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Renata Forste, Professor

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Research

  • fertility, infant and child survival, breastfeeding, patterns of family formation, fatherhood

Education

  • PHD SOCIOLOGY UNIV OF CHICAGO 1992
  • MS SOCIOLOGY BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY 1986
  • BS SOCIOLOGY BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY 1984

Publications

  • Heaton, Tim, Renata Forste, & David Knowlton (2008). Tendencias en Desigualdades Estructurales de la Salud Infantil en Bolivia. Salud Comunitaria en Bolivia-- Desafios hacia la Equidad.
  • Heaton, Tim and Renata Forste (2008). Domestic Violence, Couple Interaction and Children's Health in Latin America. Journal of Family Violence.
  • Forste, Renata & John P. Hoffmann (2008). Are U.S. Mother's Meeting the Healthy People 2010 Breastfeeding Targets for Initiaion, Duration, and Exclusivity? The 2003 and 2004 National Immunization Surveys.. Journal of Human Lactation.
  • Forste, Renata and Jonathan Jarvis (2007). Just Like His Dad: Family Background and Residency with Children Among Young Adult Fathers. Fathering.
  • Heaton, Tim and Renata Forste (2007). Informal Unions in Mexico and the United States. Journal of Comparative Family Studies.
  • Dallan Flake and RENATA FORSTE (2006). Fighting Families: Family Characteristics Associated with Domestic Violence in Five Latin American Countries. Journal of Family Violence.
  • Hala Madanat, Kirk Dearden, Tim Heaton, and RENATA FORSTE (2005). Impact of Health-Related Family Factors on School Enrollment in Bolivia: Implications ofr Health Education. International Electronic Journal of Health Education.
  • RENATA FORSTE (2005). Maybe Someday: Cohabitation and Marriage among Low-Income Fathers. Fragile Families and the Marriage Agenda.
  • Jeremy Keele, RENATA FORSTE, and Dallan Flake (2005). Hearing Native Voices: Contraceptive Use in Matemwe Village, East Africa. African Journal of Reproductive Health.
  • Michelle Frost, RENATA FORSTE, and David Haas (2005). Maternal Education and Child Nutritional Status in Bolivia: Finding the Links. Social Science & Medicine.
  • Tim Heaton, RENATA FORSTE, John Hoffmann, and Dallan Flake (2005). Cross-National Variation in Family Influences on Child Health. Social Science & Medicine.
  • Christine McClellan, Tim Heaton, RENATA FORSTE, and Brian Barber (2004). Familial Impacts on Adolescent Aggression and Depression in Colombia. Marriage and Family Review.
  • RENATA FORSTE, Tim Heaton, and David Haas (2004). Adolescents' Expectations for Higher Education in Bogota, Colombia, and La Paz, Bolivia. Youth & Society.
  • RENATA FORSTE and Tim Heaton (2004). The Divorce Generation: Well-being, Family Attitudes, and Socioeconomic Consequences of Marital Disruption. Journal of Divorce and Remarriage.

Awards

  • John A. Widtsoe Fellowship Brigham Young University 2003

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