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Yasamin Kusunoki
Research Associate Professor; Training Program Director; Training Faculty
Research Associate Professor, Population Studies Center, Faculty Associate, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research and Associate Professor of Nursing, School of Nursing
Research Associate Professor, Population Studies Center, Faculty Associate, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research and Associate Professor of Nursing, School of Nursing
Research Interests:
Dr. Kusunoki’s interdisciplinary research program centers on women’s health, with a particular focus on the role of women’s intimate relationships and the mechanisms by which these relationships influence women’s reproductive and mental health. Her research is informed by the socioecological model and the life course perspective by centering women and their intimate relationships within the larger social, race/ethnic, and economic context and emphasizing the dynamic nature of intimate relationships – the characteristics and behaviors of which change across time. Most recently, the evidence from her research on intimate partner violence and reproductive coercion (RC) led to the design and evaluation of a trauma-informed, patient-centered digital intervention to address reproductive coercion. The BRIDGES (Building Reproductive Decision-Making, Empowerment and Support) application (app) aims to improve family planning patients’ understanding of RC and harm-reduction strategies, as well as their ability to discuss RC-related issues with healthcare providers if they so choose.
Select Publications
- Barber, Jennifer S, Kusunoki,Yasamin Yoko, Guzzo, Karen Benjamin, Hayford, Sarah R, Lang, Vanessa Wanner, Wu, Hsueh-Sheng . 2019. Dimensions of Reproductive Attitudes and Knowledge Related to Unintended Childbearing Among U.S. Adolescents and Young Adults. Demography 56(1):201-228.
- Barber, Jennifer S, Heather Gatny, Kusunoki,Yasamin Yoko, Batra, Peter Rakesh, Ela, Elizabeth , Fakih, Souhiela , Farris, Karen . 2019. Contraceptive Desert? Black-White Differences in Characteristics of Nearby Pharmacies. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities 6(4):9-732.
- Barber, Jennifer S, Kusunoki,Yasamin Yoko, Weitzman, Abigail M.. 2019. Sexual Concurrency and Contraceptive Use Among Young Adult Women. Demography 56(2):549-572.
- Kusunoki,Yasamin Yoko, Barber, Jennifer S. 2019. Intimate relationship dynamics and Women's expected control over sex and contraception. Contraception 100(6):484-491.
- Kusunoki,Yasamin Yoko, Shen, Sharon . 2019. Intimate Partner Violence and Psychological Distress Among Emerging Adult Women: A Bidirectional Relationship. Journal of Women's Health 28(8):1060-1067.
- Kusunoki,Yasamin Yoko, Gultekin, Laura , Sinko, Laura , Cannon, Lindsay , Abramoski, Kathryn , Khan, Angubeen G, Seng, Julia . 2019. The Eco-Social Trauma Intervention Model. Public Health Nursing 36(5):709-715.
- Elizabeth Armstrong, Kusunoki,Yasamin Yoko, Larance, Lisa Young, Munro-Kramer, Michelle , Sheridan-Fulton, Emily , Ngo, Quyen , Fincher, Sharron , Denson, Nicole . 2019. Feminist Praxis: The Michigan Meeting on Ending Gender-Based Violence. Affilia 34(3):383-392.
- Barber, Jennifer S, Kusunoki,Yasamin Yoko, Miller, Warren , Hayford, Sarah R, Guzzo, Karen Benjamin. 2019. Intimate Relationship Dynamics and Changing Desire for Pregnancy Among Young Women. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 51(3):143-152.
- Kusunoki,Yasamin Yoko, MacAfee, Lauren K, Harfmann, Roxanne F, Cannon, Lindsay M, Minadeo, Leah , Kolenic, Giselle , Dalton, Vanessa K. 2019. Substance Use Treatment Patient and Provider Perspectives on Accessing Sexual and Reproductive Health Services: Barriers, Facilitators, and the Need for Integration of Care. Substance Use & Misuse :1-13.
- Kusunoki,Yasamin Yoko, Ngo, Q M, Eisman, A B, Walton, M , Chermack, S T, Singh, V , Cunningham, R . 2018. Emergency Department Alcohol Intervention: Effects on Dating Violence and Depression. Pediatrics 142(1):e20173525.