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The Catholic Physician and Natural Family Planning: Helping to Build the Culture of Life, The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly (2009)
This paper is based on the author's answer to a question from Theresa Notare, director...
The Association of Religiosity, Sexual Education, and Parental Factors with Risky Sexual Behaviors Among Adolescents and Young Adults (with Kristin A. Haglund), Journal of Religion and Health (2009)
This study examined the association of religiosity, sexual education and family structure with risky sexual...
Cohort comparison of two fertility awareness methods of family planning (with Mary Schneider, Mary Lee Barron, and Kathleen Raviele), The Journal of Reproductive Medicine (2009)
OBJECTIVE: To determine if an electronic hormonal fertility monitor aided method (EHFM) of family planning...
Efficacy and Efficiency in Natural Family Planning Services, The Linacre Quarterly (2009)
Relatively few Catholic couples in the United States use modern methods of natural family planning...
Retrospective Efficacy of the Marquette Model of Natural Family Planning (with Mary Schneider and Mary Lee Barron), The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing (2008)
Variability in the Hormonally Estimated Fertile Phase of the Menstrual Cycle (with Mary Schneider), Fertility and Sterility (2008)
The purpose of this study was to determine the variability in length of the fertile...
The Influence of Religiosity, Gender, and Language Preference Acculturation on Sexual Activity Among Latino/a Adolescents (with Lisa M. Edwards, Keyona M. Jarrett, and Kristin A. Haglund), Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences (2008)
The purpose of this study was to determine the main and interactive effects of religiosity,...
The Influence of Religiosity on Contraceptive Use and Abortion in the United States (with Jennifer Ohlendorf), Life and Learning XVII (2008)
The CDC has conducted the National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) every three to seven...
The Influence of Religiosity on Contraceptive Use among Roman Catholic Women in the United States (with Jennifer Ohlendorf), The Linacre Quarterly (2007)
This study uses data from National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) to determine the effect...
Efficacy of Cervical Mucus Observations Plus Electronic Hormonal Fertility Monitoring as a Method of Natural Family Planning (with Mary Schneider, Kathleen Raviele, and Mary Lee Barron), Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing (2007)
Objective: To determine the effectiveness of an electronic hormonal fertility monitor plus cervical mucus monitoring...
Variability in the Phases of the Menstrual Cycle (with Mary Schneider and Kathleen Raviele), Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing (2006)
Objective: To determine variability in the phases of the menstrual cycle among healthy, regularly cycling...
Attitudes, Intentions, and Ethical Stance of Advanced Practice Nursing Students toward Abortion Provision: Part One - Quantitative Findings, Life and Learning XV (2006)
The availability of pre-implantation abortion pills has increased the probability that advanced practice nurses (i.e.,...
Protocol for determining fertility while breastfeeding and not in cycles (with Mary Lee Barron and Mary Schneider), Fertility and Sterility (2005)
A protocol was developed and evaluated for nonovulating breastfeeding women to determine potential fertility with...
Basal Body Temperature Recording: A Useful Recommendation to Couples Seeking Pregnancy? (with Mary Lee Barron), The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing (2005)
New Low and High Tech Calendar Methods of Family Planning, Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health (2005)
Calendar-based methods are not usually considered effective or useful methods of family planning among health...
The future of professional education in natural family planning., Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing (2004)
Nurses and other health care professionals often have little knowledge of methods of natural family...
A Comparison of the Fertile Phase as Determined by the Clearplan Easy Fertility Monitor and Self-assesment of cervical mucus (with Kathleen Raviele and Mary Schneider), Contraception (2004)
The purpose of this study was to compare the fertile phase of the menstrual cycle...
An Analysis of the Majority Report "Responsible Parenthood" and its Recommendations on Abortion, Sterilization, and Contaception, Life and Learning XIII (2004)
Couples' Views of the Effects of Natural Family Planning on Marital Dynamics (with Leona VandeVusse, Lisa Hanson, Amy Newman, and Jaime Fox), Journal of Nursing Scholarship (2004)
Purpose: Natural Family Planning (NFP) requires periodic abstinence and partner cooperation to prevent pregnancy. The...
Spiritual Responses to the Regulation of Birth (A Historical Comparison) (with Elizabeth McGraw), Life and Learning XII (2003)
Over 30 years ago the founders of the Christian Family Movement (CFM), a worldwide Catholic...
Accuracy of the Peak Day of Cervical Mucus as a Biological Marker of Fertility, Contraception (2002)
The (PD) peak day of cervical mucus is an important biologic marker for the self-determination...
Nurse-Midwives' Knowledge and Promotion of Lactational Amenorrhea and other Natural Family Planning Methods for Childspacing (with L Hanson and J Stanford), Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health (2001)
The purpose of this study was to describe and assess certified nurse-midwives’ (CNMs) knowledge and...
Trends in Contraceptive Use Among Catholics in the United States (with Andrea Schlidt), Linacre Quarterly (2001)
Anthropological Differences Between Natural Family Planning and Contraception (with William Kurz), Life and Learning X (2000)
Religiosity, sexual activity, and attitudes of sexual permissiveness among older adolescents (with K Cheever, K German, and C Philpot), Journal of Religion and Health (1998)
This study investigates religiosity, sexual activity, and sexual permissiveness among older adolescents. Eighty-two college students...
Evaluation of the Lady Free Biotester in determining the fertile period (with Nancy Gaska), Contraception (1998)
Small hand-held microscopes have been developed for self-observation of salivary ferning patterns to detect the...
Accuracy of the Ovulon Fertility Monitor to Predict and Detect Ovulation (with W Schlaff), Journal of Nurse-Midwifery (1998)
The purpose of this pilot study was to correlate the three biologic markers of the...
Spiritual Well-being and Religiosity in Elderly Persons Coping with Cancer (with J F. Miller and C Shaw), Oncology Nursing Forum (1997)
A Comparison of the Ovulation Method with the CUE Ovulation Predictor in Determining the Fertile Period, Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (1996)
The purpose of this study was to compare the CUE Ovulation Predictor with the ovulation...