Do sexual minorities receive appropriate sexual and reproductive health care and counseling?

…, JA Higgins, S Haider, E Carpenter - Journal of Women's …, 2019 - liebertpub.com
Context: Sexual minority women (SMW) are less likely to use sexual and reproductive health
care services and receive contraceptive counseling than their heterosexual peers. The role …

Sexual minority women and contraceptive use: complex pathways between sexual orientation and health outcomes

JA Higgins, E Carpenter, BG Everett… - … Journal of Public …, 2019 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Carpenter was involved in study design and served as the project manager; she also
conducted all interviews, co-facilitated all focus groups, and played a lead role in qualitative …

“The Health System Just Wasn't Built for Us”: Queer Cisgender Women and Gender Expansive Individuals' Strategies for Navigating Reproductive Health Care

E Carpenter - Women's Health Issues, 2021 - Elsevier
Background The LGBTQ health disparities literature documents barriers to comprehensive
and queer-inclusive care. Queer cisgender women and gender expansive individuals …

[HTML][HTML] Effective drug combinations in breast, colon and pancreatic cancer cells

P Jaaks, EA Coker, DJ Vis, O Edwards, EF Carpenter… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Combinations of anti-cancer drugs can overcome resistance and provide new treatments 1 ,
2 . The number of possible drug combinations vastly exceeds what could be tested clinically…

Family planning for sexual minority women

C Stoffel, E Carpenter, B Everett… - Seminars in …, 2017 - thieme-connect.com
The family planning needs of sexual minority women (SMW) are an understudied but growing
area of research. SMW have family planning needs, both similar to and distinct from their …

[PDF][PDF] Chemogenomics identifies acetyl-coenzyme A synthetase as a target for malaria treatment and prevention

…, J Striepen, MR Luth, K Kumpornsin, EF Carpenter… - Cell chemical …, 2022 - cell.com
We identify the Plasmodium falciparum acetyl-coenzyme A synthetase (PfAcAS) as a
druggable target, using genetic and chemical validation. In vitro evolution of resistance with two …

[PDF][PDF] Inhibition of resistance-refractory P. falciparum kinase PKG delivers prophylactic, blood stage, and transmission-blocking antiplasmodial activity

…, T Yeo, TRS Kumar, S Mok, EF Carpenter… - Cell chemical …, 2020 - cell.com
The search for antimalarial chemotypes with modes of action unrelated to existing drugs
has intensified with the recent failure of first-line therapies across Southeast Asia. Here, we …

Pregnancy (im) possibilities: identifying factors that influence sexual minority women's pregnancy desires

E Carpenter, BG Everett, MZ Greene… - Social work in health …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Sexual minority women (SMW) face both increased risk for unintended pregnancy and barriers
to achieving wanted pregnancy, but little research investigates SMW’s pregnancy desires…

Present as a partner and a parent: Mothers' and fathers' perspectives on father participation in prenatal care

TB Walsh, E Carpenter, MA Costanzo… - Infant mental health …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Supportive father involvement during pregnancy can positively impact maternal and child
outcomes. Father participation in prenatal care is increasing, yet little research exists to …

Advancing reproductive justice to close the health gap: A call to action for social work

AM Gomez, MM Downey, E Carpenter, U Leedham… - Social Work, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Reproductive justice is an intersectional social movement, theory, and praxis well aligned
with social work’s mission and values. Yet, advancing reproductive justice—the right to have …