In this analysis, we look at contraceptive use dynamics across 55 countries using DHS data.

We pay special attention to young people and the way that their contraceptive use patterns differ from those of older women.

Use, discontinuation, and method mix all really differ!

2/4

Every once in while I'm reminded that this dystopian Disney short on population control from 1968 exists

www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2Dk...

There's lots I love about this paper, but one thing I hope people will especially appreciate is the Venn diagram in Figure 1.

We use this figure to try to tease apart the points of ideological overlap and divergence between different camps in the family planning field

12/n

One year for Halloween we went as a broad contraceptive method mix

Reading an article by Alan Guttmacher (yes, that Guttmacher) where he lists the four possible indications for sterilization:

"First of all, eugenic; second, therapeutic; third, socio-economic; and fourth, population control."

Whoopsie...

link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

The coolest postdoc I know is now accepting applications:

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Our interdisciplinary program @ UW Madison seeks to train the next generation of feminist scientists/scholars of science

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Will you please spare a thought for this poor dog? He has nothing soft to sleep on :(

I truly don’t understand what people think pointing out the hypocrisy is going to do.

They are hypocrites and they don’t care!

We need a new rhetorical move!

I’ll be eager to see what your research says & I’m fully convinced that femicide is an important public health/political issue!

This isn’t my specific area of expertise so maybe I’m missing something, but it looks like the CDC attributed 2% of MM to homicide in 2020?

www.cdc.gov/maternal-mor...

I’ll be joining some of the smartest people I know to talk about the growing pronatalist population panic

Join us!

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I’ll be joining some of the smartest people I know to talk about the growing pronatalist population panic

Join us!

Register here:
cuboulder.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

(And thanks to @cdeuw.bsky.social for co-sponsoring!)

Hey @Delta there a long line of people waiting for customer service at the A gates in Seattle and nobody here. Help!

There are 18 authors listed in this volume. 6 are men named John (plus an addition Jean).

There are 18 authors listed in this volume. 6 are men named John (plus an addition Jean).

Applications are now open for the Wittig Postdoc in Feminist Biology here @UWMadison

This unique postdoc will provide two years of support for an emerging feminist scientist and is hosted by @uwcrgw

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Please share widely!!

Applications are now open for the Wittig Postdoc in Feminist Biology here at UW Madison.

This unique postdoc is hosted by the Center for Research on Gender and Women and will provide two years of support for an emerging feminist scientist

More info here: go.wisc.edu/v402l5

Please share widely!!

Sky-high CO2 and absolutely sweltering temps on my @Delta flight

This isn’t during boarding or deplaning — we’re at cruising altitude!

What’s up with the air quality, @Delta?

As you can see here in the (tentative! not yet finalized!) revisions to Figure 3 in the paper, demand-side unmet need continues to account for the majority of unmet need across countries, but the results are a bit less overwhelming than we originally reported

I’m at a conference today at the Gates Foundation and there are ~200 of us in this room

Looks like excellent air quality is possible even in crowded indoor spaces when there’s the resources and desire to protect the health of the occupants

Exciting news! Please share widely!

The Health Disparities Research Scholars T32 grant @UWMadison was just refunded by the NIH & is recruiting for up to 4 new postdocs for the fall

This was a WONDERFUL postdoc for me & I'm happy to answer any...

Am I the only person who reads "ScholarOne" like "scholar-oney" (rhymes with baloney)???

Another day, another crazy high co2 reading in the session room at #PAA2023

I hope the wonderful folks @PopAssocAmerica are taking note and working to improve indoor air quality for future conferences

So glad to be at #PAA2023 but concerned to see high CO2 levels in the session rooms

Would love to see a greater emphasis on ventilation and indoor air quality to help keep us all safe

I’ll also be presenting! I use data from @PM4Action to explore facility-level barriers to implant removal in six African countries.

Turns out a lot of faculties can put them in but far fewer can take them out!

And Stephanie Chung rounds thing so out looking at the ways that providers (mis)deploy medical contraindications to create barriers to contraceptive choice.

Saturday morning at 10:30, session 239!