Presentations
2011
J.E. Potter, D. Grossman, K. Hopkins, J. Amastae, M.G. Shedlin, K. White. "OTC vs. Prescription Only OCs: Results from the Border Contraceptive Access Study." Presented at the International Conference on Family Planning, Dakar, Senegal, Nov 29-Dec 2, 2011.
J.E. Potter, S. McKinnon, D. Grossman, K. Hopkins, M.G. Shedlin, J. Amastae. "Myths, Beliefs and Continuation of Oral Contraception." Presented at the International Conference on Family Planning, Dakar, Senegal, Nov 29-Dec 2, 2011.
J.E. Potter, D. Grossman, K. Hopkins, J. Amastae, M.G. Shedlin, K. White. "Over-the-counter vs. Prescription Only OCs: Results from the Border Contraceptive Access Study." Future Of Contraception Initiative (FOCI), Seattle, WA, October 2011.
K. Hopkins, D. Grossman, K. White, J. Amastae, and J. E. Potter. "Reproductive Health Preventive Screening among Clinic and Over-the-Counter Oral Contraceptive Users in El Paso, Texas." Presented at 2011 North American Forum, Washington, DC, October 2011.
K. White, K. Hopkins, J.E. Potter, D. Grossman. "Acceptability of Long-acting Reversible Contraception among Parous Latina Women Who Do Not Want More Children." Presented at the 2011 North American Forum, Washington, DC, October 2011.
D. Grossman, S. McKinnon, K. Hopkins, J. Amastae, J.E. Potter. "Knowledge Regarding Oral Contraceptive Use, Contraindications and Non-contraceptive Benefits among Prescription Pill Users Compared to Over-the-counter Users." Presented at the 2011 North American Forum, Washington, DC, October 2011. *Poster Award Winner*
K. White. "Contraindications to POPs compared to COCs." Presented at the OCs OTC Working Group Meeting, Washington DC, October 2011.
D. Grossman and K. White. "Are Women Who Obtain Oral Contraceptives over the Counter in Mexico More Likely to Be Contraindicated for OC Use? Results from a Cohort Study in El Paso, Texas." Presented at the Population Associate of American annual meeting, Washington, DC, March 2011.
K. Hopkins, D. Grossman, J. Amastae. "Reproductive Health Preventive Screening among Clinic and Over-the-Counter Oral Contraceptive Users in El Paso, Texas." Presented at the Population Associate of American annual meeting, Washington, DC, March 2011.
J.E. Potter, K. White, K. Hopkins, S. McKinnon, M.G. Shedlin. "Frustrated Demand for Sterilization among Low-Income Latinas in El Paso, Texas. Presented at the Population Associate of American annual meeting, Washington, DC, March 2011.
M.G. Shedlin, J. Amastae. "Knowledge & Beliefs about Reproductive Anatomy and Physiology among Mexican-Origin Women in the U.S.: Implications for Effective Oral Contraceptive Use." Presented at the Population Associate of American annual meeting, Washington, DC, March 2011.
2010
J. E. Potter, K. Hopkins, K. White, S. McKinnon, D. Grossman, M. G. Shedlin, and J. Amastae. “Unmet demand for sterilization among Latinas.” Presented at the Population Association of American annual meeting, Dallas, TX, April 2010.
J. Amastae, M.G. Shedlin, K. White, K. Hopkins, D. A. Grossman, and J.E. Potter, “Ethical and methodological issues for border research: the Border Contraceptive Access Study.” Presented at the Border Research Ethics and Methodology Conference, Tucson, AZ, April 26, 2010.
J.E. Potter, S. McKinnon, D. Grossman, K. Hopkins, J. Amastae, M.G. Shedlin, D. A. Powers. “Does convenience matter?" Oral contraceptive continuation along the US-Mexico border.” Presented at “Reproductive Health 2010,” Atlanta, GA, September 2010.
D. Lara, D. Grossman, G. Martinez, A. Hernandez, and J. Amastae, "Use of oral contraceptives among hypertensive Latinas on the Texas-Mexico border." Presented at the American Public Health Association annual meeting, Denver, CO, November 2010.
2009
K. Hopkins, D. Grossman, K. White, J. Amastae, and J. E. Potter. “Use of health services among clinic and pharmacy oral contraceptive users in El Paso, Texas.” Presented at the American Public Health Association annual meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November 2009.
D. Grossman, S. McKinnon, K. Hopkins, J. Amastae, and J. E. Potter. "Knowledge regarding oral contraceptive use, risks and benefits among clinic and pharmacy users in El Paso, Texas, and the impact of written information." Presented at the American Public Health Association annual meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November 2009.
J. E. Potter, K. White, K. Hopkins, J. Amastae, and D. Grossman. "Clinic versus over-the-counter access to oral contraception: Choices women make in El Paso, Texas.” Presented at the American Public Health Association annual meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November 2009.
J. E. Potter, S. McKinnon, K. Hopkins, J. Amastae, M.G. Shedlin, D. A. Powers, and D. Grossman. "Oral contraceptive continuation along the US-Mexico Border: Does a prescription matter?" Presented at the American Public Health Association annual meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November 2009.
J. E. Potter. "Oral contraceptive continuation along the USA-Mexico border: does a prescription or the number of pill packs dispensed matter?” XXVI IUSSP International Population Conference, Marrakech, Morocco, October 1, 2009.
J. E. Potter. “Oral Contraceptive Use Along the US-Mexico Border: Does a Prescription Matter?” Population Studies and Training Center, Brown University, Providence, October 29, 2009.
D. Grossman, K. White, K. Hopkins, J. Amastae, M.G. Shedlin , and J. E. Potter. “Are women who obtain oral contraceptives over the counter in Mexico more likely to be contraindicated for use? Results from a cohort study in El Paso, Texas,” Presented at “Reproductive Health 2009,” Los Angeles, CA, September 2009.
J. E. Potter. “The Border Contraceptive Access Study, El Paso, Texas: results of a natural experiment of OTC provision on the US-Mexico border,” Oral Contraceptives Over-the-Counter Working Group meeting, The Guttmacher Institute, New York City, September 21-22, 2009.
J. E. Potter, S. McKinnon, K. Hopkins, J. Amastae, M.G. Shedlin, D.A. Powers, and D. Grossman. “Oral contraceptive continuation along the US-Mexico Border: Does a prescription matter?” Oral presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Detroit, MI, May 2009.
J. E. Potter, K. Hopkins, J. Amastae, D. Grossman, K. White, S. McKinnon. “Oral contraceptive use along the US-Mexico border: Does a prescription matter?” Presented at Columbia University School of Medicine, New York City, NY, March 2009.
2008
M. S. Shedlin, V. Talavera, J.E. Potter, K. Hopkins, J. Amastae, and D. Grossman. “A little learning is a dangerous thing: Beliefs affecting the use of oral contraception on the US-Mexico border.” Oral presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, San Diego, CA, October 2008.
D. Grossman, L. Fernandez, K. Hopkins, J. Amastae, K. White, and J.E. Potter. “Contraindications to use among women in Texas who obtain combined hormonal contraceptives over-the-counter in Mexico.” Poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, San Diego, CA, October 2008.
J. Amastae, C. Díaz de León, J.E. Potter, D. Grossman, K. Hopkins, M.G. Shedlin. “Did the Texas legislature derail family planning?: Contraceptive access and continuation in El Paso, Texas.” Presented at the Collaboration and Legislative Partnership for Allied Health in Texas meeting, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, September 2008.
J. E. Potter, K. White, K. Hopkins, J. Amastae, and D. Grossman. “Oral contraceptive procurement along the US-Mexico border: Choosing between US Clinics and Mexican pharmacies.” Poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals and the Society for Family Planning, Washington, DC., September 2008.
D. Grossman, K. Hopkins, V. Talavera, K. White, M.G. Shedlin, J. Amastae, and J.E. Potter. “Knowledge, perceptions and use of emergency contraceptive among Latina oral contraceptive users in Texas.” Poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals and the Society for Family Planning, Washington, DC., September 2008.
2007
D. Grossman, L. Fernández, K. Hopkins, J. Amastae, K. White, S. Garcia, and J.E. Potter. “Self-screening for contraindications to oral contraceptive use: Evidence for the safety of over-the-counter provision.” Poster presentation at the American Public Health Association annual meeting, Washington, DC, November 5, 2007.
D. Grossman, L. Fernández, K. Hopkins, J. Amastae, K. White, S. Garcia, and J.E. Potter. “Perceptions of oral contraceptive safety and interest in over-the-counter access among a predominantly Latina population in Texas.” Poster presentation at the American Public Health Association annual meeting, Washington, DC, November 5, 2007.
D. Grossman, L. Fernández, K. Hopkins, J. Amastae, K. White, S. Garcia, and J.E. Potter. “Self-screening for contraindications to oral contraceptive use: Evidence for the safety of over-the-counter provision.” Oral presentation at the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals and the Society for Family Planning annual meeting, Minneapolis, MN, September 27, 2007. (winner of the Ortho Outstanding Researcher Award).
D. Grossman, L. Fernández, K. Hopkins, J. Amastae, K. White, S. Garcia, and J.E. Potter. “Perceptions of oral contraceptive safety and interest in over-the-counter access among a predominantly Latina population in Texas.” Poster presentation at the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals and the Society for Family Planning annual meeting, Minneapolis, MN, September 27, 2007.
J. Amastae, J.E. Potter, D. Grossman, and K. Hopkins. “The Border Contraceptive Access Study: A Progress Report and Preliminary Results.” Presented at the University of Texas El Paso College of Health Sciences, El Paso, TX, September 25, 2007.
K. Hopkins. “The Border Contraceptive Access Study: Self-Screening for Contraindications to Oral Contraceptive Use.” Presented at the conference Latin American Demography: Past, Present And Future. Contributions of the UT Population Research Center Alumni (1968-2006), Austin, TX, April 27, 2007.
L. Fernández. “Border Contraceptive Access Study: Overview & Early Findings.” Presentation at the Department of Sociology/Anthropology at the University of Texas-El Paso, El Paso, TX, April 19, 2007.
D. Grossman. “From efficacy to access: An overview of contraceptive methods and case study of over-the-counter oral contraception in Mexico.” Class taught as part of course entitled “International reproductive health issues: Moving from theory to practice” at Harvard School of Public Health, Cambridge, MA, April 4, 2007.
D. Grossman, L. Fernández, K. Hopkins, J. Amastae, K. White, S. Garcia, and J.E. Potter. “Prevalence of Contraindications to Oral Contraceptives and Efficacy of a Self-Screening Instrument in a Predominantly Hispanic Sample.” Presented at the Population Association of America annual meeting, New York, NY, March 30, 2007.
K. Hopkins. “The Border Contraceptive Access Study.” Presented at the symposium Interdisciplinary Perspectives & Reproductive Health, sponsored by UT-Austin’s Center for Women’s & Gender Studies, Austin, TX, February 14, 2007.
D. Grossman, K. Miller and K. Blanchard. “Increasing access to contraception by improving product labeling.” Written comments submitted to the Advisory Committee for Reproductive Health Drugs of the Food and Drug Administration and presentation made during public comment session of Committee meeting, Rockville, MD, January 24, 2007.
2006
J. E. Potter. "Prevalence of Contraindications to Oral Contraceptives and Efficacy of a Self-Screening Instrument: First results from the Border Contraceptive Access Study." Presented at the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, December 2006.
D. Grossman. “Future research evaluating the safety and efficacy of over-the-counter provision of oral contraceptives.” Presentation at meeting of the Working Group on Over-the-Counter Oral Contraceptives, New York, August 4, 2006.