Sarah Roberts, DrPH

Professor in Residence
[email protected]
+1 415 353-4760
Publications: 

Patients, colleagues, systems, and self: Exploring layers of physician emotions in caring for pregnant people who use substances and their newborns.

Journal of substance use and addiction treatment

Martinez NG, Seidman DL, Briscoe H, Hayes CM, Ojukwu EI, Paltin D, Roberts SCM

Training health professionals to reduce overreporting of birthing people who use drugs to child welfare.

Addiction science & clinical practice

Roberts SCM, Taylor KJ, Alexander K, Goodman D, Martinez N, Terplan M

Associations between alcohol taxes and varied health outcomes among women of reproductive age and infants.

Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire)

Subbaraman MS, Schulte A, Berglas NF, Kerr WC, Thomas S, Treffers R, Liu G, Roberts SCM

Relationships Between Alcohol Policies and Infant Morbidities and Injuries.

American journal of preventive medicine

Schulte A, Liu G, Subbaraman MS, Kerr WC, Leslie D, Roberts SCM

Pregnancy-specific alcohol policies and admissions to substance use disorder treatment for pregnant people in the USA.

Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire)

Berglas NF, Subbaraman MS, Thomas S, Roberts SCM

Reconsidering the Use of Urine Drug Testing in Reproductive Settings.

American journal of obstetrics & gynecology MFM

Martinez NG, Roberts SC, Achu-Lopes RA, Samura TL, Seidman DL, Woodhams EJ

Association of Pregnancy-Specific Alcohol Policies With Infant Morbidities and Maltreatment.

JAMA network open

Roberts SCM, Schulte A, Zaugg C, Leslie DL, Corr TE, Liu G

Clinician views on reporting pregnant and birthing patients who use alcohol and/or drugs to child welfare.

American journal of obstetrics & gynecology MFM

Zaugg C, Terplan M, Roberts SCM

Association of Race With Urine Toxicology Testing Among Pregnant Patients During Labor and Delivery.

JAMA health forum

Jarlenski M, Shroff J, Terplan M, Roberts SCM, Brown-Podgorski B, Krans EE

Health care provider reporting practices related to self-managed abortion.

BMC women's health

Roberts SCM, Zaugg C, Grossman D

Out-of-State Travel for Abortion among Texas Residents following an Executive Order Suspending In-State Services during the Coronavirus Pandemic.

International journal of environmental research and public health

Sierra G, Berglas NF, Hofler LG, Grossman D, Roberts SCM, White K

Health care provider decision-making around prenatal substance use reporting.

Drug and alcohol dependence

Roberts SC, Zaugg C, Martinez N

Association of Provider Specialty With Abortion-Related Morbidity and Adverse Events Among Patients Having Procedural and Medication Abortions.

Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health

Patel D, Liu G, Roberts SCM, Leslie DL, Weisman CS, Horvath S, Chuang CH

Abortion and the Mission of MCH: Perspectives of MCH and Family Planning Professionals in Health Departments.

Maternal and child health journal

Woodruff K, Wingo E, Berglas NF, Roberts SCM

Dismantling the legacy of failed policy approaches to pregnant people's use of alcohol and drugs.

International review of psychiatry (Abingdon, England)

Roberts SCM, Thompson TA, Taylor KJ

Disruptions to Abortion Care in Louisiana During Early Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

American journal of public health

Roberts SCM, Berglas NF, Schroeder R, Lingwall M, Grossman D, White K

A gender-focused multilevel analysis of how country, regional and individual level factors relate to harm from others' drinking.

Drugs (Abingdon, England)

Callinan S, Karriker-Jaffe KJ, Roberts SCM, Cook W, Kuntsche S, Grittner U, Graham K, Room R, Bloomfield K, Greenfield T, Wilsnack S

A gender-focused multilevel analysis of how country, regional and individual level factors relate to harm from others’ drinking.

Drugs Education Prevention and Policy

Sarah Callinan, Katherine J. Karriker-Jaffe, Sarah C. M. Roberts, Won Cook, Sandra Kuntsche, Ulrike Grittner, Kathryn Graham, Robin Room, Kim Bloomfield, TomK Greenfield, Sharon Wilsnack

Changes in Abortion in Texas Following an Executive Order Ban During the Coronavirus Pandemic.

JAMA

White K, Kumar B, Goyal V, Wallace R, Roberts SCM, Grossman D

COVID-19 and Independent Abortion Providers: Findings from a Rapid-Response Survey.

Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health

Roberts SCM, Schroeder R, Joffe C

Miscarriage Treatment-Related Morbidities and Adverse Events in Hospitals, Ambulatory Surgery Centers, and Office-Based Settings.

Journal of patient safety

Roberts SCM, Beam N, Liu G, Upadhyay UD, Leslie DL, Ba D, Kerns JL

Pregnant Women's Acceptability of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Drug Use Screening and Willingness to Disclose Use in Prenatal Care.

Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health

Toquinto SM, Berglas NF, McLemore MR, Delgado A, Roberts SCM

Variations by Education Status in Relationships Between Alcohol/Pregnancy Policies and Birth Outcomes and Prenatal Care Utilization: A Legal Epidemiology Study.

Journal of public health management and practice : JPHMP

Roberts SCM, Mericle AA, Subbaraman MS, Thomas S, Kerr W, Berglas NF

Experiences of harassment and empowerment after sharing personal abortion stories publicly.

Contraception: X

Woodruff K, Schroeder R, Herold S, Roberts SCM, Berglas NF

Consideration of and Reasons for Not Obtaining Abortion Among Women Entering Prenatal Care in Southern Louisiana and Baltimore, Maryland.

Sexuality Research and Social Policy

Sarah C. M. Roberts, Katrina Kimport, Rebecca Kriz, Jennifer Holl, Katrina Mark, Valerie Williams

Gender Equality, Drinking Cultures and Second-Hand Harms from Alcohol in the 50 US States.

International journal of environmental research and public health

Karriker-Jaffe KJ, Tam CC, Cook WK, Greenfield TK, Roberts SCM

Healthcare costs for abortions performed in ambulatory surgery centers vs office-based settings.

American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

Leslie DL, Liu G, Jones BS, Roberts SCM

The Presence and Consequences of Abortion Aversion in Scientific Research Related to Alcohol Use during Pregnancy.

International journal of environmental research and public health

Roberts SCM

The Health and Social Service Needs of Pregnant Women Who Consider but Do Not Have Abortions.

Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health

Berglas NF, Kimport K, Williams V, Mark K, Roberts SCM

State Policies Targeting Alcohol Use during Pregnancy and Alcohol Use among Pregnant Women 1985-2016: Evidence from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.

Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health

Roberts SCM, Mericle AA, Subbaraman MS, Thomas S, Treffers RD, Delucchi KL, Kerr WC

Estimating the Prevalence of United States Women with Alcohol-exposed Pregnancies and Births.

Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health

Roberts SCM, Thompson KM

Differential Effects of Pregnancy-Specific Alcohol Policies on Drinking Among Pregnant Women by Race/Ethnicity.

Health equity

Roberts SCM, Mericle AA, Subbaraman MS, Thomas S, Treffers RD, Delucchi KL, Kerr WC

Association of Facility Type With Procedural-Related Morbidities and Adverse Events Among Patients Undergoing Induced Abortions.

Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey

Sarah C. M. Roberts, Ushma D. Upadhyay, Guodong Liu, Jennifer L. Kerns, Djibril Ba, Nancy Beam, Douglas L. Leslie

Drug Use During Pregnancy Policies in the United States From 1970 to 2016.

Contemporary Drug Problems

Sue Thomas, Ryan Treffers, Nancy F. Berglas, Laurie Drabble, Sarah C. M. Roberts

Admitting privileges and hospital-based care after presenting for abortion: A retrospective case series.

Health services research

Upadhyay UD, Cartwright AF, Goyal V, Belusa E, Roberts SCM

Should prenatal care providers offer pregnancy options counseling?

BMC pregnancy and childbirth

Berglas NF, Williams V, Mark K, Roberts SCM

Inclusion of LGBTQ persons in research related to pregnancy risk: a cognitive interview study.

BMJ sexual & reproductive health

Ingraham N, Wingo E, Roberts SCM

Associations Between State-Level Policies Regarding Alcohol Use Among Pregnant Women, Adverse Birth Outcomes, and Prenatal Care Utilization: Results from 1972 to 2013 Vital Statistics.

Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research

Subbaraman MS, Thomas S, Treffers R, Delucchi K, Kerr WC, Martinez P, Roberts SCM

State and Local Health Department Activities Related to Abortion: A Web Site Content Analysis.

Journal of public health management and practice : JPHMP

Berglas NF, Johns NE, Rosenzweig C, Hunter LA, Roberts SCM

Reproductive Health Care Priorities and Barriers to Effective Care for LGBTQ People Assigned Female at Birth: A Qualitative Study.

Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health

Wingo E, Ingraham N, Roberts SCM

Effects of Legislation Regulating Abortion in Arizona.

Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health

Williams SG, Roberts S, Kerns JL

Changes in Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Use Over Five Years After Receiving Versus Being Denied a Pregnancy Termination.

Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs

Roberts SCM, Foster DG, Gould H, Biggs MA

Socioeconomic Outcomes of Women Who Receive and Women Who Are Denied Wanted Abortions in the United States.

American journal of public health

Foster DG, Biggs MA, Ralph L, Gerdts C, Roberts S, Glymour MM

Predictors of timing of pregnancy discovery.

Contraception

McCarthy M, Upadhyay U, Biggs MA, Anthony R, Holl J, Roberts SC

A 21st-Century Public Health Approach to Abortion.

American journal of public health

Roberts SCM, Fuentes L, Berglas NF, Dennis AJ

Women's experiences seeking informal sector abortion services in Cape Town, South Africa: a descriptive study.

BMC women's health

Gerdts C, Raifman S, Daskilewicz K, Momberg M, Roberts S, Harries J

Best practices for LGBTQ inclusion and exclusion in reproductive health research.

Contraception

N Ingraham, E Wingo, DG Foster, S Roberts

Women’s experiences with crisis pregnancy centers.

Contraception

R Kriz, K Kimport, S Roberts

Evaluating the impact of a mandatory pre-abortion ultrasound viewing law: A mixed methods study.

PloS one

Upadhyay UD, Kimport K, Belusa EKO, Johns NE, Laube DW, Roberts SCM

Evaluating the impact of a mandatory ultrasound viewing law in Wisconsin: a mixed-methods study.

Contraception

U.D. Upadhyay, K. Kimport, E.K.O. Belusa, N.E. Johns, D. Laube, S.C.M. Roberts

Do 72-Hour Waiting Periods and Two-Visit Requirements for Abortion Affect Women's Certainty? A Prospective Cohort Study.

Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health

Roberts SCM, Belusa E, Turok DK, Combellick S, Ralph L

State-Mandated (Mis)Information and Women's Endorsement of Common Abortion Myths.

Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health

Berglas NF, Gould H, Turok DK, Sanders JN, Perrucci AC, Roberts SC

Measuring decisional certainty among women seeking abortion.

Contraception

Ralph LJ, Foster DG, Kimport K, Turok D, Roberts SCM

Conclusion Overreach in Alcohol and Pregnancy Article.

Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs

Roberts S

Utah's 72-Hour Waiting Period for Abortion: Experiences Among a Clinic-Based Sample of Women.

Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health

Roberts SC, Turok DK, Belusa E, Combellick S, Upadhyay UD

Which women are missed by primary health-care based interventions for alcohol and drug use?

Addictive behaviors

Roberts SC, Ralph LJ, Wilsnack SC, Foster DG

Moderators and mediators of the relationship between receiving versus being denied a pregnancy termination and subsequent binge drinking.

Drug and alcohol dependence

Roberts SC, Subbaraman MS, Delucchi KL, Wilsnack SC, Foster DG

Abortion Patients' Experience and Perceptions of Waiting Periods: Survey Evidence before Arizona's Two-visit 24-hour Mandatory Waiting Period Law.

Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health

Karasek D, Roberts SC, Weitz TA

State law requiring FDA protocol for medication abortion is associated with increased need for additional interventions.

Contraception

U. Upadhyay, S. Combellick, N. Johns, J. Kohn, L. Keder, S. Roberts

Decision Rightness and Emotional Responses to Abortion in the United States: A Longitudinal Study.

PloS one

Rocca CH, Kimport K, Roberts SC, Gould H, Neuhaus J, Foster DG

Implications of Georgia's 20-Week Abortion Ban.

American journal of public health

Roberts SC, Gould H, Upadhyay UD

Receiving Versus Being Denied a Pregnancy Termination and Subsequent Alcohol Use: A Longitudinal Study.

Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire)

Roberts SC, Delucchi K, Wilsnack SC, Foster DG

Receiving versus being denied an abortion and subsequent tobacco use.

Maternal and child health journal

Roberts SC, Foster DG

A comparison of depression and anxiety symptom trajectories between women who had an abortion and women denied one.

Psychological medicine

Foster DG, Steinberg JR, Roberts SC, Neuhaus J, Biggs MA

Alcohol use before and during unwanted pregnancy.

Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research

Roberts SC, Wilsnack SC, Foster DG, Delucchi KL

Risk of violence from the man involved in the pregnancy after receiving or being denied an abortion.

BMC medicine

Roberts SC, Biggs MA, Chibber KS, Gould H, Rocca CH, Foster DG

Does adopting a prenatal substance use protocol reduce racial disparities in CPS reporting related to maternal drug use? A California case study.

Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association

Roberts SC, Zahnd E, Sufrin C, Armstrong MA

Effect of abortion vs. carrying to term on a woman's relationship with the man involved in the pregnancy.

Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health

Mauldon J, Foster DG, Roberts SC

Volume and type of alcohol during early pregnancy and the risk of miscarriage.

Substance use & misuse

Avalos LA, Roberts SC, Kaskutas LA, Block G, Li DK

Out-of-pocket costs and insurance coverage for abortion in the United States.

Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health

Roberts SC, Gould H, Kimport K, Weitz TA, Foster DG

Prior family planning experiences of obese women seeking abortion care.

Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health

Ingraham N, Roberts SC, Weitz TA

State Responses to Alcohol Use and Pregnancy: Findings From the Alcohol Policy Information System (APIS).

Journal of social work practice in the addictions

Drabble L, Thomas S, O'Connor L, Roberts SC

The role of intimate partners in women's reasons for seeking abortion.

Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health

Chibber KS, Biggs MA, Roberts SC, Foster DG

Receiving versus being denied an abortion and subsequent drug use.

Drug and alcohol dependence

Roberts SCM, Rocca CH, Foster DG

Predictors of abortion counseling receipt and helpfulness in the United States.

Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health

Gould H, Foster DG, Perrucci AC, Barar RE, Roberts SC

Genderedness of bar drinking culture and alcohol-related harms: A multi-country study.

International journal of mental health and addiction

Roberts SC, Bond J, Korcha R, Greenfield TK

American Journal of Public Health

Income Inequality, Alcohol Use, and Alcohol-Related Problems

Karriker-Jaffe K, Roberts SC, Bond J.

Income inequality, alcohol use, and alcohol-related problems.

American journal of public health

Karriker-Jaffe KJ, Roberts SC, Bond J

Effect of abortion protesters on women's emotional response to abortion.

Contraception

Foster DG, Kimport K, Gould H, Roberts SC, Weitz TA

Alcohol, tobacco and drug use as reasons for abortion.

Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire)

Roberts SC, Avalos LA, Sinkford D, Foster DG

Universal screening for alcohol and drug use and racial disparities in child protective services reporting.

The journal of behavioral health services & research

Roberts SC, Nuru-Jeter A

Gender differences in public and private drinking contexts: a multi-level GENACIS analysis.

International journal of environmental research and public health

Bond JC, Roberts SC, Greenfield TK, Korcha R, Ye Y, Nayak MB

Women's perspectives on screening for alcohol and drug use in prenatal care.

Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health

Roberts SC, Nuru-Jeter A

Anxiety symptoms in rural Mexican adolescents: a social-ecological analysis.

Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

Ozer EJ, Fernald LC, Roberts SC

Study design and participation rates of the New York City Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2004.

Preventing chronic disease

Thorpe LE, Gwynn RC, Mandel-Ricci J, Roberts S, Tsoi B, Berman L, Porter K, Ostchega Y, Curtain LR, Montaquila J, Mohadjer L, Frieden TR

Role: 
Investigators