Helen P. Koo

Expertise

Reproductive Health
Social Demography
Quantitative and Qualitative Methods
Research and Evaluation Design

Biography

Helen Koo discusses her demographic research of unintended pregnancies and teen pregnancies in the U.S.

Helen Koo discusses unintended pregnancies and teen pregnancies in the US

Helen P. Koo, DrPH, senior research demographer, has more than 30 years' experience in designing and conducting research and evaluation in a variety of subjects, including contraceptive use, acceptability of topical microbicides, childbearing, infant mortality, marital disruption and remarriage, and family and household structure. She has led and participated in all aspects of research and evaluation, including study design; direction and implementation of quantitative and qualitative data collection; application of leading-edge statistical analysis techniques; writing and presenting reports for scientific and policy audiences; and collaborating with agency, community, and scientific partners. She has directed grants and contracts funded by a variety of sources, including the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Office of Population Affairs, the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, the National Science Foundation, the Social Security Administration, and the Food Consumer Service.

Education

DrPH, Population Planning, University of Michigan; MPH, Population Planning, University of Michigan; MS, Zoology, University of Minnesota; AB, Biological Sciences (with great distinction and honors), Stanford University.

Selected Publications

Rose, A., Koo, H.P., Bhaskar, B., Anderson, K., White, G., & Jenkins, R.R. (2005). The influence of primary caregivers on the sexual behavior of early adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Health, 37 (2):135-144.

Koo, H.P., Woodsong, C., Dalberth, B.T., Viswanathan, M., & Simons-Rudolph, A. (2005). Context of acceptability of topical microbicides: Sexual relationships. Journal of Social Issues, 61 (1):67-93.

Woodsong, C., Shedlin, S., & Koo, H.P. (2004). The 'natural' body, God and contraceptive use in the southeastern United States. Journal of Culture, Health and Sexuality, 6 (1):67-78.

Woodsong, C., & Koo, H.P. (1999). Two good reasons: women's and men's perspectives on dual contraceptive use. Social Science and Medicine, 49 (5):567-580.

Koo, H.P. (1998). Women's Experience With Norplant: A Comparison With Depo-Provera and Oral Contraceptives. In P.F. Harrison, & A. Rosenfield (Ed.), Contraceptive Research, Introduction, and Use: Lessons From Norplant (pp. 82-86). Washington, DC: National Academy Press.

Koo, H.P., Dunteman, G.H., George, C., Green, Y., & Vincent, M. (1994 Sep-Oct). Reducing Adolescent Pregnancy Through A School- and Community-Based Intervention: Denmark, South Carolina, Revisited. Family Planning Perspectives, 26 (5):206-211, 217.

Suchindran, C.M., & Koo, H.P. (1992 May). Age at Last Birth and Its Components. Demography, 29 (2):227-245.

Koo, H.P., Suchindran, C.M., & Griffith, J.D. (1987 May). The Completion of Childbearing: Change and Variation in Timing. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 49 (2):281-293.

Suchindran, C.M., Koo, H.P., & Griffith, J.D. (1985 Nov). The Effects of Post-marital Childbearing on Divorce and Remarriage: An Application of Hazards Models with Time-dependent Covariates. Population Studies, 39 (3):471-486.

Griffith, J.D., Koo, H.P., & Suchindran, C.M. (1985 Feb). Childbearing and Family in Remarriage. Demography, 22 (1):73-88.

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