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J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol
December 2017
Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York.
Study Objective: To determine the prevalence of reproductive coercion, a form of intimate partner violence (IPV) including contraceptive sabotage and pregnancy pressure, among urban high school-aged girls and to examine its associations with reproductive health risks.
Design And Setting: A self-administered survey completed by high school-aged girls living in high-poverty neighborhoods while awaiting medical care in a pediatric emergency room, inpatient service, school-based, and hospital-based clinic.
Participants: One hundred forty-nine sexually active girls aged 14-17 years.
J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol
June 2017
Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York; Division of Adolescent Medicine, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, New York.
Study Objective: To evaluate whether ovulatory dysfunction due to polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common underlying etiology of abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB) in adolescents who require hospitalization and to explore etiology, treatment, and complications of AUB with severe anemia in adolescents. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, INTERVENTIONS, AND MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: We identified female patients aged 8-20 years admitted to a children's hospital for treatment of AUB from January 2000 to December 2014. Our hospital protocol advises hormonal testing for PCOS and other disorders before treatment for AUB.
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July 2016
Both authors are with the Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, The Pediatric Hospital for Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY.
Am J Public Health
January 2016
Both of the authors are with the Children's Hospital at Montefiore, The Pediatric Hospital for Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY.
Am J Public Health
July 2015
Postdoctoral Fellow in Adolescent Medicine.
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