Sylvia Guendelman | Research UC Berkeley

Research Expertise and Interest

public health, maternal & child health, health and social behavior, health policy and management, specialty area in multicultural health

Research Description

Research interests include: reproductive health of immigrant women, access to health care for disadvantaged populations including the working poor, health along the US-Mexico border, juvenile asthma.

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Supreme Court Abortion Ruling Will Radiate Deep Into American Lives, Scholars Say

The landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court will almost immediately limit access to abortions in some states, but in the days and weeks to come, the shock waves will reach deeply into American life, UC Berkeley scholars say. Berkeley News asked a range of top campus scholars for their perspectives about the decision and its ramifications. Here’s what they told us.

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At a Time When Abortion Access is Threatened, Google Search Data Shows America’s Growing Interest in At-Home Abortions

To find out how much interest there is in at-home medication abortions, researchers from UC Berkeley analyzed Google searches during 2020—the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic—to determine the extent to which people searched for out-of-clinic medication abortions in the U.S. through three initial search terms: home abortion, self abortion, and buy abortion pill online.

A woman wears a birth control pill costume amid a sea of protesters as she protests in front of the Supreme Court in Washington D.C..

Google search data reveal Americans’ concerns about abortion

Residents of states with limited access to contraceptives and high rates of unplanned pregnancies are more likely to turn to the internet for information about abortion. These are the findings of a new study of Google search data across all 50 states by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley.

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