Profiles And Contributions To This Article

Comparison of contraceptive choices of rural and urban US adults aged 18-55 years: an analysis of 2004 behavioral risk factor surveillance survey data

Adriana Tobar

qualifications: MD

contribution: original concept, literature review, statistical analysis, wrote the first draft, designed the project

position: Assistant professor

United States

May Nawal Lutfiyya

qualifications: PhD

contribution: original concept, statistical analysis, contributed to drafts

position: Epidemiologist /assistant professor

United States

Dr. Lutfiyya is a chronic disease epidemiologist and Senior Research Scientist at the University of Minnesota. One of her areas of expertise is large population database analysis. She has published widely on asthma education, knowledge of cardiovascular disease, obesity prevention and rural health issues.

Yvette Mabasa

qualifications: MD

contribution: literature review, contributed to drafts

position: Family medicine resident

Hemlata Meena

qualifications: MD

contribution: literature review, contributed to drafts

position: Family medicine resident

Cynthia McGrath

qualifications: MS, FNP

contribution: statistical analysis, contributed to drafts

position: Family medicine clinical instructor

Cynthia McGrath is a Family Nurse Practitioner, currently practicing at the University of Illinois at Chicago Clinic in Belvidere, Il. She is a clinical instructor to medical, nursing and pharm-d students and is a Doctoral Student at UIC. Research interests are health promotion, health behaviors, integrative medicine, health literacy, and health services.