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Senior Research Associate

Melissa Stillman

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Melissa Stillman joined the Guttmacher Institute in 2013. Her main research interests include adolescent sexual and reproductive health behaviors and needs, sexuality education, fertility intentions and contraceptive use among couples, and abortion in developing countries. She is a member of the Population Association of America, the Asian Population Association and the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population. Ms. Stillman received her master of science in public health with a focus on population, family and reproductive health from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in 2012.

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Selected Publications

  1. blue map of Africa with Uganda highlighted in yellow
    February 2025 Report

    Young People's Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Services in Uganda: Understanding Barriers and Facilitators

    Justine N. Bukenya, Tonny Ssekamatte, Robina Komuhendo and Melissa Stillman
  2. March 2024 Research Article

    Decision-making and social network support around ending unwanted pregnancies using misoprostol in Lagos state, Nigeria

    Grace Kumolu, Melissa Stillman, Onikepe Owolabi, Akinrinola Bankole, Ann M. Moore, Akanni Akinyemi and Adesegun Fatusi African Journal of Reproductive Health
  3. March 2024 Research Article

    Co-creation strategies for identifying abortion research gaps in Nigeria towards research capacity strengthening for early to midcareer abortion researchers

    Akanni Akinyemi, Adesegun Fatusi, Ojo Agunbiade, Olaitan Oyedun, Oladimeji Ogunoye, Melissa Stillman, Onikepe Owolabi and Akinrinola Bankole African Journal of Reproductive Health
  4. Reproductive Health Impact Study
    November 2023 Research Article

    Cost-related barriers to sexual and reproductive health care: Results from a longitudinal qualitative study in Arizona

    Alicia VandeVusse, Rubina Hussain, Melissa Stillman, Cynthia Beavin, Marielle Kirstein and Megan L. Kavanaugh SSM - Qualitative Research in Health
  5. February 2023 Research Article

    Postabortion and Safe Abortion Care Coverage, Capacity, and Caseloads During the Global Gag Rule Policy Period in Ethiopia and Uganda

    Melissa Stillman, Simon Peter Sebina Kibira, Solomon Shiferaw, Fredrick Makumbi, Assefa Seme, Elizabeth A. Sully, Lilian Ha and Margaret Giorgio BMC Health Services Research
  6. August 2022 Research Article

    Quality of information offered to women by drug sellers providing medical abortion in Nigeria: Evidence from providers and their clients

    Akanni Akinyemi, Onikepe Owolabi, Temitope Erinfolami, Melissa Stillman and Akinrinola Bankole Frontiers in Global Women's Health
  7. May 2021 Research Article

    Sexual and Reproductive Health Literacy, Misoprostol Knowledge and Use of Medication Abortion in Lagos State, Nigeria: A Mixed Methods Study

    Heini Väisänen, Ann M. Moore, Onikepe Owolabi, Melissa Stillman, Adesegun O. Fatusi and Akanni I Akinyemi Studies in Family Planning
  8. October 2020 Research Article

    Estimating the Incidence of Induced Abortion in Java, Indonesia, 2018

    Margaret M. Giorgio, Budi Utomo, Nugroho Soeharno, Riznawaty Imma Aryanty, Besral, Melissa Stillman, Jesse Philbin, Susheela Singh and Gilda Sedgh International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health
  9. September 2020 Research Article

    An Application of the Confidante Method to Estimate Induced Abortion Incidence in Java, Indonesia

    Melissa Stillman, Ellie Leong, Budi Utomo, Dadun Dadun, Riznawaty Imma Aryanty, Gilda Sedgh and Margaret Giorgio International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health
  10. July 2020 Research Article

    Incidence of treatment for postabortion complications in India, 2015

    Susheela Singh, Rubina Hussain, Chander Shekhar, Rajib Acharya and Melissa Stillman BMJ Global Health

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