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Andrea Swartzendruber

Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Georgia
Chapter Member: Georgia SSN
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About Andrea

Swartzendruber is a reproductive health epidemiologist with more than 20 years of public health research and program experience. Her areas of expertise include maternal and child health, sexual and reproductive health, and adolescent health. Prior to earning her PhD, she worked for 9 years at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on HIV prevention both domestically and globally and collaborated with the World Health Organization and other United Nations agencies. She has a special interest in public health policy and advocacy and completed a one-year fellowship to gain skills and training to support state-level policy aimed at improving the health and safety of women and girls.

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Contributions

New Federal Regulations Will Seriously Undermine Family Planning Services

  • Andrea Swartzendruber
Commentary,

A Study of Information and Misinformation Presented on the Websites of Crisis Pregnancy Centers in Georgia

Key Findings Brief,

In the News

Research discussed by Anna North, in "What “crisis pregnancy centers” Really Do," Vox Media, March 2, 2020.
Opinion: "New Federal Regulations Will Seriously Undermine Family Planning Services," Andrea Swartzendruber (with Sarah C. Blake), Georgia Health News, April 8, 2019.
Opinion: "New Federal Regulations will Seriously Undermine Family Planning Services," Andrea Swartzendruber (with Sarah Blake), Georgia Health News, April 8, 2019.
Research discussed by Garnet Henderson, in "Anti-Choice Clinics Are Changing the Way They Operate to Qualify for Government Funding," VICE, January 15, 2019.
Quoted by Anna Almendrala in "Crisis Pregnancy Centers Have Another Mission: Public School Sex Ed," Huffington Post, June 9, 2018.
Quoted by Anna Almendrala in "Crisis Pregnancy Centers Have Another Mission: Public School Sex Ed," Huffington Post, June 9, 2018.
Research discussed by Teddy Wilson, in "Study: Georgia Funds Anti-Choice Fake Clinics Doling Out ‘Potentially Harmful’ Information," Rewire, November 21, 2017.
Opinion: "Sex Education Should Not Spread Shame and Stigma," Andrea Swartzendruber, Get Schooled, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, August 8, 2017.
Quoted by R. Scott Belzer in "DeKalb County Offers Only Comprehensive Sexual Health Course in Region," The Champion, July 15, 2016.
Opinion: "Sex Education in Georgia: Failing the Grade and Students," Andrea Swartzendruber, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, December 19, 2015.
Quoted by Madeline Kennedy in "Young Adults More Likely to Cheat if They Think Partner is Doing It," Reuters, December 3, 2015.

Publications

"A Content Analysis of Sexual and Reproductive Health Services and Related Information on Georgia Pregnancy Resource Centers Websites" (with Anna Newton-Levinson, Ashley E. Feuchs, Ashley L. Phillips, and Riley J. Steiner). Women's Health Issues 28, no. 1 (2018).

Analyzes Georgia pregnancy resource centers' websites to describe advertised services and related health information. Shows a high level of false and misleading health information and services that do not appear to align with prevailing medical guidelines.

"A National Strategy to Improve Sexual Health" (with Jonathan Zenilman). Journal of the American Medical Association 304, no. 9 (2010): 1005-1006.

Makes the case for an integrated sexual health approach as the most efficient and effective strategy for improving poor sexual and reproductive health indicators in the United States.