Kristine Hopkins, PhD
Co-Principal Investigator, REACH Youth Study, Population Research Center, The University of Texas at Austin
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Kristine Hopkins (she/her) is co-principal investigator of the Texas arm of the REACH Youth Study at the Population Research Center, UT Austin. Dr. Hopkins is a social demographer with expertise in both qualitative and quantitative research and evaluation methods and proficiency in research conducted in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
Her research focuses on the impact of reproductive health policies on 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.
Previous work focused on the impact of contraceptive availability among Mexican origin women on the US-Mexico border, the determinants of teen pregnancy in Texas, the overuse of cesarean section in Brazil and Mexico, the childbirth and contraceptive experiences of HIV-positive women in Brazil, and the demand for sterilization among seropositive and seronegative women in Brazil.