Hopkins

Kristine Hopkins

Faculty Research Associate, Research Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin
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About Kristine

Hopkins' areas of specialization include women’s reproductive health, evaluating health policies, public health, sociology of health, and adolescent health. Her research focuses on reproductive health issues in Texas, the US-Mexico border, and Latin America. Her current project is the Texas Policy Evaluation Project, which began in 2011 to evaluate the impact of reproductive health policies enacted by the Texas Legislature. Her work with TxPEP focuses on studying the availability of contraception among women in the postpartum period, access to health services among women in community colleges, health care organizations' ability to provide family planning services, and access to abortion.

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Contributions

Many Low Income Women in Texas Do Not Get the Effective Contraception They Want after Giving Birth

  • Joseph E. Potter
  • Kate Coleman-Minahan
  • Kari White
  • Daniel A. Powers
  • Chloe Dillaway
  • Amanda Stevenson
  • Daniel Grossman
Key Findings Brief,

In the News

"Trump's New Title X Birth Control Plan Requires Ineffective Birth Control Most Women Don't Want," Kristine Hopkins (with Katherine Strandberg), USA Today, June 7, 2018.
Kristine Hopkins quoted on access to birth control by Sydney Greene, "Women at Texas Community Colleges aren’t Getting the Kind of Birth Control They Want" The Texas Tribune, April 24, 2018.
"Religious Exemptions Come at Expense of Women’s Health," Kristine Hopkins, Austin American-Statesman, November 8, 2017.
Kristine Hopkins quoted on the correlation between over-the-counter oral contraceptives and preventative healthcare rates by R. Sam Barclay, "California to Let Pharmacists Prescribe Birth Control Pills" Healthline, June 26, 2015.
Kristine Hopkins's research on the effects of reproductive health-related laws and demand for long-acting reversible contraception in Texas discussed by Alexa Ura, "Health Program Changes Could Increase Access to Contraceptive Products," The Texas Tribune, July 31, 2014.
Kristine Hopkins quoted on the inaccessibility of health care providers to many women in southeast Texas by David Mildenberg, "Texas Reproductive Health Cuts to Deny Women Access to Care" Bloomberg News, November 12, 2013.
Kristine Hopkins's research on the higher rates of pregnancy amongst Latina teenagers discussed by "Research Aims to Reduce Teen Pregnancy among Latinos," University of Texas News, July 19, 2011.

Publications

"Change in Distance to Nearest Facility and Abortion in Texas, 2012 to 2014" (with Daniel Grossman, Kristine Hopkins, and Joseph E. Potter). JAMA 317, no. 4 (2017): 437-439.

Finds that, following the 2013 Texas House Bill 2, one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the country, the number of Texas facilities providing abortions declined from 41 in 2012 to 17 in June 2016.

"Women’s Knowledge of and Support for Abortion Restrictions in Texas: Findings from a Statewide Representative Survey" (with Joseph E. Potter, Amanda Stevenson, Kristine Hopkins, Daniel Grossman, and Liza Fuentes). Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 48, no. 4 (2016).

Assesses women’s knowledge of specific abortion restrictions in Texas and reasons for supporting these laws. 

"Perceived Interest in Vasectomy among Latina Women and Their Partners in a Community with Limited Access to Female Sterilization" (with Daniel Grossman, Joseph E. Potter, Kristine Hopkins, and Celia Hubert). Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 27, no. 2 (2016): 762-777.

Assesses male partners’ perceived willingness to undergo vasectomy through surveys with 470 Mexican-origin women who did not want more children in El Paso, Texas.