Hanna Klaus Explained
Hanna Klaus is an American obstetrics and gynaecology physician, a member of the Medical Mission Sisters, and best known as founder of the TeenSTAR adolescent sex education program.[1]
Klaus was born in 1928 in Vienna, Austria, to a Jewish family, moving to the United States in 1940 and settling in Louisville, Kentucky. Klaus studied medicine at University of Louisville and then conducted her residency at Massachusetts General Hospital. In 1978 she became an associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at George Washington University.[2]
In 1980 Klaus founded TeenSTAR, as well as acting as the executive director of the Natural Family Planning Center in Bethesda, Maryland.[3]
Klaus promoted the Billings ovulation method, a type of natural family planning which is approved by the Catholic Church. In 1973 she founded the Aware Center, which provided information on the Billings method.[4] The Billings method began to gain recognition in the scientific community, and a study was carried out on its effectiveness in Kenya.[5]
Publications
- Klaus . Hanna . Cortés . Manuel E. . Psychological, Social, and Spiritual Effects of Contraceptive Steroid Hormones . The Linacre Quarterly . August 2015 . 82 . 3 . 283–300 . 10.1179/2050854915Y.0000000009. 26912936 . 4536622 .
- Fehring . Richard J. . Klaus . Hanna . Williams . William V. . Mandates and Morals . The Linacre Quarterly . February 2012 . 79 . 1 . 9–13 . 10.1179/002436312803571474. 30082955 . 6027078 .
- Vigil . Pilar . Orellana . Renán F. . Cortés . Manuel E. . Molina . Carmen T. . Switzer . Barbara E. . Klaus . Hanna . Endocrine Modulation of the Adolescent Brain: A Review . Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology . December 2011 . 24 . 6 . 330–337 . 10.1016/j.jpag.2011.01.061. 21514192 .
- Klaus . Hanna . Experience With Teenage Pregnancy . Bulletin of the American College of Nurse-Midwives . November 1972 . 17 . 4 . 114–121 . 10.1111/j.1542-2011.1972.tb00562.x. 4485954 .
- Klaus . Hanna . Abstinence and Abstinence-Only Education . Journal of Adolescent Health . August 2006 . 39 . 2 . 151; discussion 152; author reply 152–4 . 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2006.02.002. 16857521 . free .
- Vigil . Pilar . Ceric . Francisco . Cortés . Manuel E. . Klaus . Hanna . Usefulness of Monitoring Fertility from Menarche . Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology . June 2006 . 19 . 3 . 173–179 . 10.1016/j.jpag.2006.02.003. 16731410 .
- Klaus . Hanna . Family planning in Bangladesh . The Lancet . January 2002 . 359 . 9303 . 359 . 10.1016/S0140-6736(02)07522-0. 11830240 . 37470653 .
- Bowes . Watson . Byrne . Paul . Cavanagh . Denis . Colliton . William . Foye . Gerard . Klaus . Hanna . Pellegrino . Edmund . True Integrity for the Maternal-Fetal Medicine Physician . The Linacre Quarterly . August 1997 . 64 . 3 . 77–86 . 10.1080/20508549.1999.11878387. 11656746 . 32155183 .
- Klaus . Hanna . Weed . Stan E. . Impact of the teen star program on teen sexual behavior, US 1993–4 . Journal of Adolescent Health . February 1996 . 18 . 2 . 133 . 10.1016/1054-139X(96)81180-3.
- Klaus . Hanna . Kardatzke . David . Teen sexual involvement: Primary and secondary prevention . Journal of Adolescent Health . January 1992 . 13 . 1 . 46 . 10.1016/1054-139X(92)90263-B.
- Labbok . Miriam H. . Stallings . Rebecca Y. . Shah . Farida . Pérez . Alfredo . Klaus . Hanna . Jacobson . Mark . Muruthi . Theresa . Ovulation method use during breastfeeding: Is there increased risk of unplanned pregnancy? . American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology . December 1991 . 165 . 6 . 2031–2036 . 10.1016/S0002-9378(11)90574-2. 1755464 . free .
- Labbok . Miriam H. . Klaus . Hanna . Perez . Alfredo . Efficacy studies in natural family planning: Issues and management implications illustrated with data from five studies . American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology . December 1991 . 165 . 6 . 2048–2051 . 10.1016/S0002-9378(11)90579-1 . 1755468. free .
- Klaus . Hanna . Martin . James L. . Recognition of ovulatory/anovulatory cycle pattern in adolescents by mucus self-detection . Journal of Adolescent Health Care . March 1989 . 10 . 2 . 93–96 . 10.1016/0197-0070(89)90095-8. 2925476 .
- Klaus . Hanna . Labbok . Miriam . Barker . Dianne . Characteristics of Ovulation Method Acceptors: A Cross-Cultural Assessment . Studies in Family Planning . September 1988 . 19 . 5 . 299–304 . 10.2307/1966795. 3188135 . 1966795 .
- Labbok . Miriam H. . Klaus . Hanna . Barker . Dianne . Factors Related to Ovulation Method Efficacy in Three Programs: Bangladesh, Kenya, and Korea. . Studies in Family Planning . September 1988 . 19 . 5 . 310 . 10.2307/1966799. 1966799 .
- Klaus . Hanna . Bryan . Louis Marie . Bryant . Mary Lou . Fagan . Mary Ursula . Harrigan . Marjorie B. . Kearns . Francesca . Initiation/continuation of sexual activity during fertility awareness education: Report of multisite pilot project . Journal of Adolescent Health Care . May 1987 . 8 . 3 . 312 . 10.1016/0197-0070(87)90564-X.
- Klaus . Hanna . Fertility Awareness/Natural Family Planning for Adolescents and Their Families: Report of Multisite Pilot Project . Bryan . Louis Marie . Bryant . Mary Lou . Fagan . Mary Ursula . Harrigan . Marjorie B. . Kearns . Francesca . International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health . January 1987 . 3 . 2 . 101–20 . 10.1515/IJAMH.1987.3.2.101. 22912053 . 201725408 .
- Klaus . Hanna . The Role of the Clinician in Natural Family Planning . Journal of American College Health . 9 July 2010 . 32 . 3 . 114–120 . 10.1080/07448481.1983.9936154. 6672043 .
- Brennan . John J. . Klaus . Hanna . Terminology and core curricula in natural family planning* . Fertility and Sterility . July 1982 . 38 . 1 . 117–118 . 10.1016/S0015-0282(16)46409-5. 7095160 .
- KLAUS . HANNA . Natural Family Planning . Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey . February 1982 . 37 . 2 . 128–50 . 10.1097/00006254-198202000-00026. 7033851 .
- Klaus . Hanna . Goebel . Joan M. . Muraski . Beatrice . Egizio . Mary Therese . Weitzel . Davey . Taylor . Ruth S. . Fagan . Mary U. . Ek . Kay . Hobday . Kathleen . Use-effectiveness and client satisfaction in six centers teaching the billings ovulation method . Contraception . June 1979 . 19 . 6 . 613–629 . 10.1016/0010-7824(79)90008-8. 487811 .
- Klaus . Hanna . Natural family planning: The contribution of fertility awareness to body-person integration . Social Thought . January 1979 . 5 . 1 . 35–42 . 10.1080/15426432.1979.10383278.
- Klaus . H . The menopause in gynecology; a focus for teaching the comprehensive care of women . Academic Medicine . December 1974 . 49 . 12 . 1186–9 . 10.1097/00001888-197412000-00013. 4427344 . free .
- Klaus . H . Meurer . J . Sullivan . A . Teenage pregnancy . Academic Medicine . November 1973 . 48 . 11 . 1027–9 . 10.1097/00001888-197311000-00012. free .
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Notes and References
- Web site: Lou . Baldwin . Nun-physician has spent much of her life educating young people about NFP . Global Sisters Report . 27 December 2018 . en . 9 July 2018.
- Web site: Lou . Baldwin . Nun-physician has spent much of her life educating young people about NFP . Global Sisters Report . Catholic News Service . 27 December 2018 . en . 9 July 2018.
- Web site: Nova . Vox . Dr. Hanna Klaus on Humanae Vitae . Vox Nova . 27 December 2018 . en . 16 August 2008.
- Web site: Dorsey . Piccirilli . Allowing the Body to Speak: The Power of Fertility Education . Humanum Review . 27 December 2018 . en.
- Labbok . MH . Klaus . H . Perez . A . Efficacy studies in natural family planning: issues and management implications illustrated with data from five studies. . American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. December 1991 . 165 . 6 . 2048–51 . 1755468 . 10.1016/s0002-9378(11)90579-1. free .
