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Renata Forste

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Bachelors Sociology University of Utah

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According to Wikipedia, Renata Tonks Forste is an American sociologist who specializes in the health and well being of women and children in Latin America. She has served as the chair of the department of sociology at Brigham Young University and has also directed that institutions women's studies program.

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The Wired Generation: Academic and Social Outcomes of Electronic Media Use Among University Students (2011) (586)
Maternal education and child nutritional status in Bolivia: finding the links. (2005) (350)
Socioeconomic status, infant feeding practices and early childhood obesity † (2014) (215)
The decision to breastfeed in the United States: does race matter? (2001) (214)
Sexual exclusivity among dating, cohabiting, and married women (1996) (162)
Fighting Families: Family Characteristics Associated with Domestic Violence in Five Latin American Countries (2006) (143)
What's Behind Racial and Ethnic Fertility Differentials? (1996) (106)
Adolescent obesity and life satisfaction: perceptions of self, peers, family, and school. (2012) (89)
Initiation of Sexual Activity among Female Adolescents (1988) (89)
Cross-national variation in family influences on child health. (2005) (85)
Where are All the Men? (2002) (79)
The Effects of Breastfeeding and Birth Spacing on Infant and Child Mortality in Bolivia (1994) (76)
Are US Mothers Meeting the Healthy People 2010 Breastfeeding Targets for Initiation, Duration, and Exclusivity? The 2003 and 2004 National Immunization Surveys (2008) (70)
"Just be There for Them": Perceptions of Fathering Among Single, Low-Income Men (2009) (68)
Household Labor, Gender Roles, and Family Satisfaction: A Cross-National Comparison (2012) (68)
Family transitions in Latin America: First Intercourse, First Union and First Birth (2002) (61)
The transition of adolescent males to first sexual intercourse: anticipated or delayed? (2002) (60)
Breastfeeding, parenting, and early cognitive development. (2014) (58)
Domestic Violence, Couple Interaction and Children’s Health in Latin America (2008) (57)
How relationships of U.S. men affect contraceptive use and efforts to prevent sexually transmitted diseases. (1998) (53)
Sterilization among currently married men in the United States, 1991. (1995) (52)
Breastfeeding, Parenting, and Infant Attachment Behaviors (2018) (50)
Hearing native voices: contraceptive use in Matemwe Village, East Africa. (2005) (49)
The Divorce Generation (2004) (46)
Race and Ethnic Variation in the Schooling Consequences of Female Adolescent Sexual Activity. (1992) (45)
Factors associated with cognitive achievement in late childhood and adolescence: the Young Lives cohort study of children in Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam (2014) (40)
Patterns of Entry into Cohabitation and Marriage Among Mainland Puerto Rican Women* (1991) (38)
INFANT FEEDING PRACTICES AND CHILD HEALTH IN BOLIVIA (1998) (35)
HIV/AIDS related knowledge and perceived risk associated with condom use among adolescents in Uganda. (2011) (35)
Education as policy: the impact of education on marriage, contraception, and fertility in Colombia, Peru, and Bolivia. (1998) (29)
“Just Like His Dad”: Family Background and Residency with Children among Young Adult Fathers (2007) (27)
Staying Out of Trouble: Intentions of Young Male Offenders (2011) (25)
Caregiver Decision-Making: Household Response to Child Illness in Sub-Saharan Africa (2016) (21)
Rural/Urban Differences in Child Growth and Survival in Bolivia (2009) (21)
Informal Unions in Mexico and the United States (2007) (15)
Adolescents’ Expectations for Higher Education in Bogotá, Colombia, and La Paz, Bolivia (2004) (15)
Prelude to Marriage, or Alternative to Marriage? A Social Demographic Look at Cohabitation in the U.S. (2001) (14)
Baby-led Weaning (2009) (11)
Familial Impacts on Adolescent Aggression and Depression in Colombia (2004) (11)
Toward a Social Science of Contemporary Mormondom (1986) (11)
Sad and lonely: body dissatisfaction among adolescent girls (2019) (9)
Divorced Mothers and Higher Education in Utah (2013) (8)
Effects of lactation and contraceptive use on birth-spacing in Bolivia. (1995) (5)
Religion, Job Readiness, and Employment Outcomes: The Case of Latter-Day Saint Employment Resource Services (2007) (5)
Inequalities in child health in Bolivia: Has Morales made a difference? (2014) (5)
Physical and social factors associated with early adolescent headache and stomachache pain (2018) (4)
Reply to Alston (1986) (3)
HIV/AIDS related knowledge and perceived risk associated with condom use among adolescents in Uganda : original research article (2011) (1)
Gender Roles and Household Work Measure (2016) (0)
Patterns of union formation among mainland Puerto Rican women. (1991) (0)
Impact of Health-Related Family Factors on School Enrollment in Bolivia: Implications for Health Education (2005) (0)
Caregiver Decision-Making: Household Response to Child Illness in Sub-Saharan Africa (2016) (0)
The Perception of Children in Chile: Burden or Joy? (2016) (0)
Gender Roles , Household Labor , and Family Satisfaction : A Cross-National Comparison ( Working Draft ) (2010) (0)
Acknowledging Differences While Avoiding Contention (2010) (0)
Reconsidering the Mythical Advantages of Cohabitation : Why Marriage Is More Efficient Than Cohabitation (2009) (0)

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