Author Archives: Catherine Satterwhite and Megha Ramaswamy

About Catherine Satterwhite and Megha Ramaswamy

Catherine Lindsey Satterwhite, PhD, MPH, MSPH, is an epidemiologist at University of Kansas (KU) School of Medicine in the Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health. She works on unintended pregnancy prevention and plays a large role in medical education. Prior to joining the faculty at KU, she served as a national sexually transmitted infection expert with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for over a decade.

It’s not just Roe v. Wade that’s at stake: Why we have to keep our eyes on Title X funding decisions about family planning for women’s health

By | August 22, 2018
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Title X, a program that provides federal dollars to be used for family planning services, is under siege. The public comment period ended July 31, 2018, and now we wait to see how funding changes for Title X unfold. Title X is a critical program that provides essential reproductive health services to women, created by… Read More »

Should Women Rush to Get IUDs Post-Election? They Should’ve Been Rushing all Along!

By | December 28, 2016
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The unintended pregnancy rate (reflecting pregnancies that are unwanted or mistimed) for women in the U.S. has hovered at around 50% for the last 35 years.  Only recently has that rate dropped to 45%, but the burden continues to fall most heavily on poor, undereducated women, women from racial or ethnic minority backgrounds, and young women.  Much talk… Read More »