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Lucrecia Mena‐Meléndez

Medicine · Indiana University

Publications

20

Citations

140

Est. group size

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

7

Publishing since 2020

Research summary
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Lucrecia Mena-Meléndez studies reproductive health and public attitudes toward abortion, with particular attention to how laws, stigma, and public opinion shape access and outcomes. Her work spans both the United States (including research following the Dobbs v. Jackson court decision that changed abortion law) and Latin American countries such as Bolivia, Colombia, Guatemala, and Peru, often examining differences by ethnicity, race, and rural-versus-urban location. She also investigates maternal and child health inequalities and the wellbeing of migrant farmworker families.

Abortion attitudes and policyReproductive health and contraceptionEthnoracial and rural-urban health inequalitiesMaternal and child health in Latin AmericaAbortion stigma and public opinion

Publication activity has grown noticeably in recent years, rising from occasional papers before 2022 to a peak of eight publications in 2025.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 3.8/year recently
1718192020: 1 publication20212022: 1 publication222023: 5 publications232024: 4 publications242025: 8 publications8252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Contraception×2
  • Sexuality Research and Social Policy×2
  • Journal of Medical Internet Research×1
  • SSM - Population Health×1
  • Psychology of Women Quarterly×1

This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 11, 2026.

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