Faculty and Staff of The Center for Population and Family Health

Andrew Davidson
Senior Vice Dean and Professor of Population & Family Health
ard2@columbia.edu

EXPERTISE: contraceptive methods: Norplant and female sterilization; family planning and fertility issues; the transition to parenthood.

Director of Academic Program, Division of Population and Family Health; former member, Social Sciences and Population Advisory Committee, National Institutes of Health; former advisor, Special Program in Human Reproduction, World Health Organization.

For more information, refer to the Family Planning Decision Making web site, or send e-mail to ard2@columbia.edu.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS:

Westoff C., Truman C., Kalmuss D., Cushman L., Davidson A., Rulin M., and Heartwell S. "Depressive Symptoms and Depo-Provera," Contraception, 1998;57:237-240.

Westoff C., Truman C., Kalmuss D., Cushman L., Rulin M., Heartwell S., and Davidson A. "Depressive Symptoms and Norplant Contraceptive Implants," Contraception, 1998;57:241-245.

Cushman L., Romero D., Kalmuss D., Davidson A., Heartwell S., and Rulin M. "Condom Use Among Clinic Patients Using Norplant and Depo Provera," Family Planning Perspectives, forthcoming.

Davidson A., Ahn K., Chandra S., Diaz-Guerrero R., and Dubey D. "The Acceptability of New Contraceptives for Men: Results of a Five-Nation Study," in Social Psychology and Cultural Context, J. Adamopolous and Y. Kashima (editors), Los Angeles: Sage, forthcoming.

Kalmuss D., Davidson A., Cushman L., Heartwell S., and Rulin M. "Potential Barriers to the Removal of Levonorgestrel Implants (Norplant) Among Family Planning Clinic Patients," forthcoming.

Davidson A., Kalmuss D., Cushman L., Romero D., Heartwell S., and Rulin M. "Rates of Injectable Contraceptive Discontinuation and Subsequent Unintended Pregnancy Among Low-Income Women," American Journal of Public Health, v87n9, p. 1532, September 1997.

Davidson A. and Kalmuss D. "Norplant Coercion: An Overstated Threat," American Journal of Public Health 87(4): 550-551, 1997.

Cushman L., Romero D., Kalmuss D., Davidson A., Heartwell S., and Rulin M. "Condom Use among Clinic Patients using Norplant and Depo-Provera," Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Indianapolis, Ind., November 1997.

Kalmuss D. and Davidson A. "Norplant Discontinuation Among Low Income Women," Institute of Medicine Workshop on Implant Contraceptives: An Illuminating Case Study in Current Dilemmas and Possibilities. Washington D.C.; April 7-8, 1997.

Cushman L., Kalmuss, Davidson, Heartwell,and Rulin. "Beliefs About Depo-Provera Among Three Groups of Contraceptors," Advances in Contraception, 12:43-52, 1996.

Cushman L., Kalmuss D., Davidson A., Heartwell S., and Rulin M. "Beliefs About Norplant Among Low Income Urban Women," Contraception, 53:285-291, 1996.

Davidson A. "From Attitudes to Actions to Attitude Change," in Attitude Strength: Antecedents and Consequences, Erlbaum Press, 1995.

Davidson A., Kalmuss D., Cushman L., Heartwell S., and Rulin M. "Decision Making Concerning Norplant Use," Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, NY; August 11-14, 1995.

Kalmuss D., Davidson A., Cushman L., Heartwell S., and Rulin M. "The Determinants of Norplant Use," Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, San Francisco; April 6-8, 1995.