Oral Memoirs of Carl W. Tyler Jr. ; Reproductive Health, Centers for Disease Control

Interviewed by Rebecca Sharpless on 4 and 5 December 2000 and 15 February 2001, in Atlanta, Georgia. ; 3 ; 99 pages; index ; Carl W. Tyler, Jr. was the director of the Family Planning Evaluation [FPE] Division, which later became the Division of Reproductive Health, at the Centers for Disease Control [CDC]; early interest in public health; education at Case Western Reserve University College of Medicine; early contraceptive methods; publication while in medical school; medical residency at Indian Health Services in Tahlequah, Oklahoma; rural health issues; interview process for and training in the Epidemic Intelligence Service; Tyler's reflections on Alexander Langmuir; involvement with the Atlanta family planning survey; differences in clinical health and public health perspectives; concerns about population growth; intrauterine contraception; funding for family planning programs and studies; value of demography and surveys; other contraceptive methods; events that shaped his view on abortion; creation of FPE; Emory University family planning program at Grady Hospital; involvement in international family planning; growth and organization of family planning activities in CDC; publication of Contraceptive Technology and Contraceptive Technology: Africa; introduction of demographers into FPE; impact of abortion surveillance conducted by FPE; religious and political influence on views of abortion; management style and experience; impact of Hyde Amendment on abortion surveillance; conception of the Cancer and Steroid Hormone [CASH] study; collaboration with and funding from the United States Agency for International Development for international activities; decennial at Emory University; collaboration with Rockefeller Foundation; personal experiences during international activities for CDC; study of the surgical sterilization of women through the Collaborative Review of Sterilization program; study of oral contraception and cancers in women through the CASH study; reorganization within CDC and its effect on FPE; ...