Faculty Associate, Population Studies Center, Faculty Associate, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research and Associate Professor of Nursing, School of Nursing
Biography
Dr. Kusunoki’s research focuses on understanding the sources of gender, racial/ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities in health and demographic behaviors during adolescence and the transition to adulthood. She is particularly interested in the social contexts in which young people are embedded such as their families, neighborhoods, and romantic and sexual relationships. Current investigations include the influence of multiple, dynamic social contexts on young women’s risk of unintended pregnancy; the ways in which neighborhoods shape young people’s relationship experiences; and the role of gender and relationship characteristics on condom use.
Publications
- Yasamin Yoko Kusunoki, MacAfee, Lauren K, Harfmann, Roxanne F, Cannon, Lindsay M, Minadeo, Leah , Kolenic, Giselle , Dalton, Vanessa K. 2019. Substance Use Treatment Patient and Provider Perspectives on Accessing Sexual and Reproductive Health Services: Barriers, Facilitators, and the Need for Integration of Care. Substance Use & Misuse :1-13.
- Barber, Jennifer S, Yasamin Yoko Kusunoki, Miller, Warren , Hayford, Sarah R, Guzzo, Karen Benjamin. 2019. Intimate Relationship Dynamics and Changing Desire for Pregnancy Among Young Women. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 51(3):143-152.
- Yasamin Yoko Kusunoki, Gultekin, Laura , Sinko, Laura , Cannon, Lindsay , Abramoski, Kathryn , Khan, Angubeen G, Seng, Julia . 2019. The Eco-Social Trauma Intervention Model. Public Health Nursing 36(5):709-715.
- Yasamin Yoko Kusunoki, Shen, Sharon . 2019. Intimate Partner Violence and Psychological Distress Among Emerging Adult Women: A Bidirectional Relationship. Journal of Women's Health 28(8):1060-1067.
- Elizabeth Armstrong, Yasamin Yoko Kusunoki, Larance, Lisa Young, Munro-Kramer, Michelle , Sheridan-Fulton, Emily , Ngo, Quyen , Fincher, Sharron , Denson, Nicole . 2019. Feminist Praxis: The Michigan Meeting on Ending Gender-Based Violence. Affilia 34(3):383-392.
- Yasamin Yoko Kusunoki, Barber, Jennifer S. 2019. Intimate relationship dynamics and Women's expected control over sex and contraception. Contraception 100(6):484-491.
- Barber, Jennifer S, Yasamin Yoko Kusunoki, Weitzman, Abigail M.. 2019. Sexual Concurrency and Contraceptive Use Among Young Adult Women. Demography 56(2):549-572.
- Barber, Jennifer S, Heather Gatny, Yasamin Yoko Kusunoki, Batra, Peter Rakesh, Ela, Elizabeth , Fakih, Souhiela , Farris, Karen . 2019. Contraceptive Desert? Black-White Differences in Characteristics of Nearby Pharmacies. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities 6(4):9-732.
- Barber, Jennifer S, Yasamin Yoko Kusunoki, Guzzo, Karen Benjamin, Hayford, Sarah R, Lang, Vanessa Wanner, Wu, Hsueh-Sheng . 2019. Dimensions of Reproductive Attitudes and Knowledge Related to Unintended Childbearing Among U.S. Adolescents and Young Adults. Demography 56(1):201-228.
- Yasamin Yoko Kusunoki, Barber, Jennifer S. 2019. Intimate relationship dynamics and Womenâs expected control over sex and contraception. Contraception 100(6):484-491.
- Yasamin Yoko Kusunoki, Ngo, Q M, Eisman, A B, Walton, M , Chermack, S T, Singh, V , Cunningham, R . 2018. Emergency Department Alcohol Intervention: Effects on Dating Violence and Depression. Pediatrics 142(1):e20173525.
- Philip Todd Veliz, Yasamin Yoko Kusunoki, Ngo, Quyen M, Stein, Sara F, Boyd, Carol J. 2018. Adolescent sexual violence: Prevalence, adolescent risks, and violence characteristics. Preventive Medicine 116:68-74.
- Barber, Jennifer S, Yasamin Yoko Kusunoki, Heather Gatny, Budnick, Jamie . 2018. The Dynamics of Intimate Partner Violence and the Risk of Pregnancy during the Transition to Adulthood. American Sociological Review 83(5):1020-1047.
- Yasamin Yoko Kusunoki, Barber, Jennifer S, Heather Gatny, Robert A Melendez. 2018. Physical Intimate Partner Violence and Contraceptive Behaviors Among Young Women. Journal of Women's Health 27(8)
- Yasamin Yoko Kusunoki, Barber, Jennifer S, Heather Gatny, Robert A Melendez. 2017. Physical Intimate Partner Violence and Contraceptive Behaviors Among Young Women. Journal of Women's Health
- Yasamin Yoko Kusunoki, Loder, Charisse , Hall, Kelli Stidham, Harris, Lisa , Dalton, Vanessa . 2017. Is Perceived Discrimination Associated With Contraceptive Method Use in a National Sample of Women?. Obstetrics & Gynecology 129:67S.
- Barber, Jennifer S, Yasamin Yoko Kusunoki, Heather Gatny, Robert A Melendez. 2017. The Relationship Context of Young Pregnancies. Law and Inequality: A Journal of Theory and Practice 35(2):175-198.
- Barber, Jennifer S, Yasamin Yoko Kusunoki, Weitzman, Abigail M., England, Paula . 2017. Desire for and to Avoid Pregnancy During the Transition to Adulthood. Journal of Marriage and Family 79(4):1060-1075.
- Barber, Jennifer S, Yasamin Yoko Kusunoki, Heather Gatny, Schulz,Paul Chapin. 2016. Participation in an Intensive Longitudinal Study with Weekly Web Surveys Over 2.5 Years. Journal of Medical Internet Research 18:e105.
- Yasamin Yoko Kusunoki, Barber, Jennifer S, Ela, Elizabeth J, Bucek, Amelia . 2016. Black-White Differences in Sex and Contraceptive Use Among Young Women. Demography 53(5):1399-1428.
- Yasamin Yoko Kusunoki, Barber, Jennifer S, Wu, Justine P, Ela, Elizabeth J. 2016. Patterns of Contraceptive Consistency among Young Adult Women in Southeastern Michigan: Longitudinal Findings Based on Journal Data. Women's Health Issues 26(3):305-312.
- Yasamin Yoko Kusunoki, Barber, Jennifer S, Hayford, Sarah R, Guzzo, Karen Benjamin. 2016. Perceived Costs and Benefits of Early Childbearing: New Dimensions and Predictive Power. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 48:83-91.
- Barber, Jennifer S, Heather Gatny, Yasamin Yoko Kusunoki, Schulz,Paul Chapin. 2016. Effects of intensive longitudinal data collection on pregnancy and contraceptive use. International Journal of Social Research Methodology 19:205-222.
- Batra, Peter Rakesh, Heather Gatny, Yasamin Yoko Kusunoki, Barber, Jennifer S, Fakih, S , Farris, K . 2015. Young women's perceptions and experiences with contraception supply in community pharmacies. Journal of the American Pharmacists Association 55(3):255-264. PMCID: PMC4578300.
- Yasamin Yoko Kusunoki, Upchurch, Dawn . 2015. Adolescent Sexual Relationships And Reproductive Health Outcomes. Romance and Sex in Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood: Risks and Opportunities
- Yasamin Yoko Kusunoki, Heather Gatny, Barber, Jennifer S, Hall, K S. 2015. Social discrimination, stress, and risk of unintended pregnancy among young women. The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 56(3):330-337.
- Yasamin Yoko Kusunoki, Barber, Jennifer S, Chang, Tammy , Davis, Matthew , Ela, Elizabeth , Hall, Kelli Stidham. 2015. Sexual Behavior and Contraceptive Use among 18- to 19-Year-Old Adolescent Women by Weight Status: A Longitudinal Analysis. Journal of Pediatrics 167(3)::586-592. PMCID: PMC4559226.
- Yasamin Yoko Kusunoki, Heather Gatny, Barber, Jennifer S, Hall, K S. 2014. Stress symptoms and frequency of sexual intercourse among young women. The journal of sexual medicine 11(8):1982-1990.
- Heather Gatny, Yasamin Yoko Kusunoki, Barber, Jennifer S. 2014. Pregnancy scares and subsequent unintended pregnancy. Demographic research 31:1229-1242.
- Yasamin Yoko Kusunoki, Heather Gatny, Barber, Jennifer S, Hall, K S. 2014. The risk of unintended pregnancy among young women with mental health symptoms. Social Science & Medicine 100:62-71.
- Barber, Jennifer S, Yasamin Yoko Kusunoki. 2013. Young Women's Relationships, Contraception, and Unintended Pregnancy in the United States. Fertility Rates and Population Decline: No Time for Children?
- Barber, Jennifer S, Yasamin Yoko Kusunoki. 2013. Young Womenâs Relationships, Contraception, and Unintended Pregnancy in the United States. Fertility Rates and Population Decline: No Time for Children?
- Barber, Jennifer S, Yasamin Yoko Kusunoki, Heather Gatny. 2011. Design and Implementation of an Online Weekly Survey to Study Unintended Pregnancies. Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 9:327-334. PMCID: PMC3298188.
- Yasamin Yoko Kusunoki, Upchurch, Dawn . 2011. Contraceptive Method Choice Among Youth in the United States: The Importance of Relationship Context. Demography 48(4):1451-1472.
- Barber, Jennifer S, Yasamin Yoko Kusunoki, Heather Gatny. 2011. Design and implementation of an online weekly journal to study unintended pregnancies. Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 9:327-334.
- Adam James Burke, Yasamin Yoko Kusunoki, Upchurch, Dawn M, Dye, C , Chyu, L , Greendale, G A. 2008. A sociobehavioral model of acupuncture use, patterns, and satisfaction among women in the United States, 2002. Women's Health Issues 18(1):62.
- Yasamin Yoko Kusunoki, Upchurch, Dawn M. 2006. Adolescent sexual relationships and reproductive health outcomes: Theoretical and methodological challenges. Romance and sex in adolescence and emerging adulthood: risks and opportunities
- Yasamin Yoko Kusunoki, Geisler, William M, Chyu, Laura , Upchurch, Dawn M, Hook, Edward W. 2006. Health Insurance Coverage, Health Care-Seeking Behaviors, and Genital Chlamydial Infection Prevalence in Sexually Active Young Adults. Sexually transmitted diseases 33(6)
- Yasamin Yoko Kusunoki, Upchurch, Dawn , Mason, William Maxwell, Kriechbaum, Maria . 2004. Social and Behavioral Determinants of Self-Reported STDs among Adolescents. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 36(6):276-287.
- Yasamin Yoko Kusunoki, Upchurch, Dawn . 2004. Associations between Forced Sex, Sexual and Protective Practices, and STDs among a National Sample of Adolescent Girls. Women's Health Issues 14(3):75-84.
- Yasamin Yoko Kusunoki, Upchurch, Dawn M, Mason, William M, Kriechbaum, Maria Johnson. 2004. Social and Behavioral Determinants of Self-Reported STD Among Adolescents. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 36(6):276.
- Yasamin Yoko Kusunoki, Upchurch, D . 2004. Associations between forced sex, sexual and protective practices, and sexually transmitted diseases among a national sample of adolescent girls. Women's Health Issues 14(3):75.
- Yasamin Yoko Kusunoki, Upchurch, Dawn M, Simon, Paul , Doty, Michelle . 2003. Sexual behavior and condom practices among Los Angeles women. Women's Health Issues 13(1)