018 Open

Mikaela H. Smith, Zoe Muzyczka, Payal Chakraborty, Elaina Johns‐Wolfe, Jenny A. Higgins , et al. · 2021

Abortion Access in Ohio’s Changing Legislative Context, 2010–2018 Open

Alison H. Norris, Payal Chakraborty, Kaiting Lang, Robert B. Hood, Sarah R. Hayford , et al. · 2020

Objectives. To examine abortion utilization in Ohio from 2010 to 2018, a period when more than 15 abortion-related laws became effective. Methods. We evaluated changes in abortion rates and ratios examining gestation, geographic distributi…

An Assessment of Risk Factors for Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 Infection in Malawian Women Using 2 Classifications for the HerpeSelect 2 Test Open

Payal Chakraborty, Alison H. Norris, Sarah Huber‐Krum, Sarah Garver, Robert B. Hood , et al. · 2019

Background The HerpeSelect 2 ELISA IgG test for herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) infection is widely used, convenient, and inexpensive. However, it has been shown to have lower specificity among populations in Sub-Saharan Africa compare…

P094 An assessment of risk factors for HSV-2 infection in Malawian women using two classifications for the herpeselect 2 test Open

Payal Chakraborty, Alison H. Norris, Sarah Huber‐Krum, Sarah Garver, Robert B. Hood , et al. · 2019

Background The Focus HerpeSelect 2 ELISA IgG Test, used to diagnose herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) infection, is inexpensive, convenient, and widely used. However, past studies document poor specificity of this test in African populat…

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