Research interests include family planning, fertility, and related health issues in developing countries. My current research is on the effects of various family planning and health service delivery models on contraceptive, fertility, and sexual health outcomes in Malawi, urban Pakistan, northern India, and Ethiopia.

Population; fertility; family planning, reproductive health

State of Illinois, House of Representatives, Certificate of Recognition, 1981 Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Summer Fellow, 1980 Delta Omega (Public Health) Honor Society Robert J. Lapham Award, Population Association of America, 1999 Bernard G. Greenberg Alumni Endowment Award, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1999 Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2004 Champion of Public Health, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, 2005 AMTRA Award, JHSPH, 2006-07

H. Bradley, A. Bedada, A. Kidanu, H. Brahmbhatt, D. Gillespie, and A. Tsui, “HIV and family planning service integration and voluntary HIV counseling and testing client composition in Ethiopia”, AIDS Care (in press) T. Taha, N. Kumwenda, G. Kafulafula, B. Makanani, C. Nkhoma, S. Chen, A. Tsui, and D Hoover, “Intermittent Intravaginal Antibiotic Treatment of Bacterial Vaginosis in HIV-Uninfected and –Infected Women: A Randomized Clinical Trial.” PLoS Clinical Trials, 2007 Feb 23;2(2): Epub ahead of print. A. Creanga, R. Acharya, S. Ahmed and A. Tsui, “Contraceptive Discontinuation, Failure and Subsequent Abortions in Romania: 1994-1999”, Studies in Family Planning 38(1): 23-34, 2007. D. Gillespie, S. Ahmed, A. Tsui, S. Radloff, “Unwanted Fertility among the Poor: An Inequity?”, Bulletin of the WHO 85: 100-107, 2007. H. Bradley, A. Bedade, H. Brahmbhatt, A. Kidanu, D. Gillespie and A. Tsui, “Educational Attainment and HIV Status among Ethiopian Voluntary Counseling and Testing Clients”, AIDS and Behavior 2006 November 2 (Epub ahead of print). J. Barden-O’Fallon, C. Suchindran and A. Tsui, “Validating the Self-reported Fertility Status of Rural Malawian Women”, American Journal of Human Biology 18(2):214-218, 2006. J. Barden-O’Fallon, G. Angeles, and A. Tsui, “A Profile of Primary Health Care Providers in Three Developing Countries: Are There Imbalances in the Distribution of the Labor Force?”, Health Policy and Planning 21(2): 80-90, 2006. A. Blanc and A. Tsui, “Dilemma of Past Success: Insiders’ Views on the Future of the International Family Planning Movement”, Studies in Family Planning 36(4): 263-276, 2005. J. Johnson, V. PazSoldan, A. Kasote, and A. Tsui, “HIV Voluntary Testing and Counseling Preferences in a Rural Malawi Population”, Journal of AIDS and Behavior 9(4): 475-484, 2005. R. Stephenson, A. Tsui, S. Sulzbach, P. Bardsley, G. Bekele, T. Giday, R. Ahmed, G. Gopalkrishnan, and B. Feyesitan, “Franchising Reproductive Health Services”, Health Services Research 39(6): 2053-2080, 2004. J. Barden-O’Fallon, J. deGraft-Johnson, T. Bisika, V. PazSoldan, A. Benson, and A. Tsui, "HIV/AIDS Knowledge, Behavioral Factors, and Risk Perception in Rural Malawi”, Journal of AIDS and Behavior 8(2): 131-140, 2004. R. Stephenson, A. Tsui and R. Knight, “Measuring Family Planning Sustainability at the Outcome and Program Levels”, Health Policy and Planning 19(2): 88-100, 2004. F. Ukwuani, A. Tsui, and C. Suchindran, “Condom Use for Preventing HIV/AIDS Infection in sub-Saharan Africa: A Comparative Multilevel Analysis of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda”, Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome 34(2): 203-213, 2003. J. Barden-O’Fallon, A. Tsui and A. Adewuyi, “Social and Proximate Determinants of Sexual Activity in Rural Nigeria”, Journal of Biosocial Science 35: 585-599, 2003. R. Stephenson and A. Tsui, "Contextual Influences on Reproductive Wellness in Uttar Pradesh, India", American Journal of Public Health 93: 1820-1829, 2003. R. Stephenson and A. Tsui, "Community Influences on Reproductive Health Service Utilization in Uttar Pradesh, India". Studies in Family Planning 33 (4):309-320, 2002. S. Martin, K. Moracco, J. Garro, A. Tsui, L. Kupper, J. Chase, and J. Campbell, "Domestic Violence across Generations: Findings from Northern India", International Journal of Epidemiology 31(30: 560-572, 2002. A. Tsui, "Population Policies and Programs in Asia's Rapidly Developing Economies ", Pp. 413-443 in A. Mason (Ed.), Population Change and Economic Development in East Asia: Challenges Met, Opportunities Seized. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2001. A. Zerai and A. Tsui, "The Relationship between Prenatal Care and Subsequent Modern Contraceptive Use in Bolivia, Egypt and Thailand" (in press, Reproductive Health Matters). E. Eggleston, A. Tsui and M. Kotelchuck, "The Effect of Unintended Pregnancy on Low Birthweight in Ecuador", American Journal of Public Health 91(5):808-810, 2001. A. Tsui, "Population Programs and Fertility: The Family Planning Record" 27(Supplement): 184-204, 2001. K. Maitra, J. de Graft-Johnson, K. K. Singh, and A. Tsui, "Prevalence of Self-Reported Symptoms of Reproductive Tract Infections among Recently Pregnant Women in Uttar Pradesh, India", Journal of Biosocial Science 33(4):585-601, 2001. S. Bloom, A. Tsui, M. Plotkin and S. Bassett, "What Husbands in Northern India Know about Reproductive Health: Correlates of Knowledge about Pregnancy, Maternal and Sexual Health", Journal of Biosocial Science 32: 237-251, 2000. E. Eggleston, A. Tsui, and J. Fortney, "Assessing Survey Measures of Birthweight and Birth Size in Ecuador", Journal of Biosocial Science 32: 373-382, 2000. S. Martin, B. Kilgallen, A. Tsui, K. Maitra, K. K. Singh, and L. Kupper, "Reproductive Health and Domestic Violence in India", Journal of the American Medical Association 282(20): 1967-1972, November 24, 1999. S. Martin, A. Tsui, K. Maitra and R. Marinshaw, "Domestic Violence in Northern India", American Journal of Epidemiology 150(4): 416-427, 1999. A. Malhotra, A. Tsui and V. DeSilva, "Work and Marriage: Mother-Daughter Similarities in Sri Lanka", Journal of Comparative Family Studies 30(2): 219-241, 1999. D. Barrett and A. Tsui, "Policy as Symbolic Statement: International Response to National Population Policies, Social Forces 78(1): 213-234, 1999. K. K. Singh, S. Bloom and A. Tsui, "Reproductive Health Knowledge, Attitudes and Behavior of Husbands in Uttar Pradesh, India: Results of a Statewide Survey", Studies in Family Planning 29(4): 388-399, 1998. Gorbach, PM; Hoa, TKD; Tsui, AO; and Nhan, VQ. "Reproduction, Risk and Reality: Family Planning and Reproductive Health in Northern Vietnam" Journal of Biosocial Science 30: 393-409, 1998. P. Gorbach, D.T. Hoa, and A. Tsui, "Abortion and Family Planning in Two Rural Communes in North Vietnam", American Journal of Public Health 88(4): 660-663, 1998. K. K. Singh, A. Tsui, C. Suchindran and G. Narayana, "Estimating the Population and Characteristics of Health Facilities and Client Population Using a Linked Multi-Stage Sample Survey Design." Survey Methodology (Canada) 23(2): 137-146, 1997.