Stan Becker - Publications

Affiliations: 
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 
Area:
Public Health, Epidemiology

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Year Citation  Score
2023 Anglewicz P, Sarnak D, Gemmill A, Becker S. Characteristics Associated with Reliability in Reporting of Contraceptive Use: Assessing the Reliability of the Contraceptive Calendar in Seven Countries. Studies in Family Planning. PMID 36715569 DOI: 10.1111/sifp.12226  0.339
2018 Becker S, Kalamar A. Sampling Weights for Analyses of Couple Data: Example of the Demographic and Health Surveys. Demography. PMID 29968059 DOI: 10.1007/S13524-018-0688-1  0.368
2018 Choiriyyah I, Becker S. Measuring Women's Covert Use of Modern Contraception in Cross-Sectional Surveys. Studies in Family Planning. PMID 29845621 DOI: 10.1111/sifp.12053  0.306
2017 Gasca NC, Becker S. USING COUPLES' DISCORDANT REPORTS TO ESTIMATE FEMALE COVERT USE OF MODERN CONTRACEPTION IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA. Journal of Biosocial Science. 1-21. PMID 28720152 DOI: 10.1017/S0021932017000256  0.516
2017 Fabic MS, Becker S. Measuring contraceptive prevalence among women who are at risk of pregnancy. Contraception. PMID 28666794 DOI: 10.1016/J.Contraception.2017.06.007  0.406
2017 Bartlett L, LeFevre A, Zimmerman L, Saeedzai SA, Torkamani S, Zabih W, Tappis H, Becker S, Winch P, Koblinsky M, Rahmanzai AJ. Progress and inequities in maternal mortality in Afghanistan (RAMOS-II): a retrospective observational study. The Lancet. Global Health. 5: e545-e555. PMID 28395847 DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(17)30139-0  0.372
2015 Espeut D, Becker S. The validity of birth and pregnancy histories in rural Bangladesh. Journal of Health, Population, and Nutrition. 33: 17. PMID 26825676 DOI: 10.1186/S41043-015-0027-8  0.636
2014 Becker S, Taulo FO, Hindin MJ, Chipeta EK, Loll D, Tsui A. Pilot study of home-based delivery of HIV testing and counseling and contraceptive services to couples in Malawi. Bmc Public Health. 14: 1309. PMID 25526799 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-1309  0.359
2014 Pearson E, Becker S. Couples' unmet need for family planning in three west african countries. Studies in Family Planning. 45: 339-59. PMID 25207496 DOI: 10.1111/J.1728-4465.2014.00395.X  0.397
2014 Callahan R, Becker S. Unmet need, intention to use contraceptives and unwanted pregnancy in rural bangladesh. International Perspectives On Sexual and Reproductive Health. 40: 4-10. PMID 24733056 DOI: 10.1363/4000414  0.718
2013 Hagopian A, Flaxman AD, Takaro TK, Esa Al Shatari SA, Rajaratnam J, Becker S, Levin-Rector A, Galway L, Hadi Al-Yasseri BJ, Weiss WM, Murray CJ, Burnham G. Mortality in Iraq associated with the 2003-2011 war and occupation: findings from a national cluster sample survey by the university collaborative Iraq Mortality Study. Plos Medicine. 10: e1001533. PMID 24143140 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pmed.1001533  0.306
2012 Mahmud S, Shah NM, Becker S. Measurement of Women's Empowerment in Rural Bangladesh. World Development. 40: 610-619. PMID 23637468 DOI: 10.1016/J.Worlddev.2011.08.003  0.648
2012 Koffi AK, Adjiwanou VD, Becker S, Olaolorun F, Tsui AO. Correlates of and couples' concordance in reports of recent sexual behavior and contraceptive use. Studies in Family Planning. 43: 33-42. PMID 23185870 DOI: 10.1111/J.1728-4465.2012.00300.X  0.336
2012 Callahan RL, Becker S. The reliability of calendar data for reporting contraceptive use: evidence from rural Bangladesh. Studies in Family Planning. 43: 213-22. PMID 23185864 DOI: 10.1111/J.1728-4465.2012.00319.X  0.727
2012 Singh A, Becker S. Concordance between partners in desired waiting time to birth for newlyweds in India. Journal of Biosocial Science. 44: 57-71. PMID 21933466 DOI: 10.1017/S0021932011000459  0.354
2011 Gupta S, Shuaib M, Becker S, Rahman MM, Peters DH. Multiple indicator cluster survey 2003 in Afghanistan: outdated sampling frame and the effect of sampling weights on estimates of maternal and child health coverage. Journal of Health, Population, and Nutrition. 29: 388-99. PMID 21957678 DOI: 10.3329/Jhpn.V29I4.8456  0.356
2010 Midhet F, Becker S. Impact of community-based interventions on maternal and neonatal health indicators: Results from a community randomized trial in rural Balochistan, Pakistan. Reproductive Health. 7: 30. PMID 21054870 DOI: 10.1186/1742-4755-7-30  0.368
2010 Viswanathan K, Becker S, Hansen PM, Kumar D, Kumar B, Niayesh H, Peters DH, Burnham G. Infant and under-five mortality in Afghanistan: current estimates and limitations. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 88: 576-83. PMID 20680122 DOI: 10.2471/Blt.09.068957  0.357
2010 Amin R, Shah NM, Becker S. Socioeconomic factors differentiating maternal and child health-seeking behavior in rural Bangladesh: A cross-sectional analysis. International Journal For Equity in Health. 9: 9. PMID 20361875 DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-9-9  0.607
2010 Becker S, Mlay R, Schwandt HM, Lyamuya E. Comparing couples' and individual voluntary counseling and testing for HIV at antenatal clinics in Tanzania: a randomized trial. Aids and Behavior. 14: 558-66. PMID 19763813 DOI: 10.1007/S10461-009-9607-1  0.373
2008 Becker S, Bazant ES, Meyers C. Couples counseling at an abortion clinic: a pilot study. Contraception. 78: 424-31. PMID 18929741 DOI: 10.1016/J.Contraception.2008.06.011  0.46
2008 Liu L, Becker S, Tsui A, Ahmed S. Three methods of estimating births averted nationally by contraception. Population Studies. 62: 191-210. PMID 18587694 DOI: 10.1080/00324720801897796  0.391
2007 Becker S, Sutradhar SC. Fertility intentions: are the undecided more like those who want more or want no more children? Journal of Biosocial Science. 39: 137-45. PMID 16566846 DOI: 10.1017/S0021932006001283  0.482
2006 Becker S, Hossain MB, Thomson E. Disagreement in spousal reports of current contraceptive use in sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Biosocial Science. 38: 779-96. PMID 17029662 DOI: 10.1017/S0021932005001069  0.373
2006 Becker S, Fonseca-Becker F, Schenck-Yglesias C. Husbands' and wives' reports of women's decision-making power in Western Guatemala and their effects on preventive health behaviors. Social Science & Medicine (1982). 62: 2313-26. PMID 16307836 DOI: 10.1016/J.Socscimed.2005.10.006  0.491
2006 Diop-Sidibé N, Campbell JC, Becker S. Domestic violence against women in Egypt--wife beating and health outcomes. Social Science & Medicine (1982). 62: 1260-77. PMID 16139404 DOI: 10.1016/J.Socscimed.2005.07.022  0.754
2005 Mullany BC, Hindin MJ, Becker S. Can women's autonomy impede male involvement in pregnancy health in Katmandu, Nepal? Social Science & Medicine (1982). 61: 1993-2006. PMID 15922498 DOI: 10.1016/J.Socscimed.2005.04.006  0.38
2004 Beenhakker B, Becker S, Hires S, Molano Di Targiana N, Blumenthal P, Huggins G. Are partners available for post-abortion contraceptive counseling? A pilot study in a Baltimore City clinic. Contraception. 69: 419-23. PMID 15105066 DOI: 10.1016/J.Contraception.2003.12.013  0.65
2003 Becker S, Rutstein S, Labbok MH. Estimation of births averted due to breast-feeding and increases in levels of contraception needed to substitute for breast-feeding. Journal of Biosocial Science. 35: 559-74. PMID 14621252 DOI: 10.1017/S0021932003005996  0.305
2003 Becker S, Diop-Sidibé N. Does use of the calendar in surveys reduce heaping? Studies in Family Planning. 34: 127-32. PMID 12894757 DOI: 10.1111/J.1728-4465.2003.00127.X  0.721
2001 Becker S, Costenbader E. Husbands' and wives' reports of contraceptive use. Studies in Family Planning. 32: 111-29. PMID 11449861 DOI: 10.1111/J.1728-4465.2001.00111.X  0.388
2001 Becker S, Ahmed S. Dynamics of contraceptive use and breastfeeding during the post-partum period in Peru and Indonesia Population Studies-a Journal of Demography. 55: 165-179. DOI: 10.1080/00324720127688  0.548
2000 Lindley AA, Gray RH, Herman AA, Becker S. Maternal cigarette smoking during pregnancy and infant ponderal index at birth in the Swedish Medical Birth Register, 1991-1992. American Journal of Public Health. 90: 420-3. PMID 10705863 DOI: 10.2105/Ajph.90.3.420  0.355
1999 Becker S. Measuring Unmet Need: Wives, Husbands or Couples? International Family Planning Perspectives. 25: 172-180. DOI: 10.2307/2991881  0.42
1998 Becker S, Robinson JC. Reproductive health care: services oriented to couples. International Journal of Gynaecology and Obstetrics: the Official Organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics. 61: 275-81. PMID 9688489 DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7292(98)00057-5  0.306
1997 Becker S, Boerma JT. Child Survival in Developing Countries: Can Demographic and Health Surveys Help to Understand the Determinants? Population and Development Review. 23: 193. DOI: 10.2307/2137472  0.317
1996 Becker S. Couples and reproductive health: A review of couple studies Studies in Family Planning. 27: 291-306. PMID 8986028 DOI: 10.2307/2138025  0.388
1996 Yoon PW, Black RE, Moulton LH, Becker S. Effect of not breastfeeding on the risk of diarrheal and respiratory mortality in children under 2 years of age in Metro Cebu, the Philippines American Journal of Epidemiology. 143: 1142-1148. PMID 8633604 DOI: 10.1093/Oxfordjournals.Aje.A008692  0.337
1996 Becker S, Black RE. A Model of Child Morbidity, Mortality and Health Interventions Population and Development Review. 22: 431-456. DOI: 10.2307/2137715  0.311
1996 Becker S, Waheeb Y, El-Deeb B, Khallaf N, Black R. Estimating the completeness of under-5 death registration in Egypt. Demography. 33: 329-339. DOI: 10.2307/2061765  0.358
1995 Becker S, Feyisetan K, Makinwa-Adebusoye P. The Effect of the Sex of Interviewers on the Quality of Data in a Nigerian Family Planning Questionnaire Studies in Family Planning. 26: 233. DOI: 10.2307/2137848  0.477
1994 Becker S, Begum S. Reliability Study of Reporting of Days Since Last Sexual Intercourse in Matlab, Bangladesh Journal of Biosocial Science. 26: 291-299. PMID 7929478 DOI: 10.1017/S0021932000021386  0.413
1991 Wang Y, Becker S, Chow L, Wang S. Induced abortion in eight provinces of China. Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health. 5: 32-40. PMID 1799530 DOI: 10.1177/101053959100500109  0.525
1991 MOSLEY WH, BECKER S. Demographic models for child survival and implications for health intervention programmes Health Policy and Planning. 6: 218-233. DOI: 10.1093/Heapol/6.3.218  0.317
1990 Amin R, Becker S, Chowdhury J. Recent evidence on trends and differentials in Bangladesh fertility. Journal of Biosocial Science. 22: 225-230. PMID 2335543 DOI: 10.1017/S0021932000018551  0.392
1989 Ford K, Huffman SL, Chowdhury AKMA, Becker S, Allen H, Menken J. Birth-interval dynamics in rural Bangladesh and maternal weight Demography. 26: 425-437. PMID 2792478 DOI: 10.2307/2061602  0.409
1982 Bhatia S, Becker S, Kim YJ. The effect on fecundity of pill acceptance during postpartum amenorrhea in rural Bangladesh. Studies in Family Planning. 13: 200-207. DOI: 10.2307/1965447  0.528
1981 Becker S. Seasonality of fertility in Matlab, Bangladesh Journal of Biosocial Science. 13: 97-105. PMID 7462273 DOI: 10.1017/S0021932000013237  0.357
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