Patient experiences using public and private insurance coverage for abortion in Illinois: Implementation successes and remaining gaps. Perspectives on Sexual & Reproductive Health. 2024.

Report | Ensuring accurate information for pregnant people considering abortion in Illinois. [PDF]. 2023.

Report | Illinois abortion statistics update. [PDF]. 2023.

Report | Exploring patient and provider comfort and expectations around Mifepristone pharmacy dispensing. [PDF]. 2023.

Exploring Illinois contraceptive providers’ interest in medication abortion training. Contraception. 2022.

Beyond Hobby Lobby: Employer’s responsibilities and opportunities to improve network access to reproductive healthcare for employees. Contraception. 2022.

Report | Beyond Hobby Lobby: Employer’s responsibilities and opportunities to improve network access to reproductive healthcare for employees. [PDF]. 2022.

Provider and community stakeholder perspectives of expanding Medicaid coverage of abortion in Illinois. BMC Health Services Research. 2022.

Report | Provider and community stakeholder perspectives of expanding Medicaid coverage of abortion in Illinois. [PDF]. 2022.

Report | Mailing Mifepristone: Challenges for patients experiencing homelessness. [PDF]. 2021.

Report | Testimony in support of HB 370 before the Senate Executive Committee. [PDF]. 2021.

Reproductive healthcare denials among a privately insured population. Preventive Medicine Reports. 2021.

Lessons learned: Illinois providers’ perspectives on implementation of Medicaid coverage for abortion. Contraception. 2021.

Report | Lessons learned: Illinois providers’ perspectives on implementation of Medicaid coverage for abortion. [PDF]. 2021.

Forced parental involvement in youth abortion creates obstacles to access, even with judicial bypass. Journal of Adolescent Health. 2021.

Report | The Problems with parental notice of abortion: The reality of the judicial bypass process. [PDF]. 2020.

“My hands are tied”: Abortion restrictions and providers’ experiences in religious and nonreligious health care systems. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health. 2020.

Report | “My hands are tied”: Abortion restrictions and providers’ experiences in religious and nonreligious health care systems. [PDF]. 2020.

Report | Laws requiring parental involvement in abortion: Unnecessary and potentially harmful. [PDF]. 2019.

Report | The role of religiously-affiliated hospitals in reproductive health care for women with public insurance in Cook County. [PDF]. 2016.

Report | Coverage of contraception and abortion in Illinois’ qualified health plans. [PDF]. 2015.

Report | Emergency contraception on Illinois college campuses. [PDF]. 2023.

Are Illinois contraceptive providers comfortable providing care to adolescents? Results from a statewide provider needs assessment. Women’s Health Issues. 2023.

Exploring Illinois contraceptive providers’ interest in medication abortion training. Contraception. 2022.

Report | Utilizing telehealth for contraceptive care in adolescent patients: Provider and staff perspectives. [PDF]. 2022.

“This has definitely opened the doors”: Provider perceptions of patient experiences with telemedicine for contraception in Illinois. Contraception. 2022.

Report | “This has definitely opened the doors”: Provider perceptions of patient experiences with telemedicine for contraception in Illinois. [PDF]. 2022.

Report | Are Illinois contraceptive providers comfortable providing care to adolescents? Results from a statewide provider needs assessment. [PDF]. 2022.

Beyond Hobby Lobby: Employer’s responsibilities and opportunities to improve network access to reproductive healthcare for employees. Contraception. 2022.

Report | Beyond Hobby Lobby: Employer’s responsibilities and opportunities to improve network access to reproductive healthcare for employees. [PDF]. 2022.

What you don’t know can hurt you: Patient and provider perspectives on postpartum contraceptive care in Illinois Catholic hospitals. Contraception. 2022.

Report | What you don’t know can hurt you: Patient and provider perspectives on postpartum contraceptive care in Illinois Catholic hospitals. [PDF]. 2021.

Reproductive healthcare denials among a privately insured population. Preventive Medicine Reports. 2021.

Report | Understanding the Needs of Illinois Family Planning Providers to Improve Contraceptive Access. [PDF]. 2020.

Report | Obstetric and postpartum care in Illinois Catholic hospitals: Impact and implications for patients with Medicaid insurance. [PDF]. 2020.

Provider and patient perspectives on a new tangible decision aid tool to support patient-centered contraceptive counseling with adolescents and young adults. Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology. 2020.

Parenting and child-caretaking among Black men who have sex with men and associated sexual and reproductive health factors: A brief report. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services. 2020.

Report | A new tool for adolescent contraception counseling developed by young people using human centered design. [PDF]. 2019.

“Am I going to be in trouble for what I’m doing?”: Providing contraceptive care in religious health care systems. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health. 2019.

Report | “Am I going to be in trouble for what I’m doing?”: Providing contraceptive care in religious health care systems. [PDF]. 2019.

Family planning service provision in Illinois religious hospitals: Racial/ethnic variation in access to non-religious hospitals for publicly-insured women. Contraception. 2019.

Report | Family planning service provision in Illinois religious hospitals: Racial/ethnic variation in access to non-religious hospitals for publicly-insured women. [PDF]. 2019.

Development of a mobile app on contraceptive options for young African American and Latina women. Health Education & Behavior. 2019.

Report | Designing mobile sexual and reproductive healthcare with and for adolescents. [PDF]. 2018.

Mobile-izing adolescent sexual and reproductive health care: A pilot study using a mobile health unit in Chicago. Journal of School Health. 2018.

Mobile contraceptive application use in a clinical setting in addition to standard contraceptive counseling: A randomized controlled trial. Contraception. 2018.

Report | Knowledge of adolescent consent and confidentiality laws and use of sexual and reproductive health care among adolescents. [PDF]. 2017.

Report | The role of religiously-affiliated hospitals in reproductive health care for women with public insurance in Cook County. [PDF]. 2016.

Report | Insurance coverage for contraception in Illinois: Looking ahead. [PDF]. 2016.

Report | Coverage of contraception and abortion in Illinois’ qualified health plans. [PDF]. 2015.

Using body mapping to explore gender with adolescents in Uttar Pradesh. Journal of Youth Studies. 2023.

Are Illinois contraceptive providers comfortable providing care to adolescents? Results from a statewide provider needs assessment. Women’s Health Issues. 2023.

Report | Are Illinois contraceptive providers comfortable providing care to adolescents? Results from a statewide provider needs assessment. [PDF]. 2022.

Report | Utilizing telehealth for contraceptive care in adolescent patients: Provider and staff perspectives. [PDF]. 2022.

Report | Babytown: A Ci3 Hexacago Health Academy game. [PDF]. 2022.

Report | Using body mapping to explore gender with adolescents in Uttar Pradesh. [PDF]. 2022.

Using digital games to promote equity in career and health education: A prototype of Caduceus Quest. Urban Education. 2022.

Report | Using digital games to promote equity in career and health education: A prototype of Caduceus Quest. [PDF]. 2022.

Report | Testimony in support of HB 370 before the Senate Executive Committee. [PDF]. 2021.

Report | Youth engagement framework. [PDF]. 2021.

Body mapping and story circles in sexual health research with youth of color: Methodological insights and study findings from Adolescent X, an art-based research project. Health Promotion Practice. 2021.

Report | Body mapping and story circles in sexual health research with youth of color: Methodological insights and study findings from Adolescent X, an art-based research project. [PDF]. 2021.

This ain’t it: Ci3’s lockdown zine: Myleena’s quarantine chronicles and #whywefight. Journal of Adolescent Health. 2021.

Text collage from “Transmedia Collage: Histories of Violence and Futures of Health on Chicago’s South Side.” Journal of Adolescent Health. 2021.

Image collage from “Transmedia Collage: Histories of Violence and Futures of Health on Chicago’s South Side.” Journal of Adolescent Health. 2021.

Forced parental involvement in youth abortion creates obstacles to access, even with judicial bypass. Journal of Adolescent Health. 2021.

Understanding adolescents’ experiences with gender-based norms in India through a participatory storytelling game. International Journal of Adolescence and Youth. 2021.

Report | Understanding adolescents’ experiences with gender-based norms in India through a participatory storytelling game. [PDF]. 2021.

Report | Listening to young people and the evidence on sexual health education. [PDF]. 2021.

Provider and patient perspectives on a new tangible decision aid tool to support patient-centered contraceptive counseling with adolescents and young adults. Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology. 2021.

Report | The Problems with parental notice of abortion: The reality of the judicial bypass process. [PDF]. 2020.

Community violence exposure and adolescent pregnancy in Chicago. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 2020.

Youth reproductive justice: Beyond choice, toward health equity. Health Education and Behavior. 2020.

Exploring young women’s menstruation-related challenges in Uttar Pradesh, India, using the socio-ecological framework. Sexual Health and Reproductive Health Matters. 2020.

Report | Exploring young women’s menstruation-related challenges in Uttar Pradesh, India, using the socio-ecological framework. [PDF]. 2020.

Discordance in objective and self-perceived HIV risk: A potential barrier to pre-exposure prophylaxis in young gay and bisexual men. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care. 2020.

Understanding young women’s experiences of gender inequality in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh through story circles. International Journal of Adolescence and Youth. 2020.

Report | Understanding young women’s experiences of gender inequality in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh through story circles: Kissa Kahani. [PDF]. 2019.

Report | A new tool for adolescent contraception counseling developed by young people using human centered design. [PDF]. 2019.

Report | Laws requiring parental involvement in abortion: Unnecessary and potentially harmful. [PDF]. 2019.

Report | Understanding and increasing gender equity for adolescents through storytelling: Kissa Kahani. [PDF]. 2019.

“You’ve gotta be careful”: Familial messages regarding sexual behavior and sexual relationships among African American adolescents. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2019.

Assessing the impact of race on HIV/STI risk perceptions among young men who have sex with men using an experimental approach. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. 2019.

Increasing anti-tobacco industry attitudes among youth: A pilot study of a multiplayer educational board game. Games for Health Journal. 2019.

Report | Educating young people to shift culture on sexual violence. [PDF]. 2019.

Report | Designing mobile sexual and reproductive healthcare with and for adolescents. [PDF]. 2018.

A game-based intervention to improve youth sexual health and reproductive health in New Delhi, India. Contraception. 2018.

Development of a mobile app on contraceptive options for young African American and Latina women. Health Education & Behavior. 2018. 

Mobile-izing adolescent sexual and reproductive health care: A pilot study using a mobile health unit in Chicago. Journal of School Health. 2018.

Perceived responsibility for pregnancy and sexually transmitted infection prevention among young African American men: An exploratory focus group study. Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare. 2018.

Embedded game design as a method for addressing social determinants of health. American Journal of Sexuality Education. 2018.

Game-based health education: The case of Hexacago Health Academy. Journal of STEM Outreach. 2018.

A Game-based intervention for adolescent meningitis prevention: Infection city. Journal of Adolescent Health. 2018.

S.E.E.D.: Creating and implementing an alternate reality. Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy. 2018. 

Transmedia collage: Exploring how a climate of structural violence impacts Black and brown teens on Chicago’s South Side. Open Thresholds. 2018.

Report: Knowledge of adolescent consent and confidentiality laws and use of sexual and reproductive health care among adolescents. [PDF]. 2017.

Exploring the feasibility and acceptability of a high-school-based digital sexual assault prevention program: Bystander. Contraception. 2017.

Exploring the mother–adolescent relationship as a promotive resource for sexual and gender minority youth. Journal of Social Issues. 2017.

Perceived dual method responsibilities by relationship type among African-American male adolescents. The Journal of Adolescent Health. 2017.

Alternate reality games as an informal learning tool for generating STEM engagement among underrepresented youth: A qualitative evaluation of the source. Journal of Science Education and Technology. 2017. 

Commentary: Out on campus: meeting the mental health needs of sexual and gender minority college students. Journal of Adolescent Health. 2017. 

Exploring individual and structural factors associated with employment among young transgender women of color using a no-cost Transgender Legal Resource Center. Transgender Health. 2017.

Race and HIV risk: Exploring race and HIV risk perceptions among young men who have sex with men. Journal of Adolescent Health. 2017.

Building capacities to author change: Community based participatory design as a form of positive youth development and adolescent sexual and reproductive health care intervention design. IASDR Conference. 2017.

LifeChanger: A pilot study of a game-based curriculum for sexuality education. The Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology. 2016.

The Source: An alternate reality game to spark STEM interest and learning among underrepresented youth. The Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research. 2016.

Lucidity: Connected Learning and Transmedia Games. Audiovisual Thinking: The Journal of Academic Videos. 2016.

Reinvigorating adolescent sexuality education through alternate reality games: The case of The Source. Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning. 2016. 

Because if we don’t talk about it, how are we going to prevent it? Lucidity, a narrative-based digital game about sexual violence. Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning. 2015.

Lucidity: Connected Learning and Transmedia Games. Audiovisual Thinking: The Journal of Academic Videos. 2015.

Mother-son communication about sex and routine HIV testing among younger men of color who have sex with men. The Journal of Adolescent Health. 2015.

Worlding through play: Alternate reality games, large scale learning, and The Source. The American Journal of Play. 2015.

Interventions using new digital media to improve adolescent sexual health: A systematic review. The Journal of Adolescent Health. 2012.

Police enforcement of sex work criminalization laws in an “end demand” city: The persistence of quality-of-life policing and seller arrests. Archives of Sexual Behavior. 2021.

Report | Selective enforcement of sex work criminalization laws in Chicago. [PDF]. 2021.

Report | Development of a framework and tool to facilitate cost-of-care conversations with patients during prenatal care. [PDF]. 2019.

Racial and socioeconomic inequity in the spatial distribution of LGBTQ human services: An exploratory analysis of LGBTQ services in Chicago. Sexuality Research and Social Policy. 2019.

Report | racial and socioeconomic inequity in the spatial distribution of LGBTQ human services in Chicago. [PDF]. 2019.

Predicting pharmacist dispensing practices and comfort related to pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention (PrEP). AIDS and Behavior. 2019.

Exploring transgender legal name change as a potential structural intervention for mitigating social determinants of health among transgender women of color. Sexuality Research and Social Policy. 2018.

Reporting pre-exposure prophylaxis use in Craigslist personal advertisements among men seeking sex with men in the United States. Sexual Health. 2017.

Contextual, experiential, and behavioral risk factors associated with HIV status: A descriptive analysis of transgender women residing in Atlanta, Georgia. International Journal of STD & AIDS. 2017.

Transgender Veterans and the Veterans Health Administration: Exploring the experiences of transgender veterans in the veterans affairs healthcare system. Transgender Health. 2016.

Fit to serve? Exploring mental and physical health and well-being among transgender active-duty service members and veterans in the U.S. Military. Transgender Health. 2016.

Gender affirmation and resiliency among Black transgender women with and without HIV infection. Transgender Health. 2016.