Kirsten Thompson
Project Director
Ob/Gyn, Reproductive Sciences
School of Medicine

My goal is to improve sexual and reproductive health and rights through creative solutions and new technologies. My tools include research, communications, advocacy, and design.

Interests

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• Translating scientific findings into lay language
• Improving family planning access through evidence-based policies and programs
• Using new technologies in research and education

Websites

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• UCSF Bixby Center (bixbycenter.ucsf.edu)

Publications (28)

Top publication keywords:
Geographic MappingTravelPregnant WomenContraceptive Agents, FemaleAbortion, InducedFamily Planning ServicesEducation, ContinuingContraceptionLong-Acting Reversible ContraceptionContraception, PostcoitalObstetricsHealth EducatorsAmbulatory Care FacilitiesDirective CounselingIntrauterine Devices

• Association of Travel Distance to Nearest Abortion Facility With Rates of Abortion.
  JAMA network open 2021 Thompson KMJ, Sturrock HJW, Foster DG, Upadhyay UD
• Estimating the Prevalence of United States Women with Alcohol-exposed Pregnancies and Births.
  Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health 2019 Roberts SCM, Thompson KM
• Socio-temporal contextual and community factors associated with daily exclusive ENDS use and dual use with tobacco cigarettes among adolescent vapers: an ecological momentary assessment study.
  BMC public health 2022 Abadi MH, Shamblen SR, Thompson K, Lipperman-Kreda S, Grube J, Richard BO, Aramburu C
• "I don't know whose mouth has been on this": youth nicotine and cannabis vaping practices in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
  BMC public health 2022 Islam S, Thompson K, Abadi M, Wharton K, Lipperman-Kreda S
• The impact of flavored ENDS use among adolescents on daily use occasions and number of puffs, and next day intentions and willingness to vape.
  Addictive behaviors 2020 Abadi MH, Lipperman-Kreda S, Shamblen SR, Thompson K, Grube JW, Leventhal AM, Luseno W, Aramburu C

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• Commentary on research to improve contraceptive and multipurpose prevention technologies.
  Contraception 2020 Speidel JJ, Townsend J, Williams E, Quam J, Thompson KMJ
• Current and past depressive symptoms and contraceptive effectiveness level method selected among women seeking reproductive health services.
  Social science & medicine (1982) 2018 Steinberg JR, Adler NE, Thompson KM, Westhoff C, 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
• Integration of Health Coaching Concepts and Skills into Clinical Practice Among VHA Providers: A Qualitative Study.
  Global advances in health and medicine 2018 Collins DA, Thompson K, Atwood KA, Abadi MH, Rychener DL, Simmons LA
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Counseling for emergency contraception: time for a tiered approach.
  Contraception 2014 Thompson K, Belden P
• Improving the oral health of residents with intellectual and developmental disabilities: an oral health strategy and pilot study.
  Evaluation and program planning 2014 Binkley CJ, Johnson KW, Abadi M, Thompson K, Shamblen SR, Young L, Zaksek B
• Gender differences in Afghan drug-abuse treatment: an assessment of treatment entry characteristics, dropout, and outcomes.
  Ethnicity & health 2014 Abadi MH, Shamblen SR, Courser M, Johnson KW, Thompson K, Young L, Browne T
• Counseling for IUDs and implants: are health educators and clinicians on the same page?
  Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health 2013 Thompson KM, Stern L, Gelt M, Speidel JJ, Harper CC
• Counseling and provision of long-acting reversible contraception in the US: national survey of nurse practitioners.
  Preventive medicine 2013 Harper CC, Stratton L, Raine TR, Thompson K, Henderson JT, Blum M, Postlethwaite D, Speidel JJ
• Pregnancy: not a disease but still a health risk.
  Contraception 2013 Speidel JJ, Rocca CH, Thompson KM, Harper CC
• Access to levonorgestrel emergency contraception: science versus federal politics.
  Women's health (London, England) 2013 Thompson KM, Raine TR, Foster DG, Speidel JJ, Darney PD, Brindis CD, Harper CC
• Evidence-based IUD practice: family physicians and obstetrician-gynecologists.
  Family medicine 2012 Harper CC, Henderson JT, Raine TR, Goodman S, Darney PD, Thompson KM, Dehlendorf C, Speidel JJ
• Postabortion contraception: qualitative interviews on counseling and provision of long-acting reversible contraceptive methods.
  Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health 2012 Morse J, Freedman L, Speidel JJ, Thompson KM, Stratton L, Harper CC
• Examining human rights and mental health among women in drug abuse treatment centers in Afghanistan.
  International journal of women's health 2012 Abadi MH, Shamblen SR, Johnson K, Thompson K, Young L, Courser M, Vanderhoff J, Browne T
• Increased use of intrauterine contraception in California, 1997 to 2007.
  Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health 2011 Thompson KM, Foster DG, Harper CC
• Non-medical use of prescription drugs among youth in an Appalachian population: prevalence, predictors, and implications for prevention.
  Journal of drug education 2011 Collins D, Abadi MH, Johnson K, Shamblen S, Thompson K
• Our Bodies, Ourselves. Zeldes K, Cupaiuolo C, et al. (Eds.)
  Birth control. 2011 Thompson KM, Westhoff C, Blanchard K, et al.
• Contraceptive policies affect post-abortion provision of long-acting reversible contraception.
  Contraception 2010 Thompson KM, Speidel JJ, Saporta V, Waxman NJ, Harper CC