Corinne Rocca, PhD, MPH
Professor
Ob/Gyn, Reproductive Sciences
School of Medicine

She employs advanced psychometric techniques, including item response modeling, to improve the measurement of latent social and attitudinal variables to better understand how they shape contraceptive and pregnancy decisions. For instance, her work is advancing how researchers conceptualize and measure pregnancy preferences and desires, allowing for ambivalence and uncertainty. Dr. Rocca is leading the ADAPT Study, a longitudinal study examining pregnancy decision-making and care seeking, and the consequences of less desired pregnancy for women’s well-being. Other areas of research include individuals’ emotions after undesired pregnancy and access to medication abortion in Nepal. She is a former NICHD Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH) scholar and is Professor in UCSF’s Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences.

• Predictive ability of the Desire to Avoid Pregnancy scale.
  Reproductive health 2023 Hall JA, Barrett G, Stephenson J, Rocca CH, Edelman N
• "She should support me, she's my doctor:" Patient perceptions of agency in contraceptive decision-making in the clinical encounter in Northern California.
  Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health 2023 Rao L, Rocca CH, Muñoz I, Chambers BD, Devaskar S, Asiodu IV, Stern L, Blum M, Comfort AB, Harper CC
• Desire to Avoid Pregnancy scale: clinical considerations and comparison with other questions about pregnancy preferences.
  BMJ sexual & reproductive health 2023 Hall JA, Barrett G, Stephenson JM, Edelman NL, Rocca C
• Commentary: The Turnaway Study: A case of self-correction in science upended by political motivation and unvetted findings.
  Frontiers in psychology 2022 Biggs A, Foster DG, Gould H, Kimport K, Ralph L, Roberts S, Rocca C, Sisson G, Upadhyay U, Woodruff K
• Agency in Contraceptive Decision-Making in Patient Care: a Psychometric Measure.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2022 Harper CC, Rao L, Muñoz I, Stern L, Kerns JL, Parra M, Chambers BD, Rocca CH
• Ranges of pregnancy preferences and contraceptive use: Results from a population-based survey in the southeast United States.
  Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health 2022 Rocca CH, Smith MG, Hale NL, Khoury AJ
• Forecasting the mental health harms of overturning Roe v Wade.
  BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 2022 Biggs MA, Rocca C
• Evaluation of the Desire to Avoid Pregnancy Scale in the UK: a psychometric analysis including predictive validity.
  BMJ open 2022 Hall J, Barrett G, Rocca C
• Comparison of Pregnancy Preferences Preceding vs Year 1 of the COVID-19 Pandemic.
  JAMA network open 2022 Rocca CH, Parra M, Muñoz I, Foster DG, Boscardin WJ, Ralph LJ
• Predictors of prior unsuccessful pharmacy abortion attempts among women presenting for abortion in government certified clinics in Nepal.
  International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics 2022 Ahlbach C, Puri MC, Daniel S, Rocca CH, Karki S, Foster DG
• Home pregnancy test use and timing of pregnancy confirmation among people seeking health care.
  Contraception 2021 Ralph LJ, Foster DG, Barar R, Rocca CH
• Measuring Men's Gender Norm Beliefs Related to Contraception: Development of the Masculine Norms and Family Planning Acceptance Scale.
  Archives of sexual behavior 2021 Newmann SJ, Zakaras JM, Dworkin SL, Withers M, Ndunyu L, Gitome S, Gorrindo P, Bukusi EA, Rocca CH
• Desire to avoid pregnancy and contraceptive use among female methadone patients in Los Angeles.
  Contraception 2021 Gipson JD, Bornstein M, Berger A, Rocca CH
• Interprofessional Abortion Opposition: A National Survey and Qualitative Interviews with Abortion Training Program Directors at U.S. Teaching Hospitals.
  Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health 2021 Bennett AH, Freedman L, Landy U, Langton C, Ly E, Rocca CH
• Intrauterine Devices and Sexually Transmitted Infection among Older Adolescents and Young Adults in a Cluster Randomized Trial.
  Journal of pediatric and adolescent gynecology 2020 El Ayadi AM, Rocca CH, Averbach SH, Goodman S, Darney PD, Patel A, Harper CC
• Emotions over five years after denial of abortion in the United States: Contextualizing the effects of abortion denial on women's health and lives.
  Social science & medicine (1982) 2020 Rocca CH, Moseson H, Gould H, Foster DG, Kimport K
• Certainty and intention in pregnancy decision-making: An exploratory study.
  Contraception 2020 Rowland BB, Rocca CH, Ralph LJ
• Delayed Visits for Contraception Due to Concerns Regarding Pelvic Examination Among Women with History of Intimate Partner Violence.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2020 Holt HK, Sawaya GF, El Ayadi AM, Henderson JT, Rocca CH, Westhoff CL, Harper CC
• Implementation science: Scaling a training intervention to include IUDs and implants in contraceptive services in primary care.
  Preventive medicine 2020 Harper CC, Comfort AB, Blum M, Rocca CH, McCulloch CE, Rao L, Shah N, Oquendo Del Toro H, Goodman S
• Abortion Policies in U.S. Teaching Hospitals: Formal and Informal Parameters Beyond the Law.
  Obstetrics and gynecology 2020 Zeldovich VB, Rocca CH, Langton C, Landy U, Ly ES, Freedman LR
• Comparing Prospective and Retrospective Reports of Pregnancy Intention in a Longitudinal Cohort of U.S. Women.
  Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health 2020 Ralph LJ, Foster DG, Rocca CH
• Emotions and decision rightness over five years following an abortion: An examination of decision difficulty and abortion stigma.
  Social science & medicine (1982) 2020 Rocca CH, Samari G, Foster DG, Gould H, Kimport K
• One Key Question® and the Desire to Avoid Pregnancy Scale: A comparison of two approaches to asking about pregnancy preferences.
  Contraception 2020 Stulberg DB, Datta A, White VanGompel E, Schueler K, Rocca CH
• Pregnancy preferences and contraceptive use among US women.
  Contraception 2019 Samari G, Foster DG, Ralph LJ, Rocca CH
• Stability of Retrospective Pregnancy Intention Reporting Among Women with Unwanted Pregnancies in the United States.
  Maternal and child health journal 2019 Rocca CH, Wilson MR, Jeon M, Foster DG
• Psychometric Evaluation of an Instrument to Measure Prospective Pregnancy Preferences: The Desire to Avoid Pregnancy Scale.
  Medical care 2019 Rocca CH, Ralph LJ, Wilson M, Gould H, Foster DG
• Comparison of Health, Development, Maternal Bonding, and Poverty Among Children Born After Denial of Abortion vs After Pregnancies Subsequent to an Abortion.
  JAMA pediatrics 2018 Foster DG, Biggs MA, Raifman S, Gipson J, Kimport K, Rocca CH
• Effects of Carrying an Unwanted Pregnancy to Term on Women's Existing Children.
  The Journal of pediatrics 2018 Foster DG, Raifman SE, Gipson JD, Rocca CH, Biggs MA
• Intended pregnancy after receiving vs. being denied a wanted abortion.
  Contraception 2018 Upadhyay UD, Aztlan-James EA, Rocca CH, Foster DG
• Pharmacy Provision of Medication Abortion in Nepal: Pharmacy Owner and Worker Perspectives.
  International perspectives on sexual and reproductive health 2018 Samari G, Puri M, Cohen R, Blum M, Rocca CH
• Pharmacy access to medical abortion from trained providers and post-abortion contraception in Nepal.
  International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics 2018 Puri MC, Harper CC, Maharjan D, Blum M, Rocca CH
• Gestational dating using last menstrual period and bimanual exam for medication abortion in pharmacies and health centers in Nepal.
  Contraception 2018 Averbach S, Puri M, Blum M, Rocca C
• The intrauterine device as emergency contraception: how much do young women know?
  Contraception 2018 Goodman SR, El Ayadi AM, Rocca CH, Kohn JE, Benedict CE, Dieseldorff JR, Harper CC
• Training contraceptive providers to offer intrauterine devices and implants in contraceptive care: a cluster randomized trial.
  American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2018 Thompson KMJ, Rocca CH, Stern L, Morfesis J, Goodman S, Steinauer J, Harper CC
• Effectiveness and safety of early medication abortion provided in pharmacies by auxiliary nurse-midwives: A non-inferiority study in Nepal.
  PloS one 2018 Rocca CH, Puri M, Shrestha P, Blum M, Maharjan D, Grossman D, Regmi K, Darney PD, Harper CC
• Contraceptive Use over Five Years After Receipt Or Denial of Abortion Services.
  Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health 2018 Moseson H, Foster DG, Upadhyay UD, Vittinghoff E, Rocca CH
• Contraception after medication abortion in the United States: results from a cluster randomized trial.
  American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2017 Rocca CH, Goodman S, Grossman D, Cadwallader K, Thompson KMJ, Talmont E, Speidel JJ, Harper CC
• The impact of an IUD and implant intervention on dual method use among young women: Results from a cluster randomized trial.
  Preventive medicine 2016 El Ayadi AM, Rocca CH, Kohn JE, Velazquez D, Blum M, Newmann SJ, Harper CC
• Long-Acting Reversible Contraception Counseling and Use for Older Adolescents and Nulliparous Women.
  The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2016 Gibbs SE, Rocca CH, Bednarek P, Thompson KMJ, Darney PD, Harper CC
• Does Integrating Family Planning into HIV Services Improve Gender Equitable Attitudes? Results from a Cluster Randomized Trial in Nyanza, Kenya.
  AIDS and behavior 2016 Newmann SJ, Rocca CH, Zakaras JM, Onono M, Bukusi EA, Grossman D, Cohen CR
• Public Funding for Contraception, Provider Training, and Use of Highly Effective Contraceptives: A Cluster Randomized Trial.
  American journal of public health 2016 Thompson KM, Rocca CH, Kohn JE, Goodman S, Stern L, Blum M, Speidel JJ, Darney PD, Harper CC
• Funding policies and postabortion long-acting reversible contraception: results from a cluster randomized trial.
  American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2015 Rocca CH, Thompson KM, Goodman S, Westhoff CL, Harper CC
• Service provider perspectives on post-abortion contraception in Nepal.
  Culture, health & sexuality 2015 Wang LF, Puri M, Rocca CH, Blum M, Henderson JT
• Decision Rightness and Emotional Responses to Abortion in the United States: A Longitudinal Study.
  PloS one 2015 Rocca CH, Kimport K, Roberts SC, Gould H, Neuhaus J, Foster DG
• Reductions in pregnancy rates in the USA with long-acting reversible contraception: a cluster randomised trial.
  Lancet (London, England) 2015 Harper CC, Rocca CH, Thompson KM, Morfesis J, Goodman S, Darney PD, Westhoff CL, Speidel JJ
• Development of a brief questionnaire to assess contraceptive intent.
  Patient education and counseling 2015 Raine-Bennett TR, Rocca CH
• Contraceptive discontinuation and pregnancy postabortion in Nepal: a longitudinal cohort study.
  Contraception 2014 Puri M, Henderson JT, Harper CC, Blum M, Joshi D, Rocca CH
• Did increasing use of highly effective contraception contribute to declining abortions in Iowa?
  Contraception 2014 Biggs MA, Rocca CH, Brindis CD, Hirsch H, Grossman D
• Risk of violence from the man involved in the pregnancy after receiving or being denied an abortion.
  BMC medicine 2014 Roberts SC, Biggs MA, Chibber KS, Gould H, Rocca CH, Foster DG
• Perceived stress and emotional social support among women who are denied or receive abortions in the United States: a prospective cohort study.
  BMC women's health 2014 Harris LF, Roberts SC, Biggs MA, Rocca CH, Foster DG
• Postabortion contraception a decade after legalization of abortion in Nepal.
  International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics 2014 Rocca CH, Puri M, Harper CC, Blum M, Dulal B, Henderson JT
• Exploring young adults' contraceptive knowledge and attitudes: disparities by race/ethnicity and age.
  Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health 2014 Craig AD, Dehlendorf C, Borrero S, Harper CC, Rocca CH
• Availability and characteristics of abortion training in US ob-gyn residency programs: a national survey.
  Contraception 2013 Turk JK, Preskill F, Landy U, Rocca CH, Steinauer JE
• Regarding "identifying women at risk of unintended pregnancy: a comparison of two pregnancy readiness measures": measuring pregnancy intention.
  Annals of epidemiology 2013 Barrett G, Morroni C, Stephenson J, Hall J, Morof D, Rocca CH
• Receiving versus being denied an abortion and subsequent drug use.
  Drug and alcohol dependence 2013 Roberts SCM, Rocca CH, Foster DG
• Women's emotions one week after receiving or being denied an abortion in the United States.
  Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health 2013 Rocca CH, Kimport K, Gould H, Foster DG
• The authors reply.
  Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health 2013 Rocca CH, Harper CC, Raine-Bennett TR
• Racial and ethnic differences in men's knowledge and attitudes about contraception.
  Contraception 2013 Borrero S, Farkas A, Dehlendorf C, Rocca CH
• Pregnancy: not a disease but still a health risk.
  Contraception 2013 Speidel JJ, Rocca CH, Thompson KM, Harper CC
• Unsafe abortion after legalisation in Nepal: a cross-sectional study of women presenting to hospitals.
  BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology 2013 Rocca CH, Puri M, Dulal B, Bajracharya L, Harper CC, Blum M, Henderson JT
• Young women's perceptions of the benefits of childbearing: associations with contraceptive use and pregnancy.
  Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health 2013 Rocca CH, Harper CC, Raine-Bennett TR
• Acceptability and use of emergency contraception among married women in Bangalore, India.
  International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics 2013 Rocca CH, Shankar M, Sreevathsa A, Krishnan S
• Do racial and ethnic differences in contraceptive attitudes and knowledge explain disparities in method use?
  Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health 2012 Rocca CH, Harper CC
• Predictive ability and stability of adolescents' pregnancy intentions in a predominantly Latino community.
  Studies in family planning 2010 Rocca CH, Hubbard AE, Johnson-Hanks J, Padian NS, Minnis AM
• Pregnancy intentions and teenage pregnancy among Latinas: a mediation analysis.
  Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health 2010 Rocca CH, Doherty I, Padian NS, Hubbard AE, Minnis AM
• Valid and precise measurement.
  Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health 2010 Barrett G, Morof D, Rocca CH
• Measuring pregnancy planning: An assessment of the London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy among urban, south Indian women.
  Demographic research 2010 Rocca CH, Krishnan S, Barrett G, Wilson M
• Do changes in spousal employment status lead to domestic violence? Insights from a prospective study in Bangalore, India.
  Social science & medicine (1982) 2009 Krishnan S, Rocca CH, Hubbard AE, Subbiah K, Edmeades J, Padian NS
• Challenging assumptions about women's empowerment: social and economic resources and domestic violence among young married women in urban South India.
  International journal of epidemiology 2008 Rocca CH, Rathod S, Falle T, Pande RP, Krishnan S
• Beyond access: acceptability, use and nonuse of emergency contraception among young women.
  American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2007 Rocca CH, Schwarz EB, Stewart FH, Darney PD, Raine TR, Harper CC
• The effect of increased access to emergency contraception among young adolescents.
  Obstetrics and gynecology 2005 Harper CC, Cheong M, Rocca CH, Darney PD, Raine TR
• Direct access to emergency contraception through pharmacies and effect on unintended pregnancy and STIs: a randomized controlled trial.
  JAMA 2005 Raine TR, Harper CC, Rocca CH, Fischer R, Padian N, Klausner JD, Darney PD
• Tolerability of levonorgestrel emergency contraception in adolescents.
  American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2004 Harper CC, Rocca CH, Darney PD, von Hertzen H, Raine TR
• The other half of the equation: Serving young men in a young women's reproductive health clinic.
  Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health 2003 Raine T, Marcell AV, Rocca CH, Harper CC