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Submissions from 2023
Advancing Social and Behavior Change Measurement for Family Planning—Slide deck, Breakthrough RESEARCH
Advancing Social and Behavior Change Measurement in Family Planning, Breakthrough RESEARCH
Alcohol use, HIV stigma and quality of life among alcohol consuming men living with HIV in India: A mediation analysis, Toan Ha, Hui Shi, Roopal Jyoti Singh, Sushma S. Gaikwad, Kavita Joshi, Rupal Padiyar, Jean J. Schensul, and Stephen L. Schensul
Amref Alternative Rites of Passage (ARP) model for female genital mutilation/cutting, teenage pregnancies, and child, early and forced marriages in Kenya: A stepped-wedge cluster randomised controlled trial protocol, Tammary Esho, Julia Scholten, Hilke Conradi, David Kawai, Bernard Mbogo, Denge Lugayo, Yvonne Opanga, Samuel Muhula, and Dennis Matanda
Assessing the health, social, educational and economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on adolescents in low- and middle-income countries: A rapid review of the literature, Astha Ramaiya, Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli, Rosalijn Both, Ann Gottert, Silvia Guglielmi, Sam Beckwith, Mengmeng Li, and Robert W. Blum
A structural and provider behavior change approach to enhancing respectful, integrative, responsive care for hospitalized young children (0–24 months) in Kenya, Breakthrough RESEARCH
Authorization of midwives to perform basic emergency obstetric and newborn care signal functions in Argentina, Ghana, and India: A multi-country validation study of a key global maternal and newborn health indicator, Sowmya Ramesh, Suchandrima Chakraborty, Richard M. Adanu, Delia Bandoh, Mabel Berrueta, Jewel Gausman, Nizamuddin Khan, Ernest Kenu, Ana Langer, Carolina Nigri, Magdalene Odikro, Veronica Pingray, Niranjan Saggurti, Paula Vázquez, Caitlin R. Williams, and R. Rima Jolivet
Behavioral sentinel surveillance survey in Nigeria: Endline technical report, Paul Hutchinson, Adolor Aisiri, Udochisom Anaba, Elizabeth Omoluabi, Akanni Akinyemi, U. C. Ifunanya Ozoadibe, and Dele Abegunde
Behavioral sentinel surveillance survey in Nigeria: Endline technical report for couples, Paul L. Hutchinson, Adolor Aisiri, Udochisom Anaba, Elizabeth Omoluabi, Akanni Akinyemi, U. C. Ifunanya Ozoadibe, Dominique Meekers, and Dele Abegunde
Breakthrough RESEARCH Behavioral Sentinel Surveillance (BSS) Survey: Baseline, Paul L. Hutchinson, Dele Abegunde, Adolor Aisiri, Udochisom Anaba, Elizabeth Omoluabi, Akanni Akinyemi, and U. C. Ifunanya Ozoadibe
Breakthrough RESEARCH Behavioral Sentinel Surveillance (BSS) Survey: Endline, Paul L. Hutchinson, Dele Abegunde, Adolor Aisiri, Udochisom Anaba, Elizabeth Omoluabi, Akanni Akinyemi, and U. C. Ifunanya Ozoadibe
Breakthrough RESEARCH Behavioral Sentinel Surveillance (BSS) Survey: Midline, Paul L. Hutchinson, Dele Abegunde, Adolor Aisiri, Udochisom Anaba, Elizabeth Omoluabi, Akanni Akinyemi, and U. C. Ifunanya Ozoadibe
Center for Biomedical Research at the Population Council, Population Council
Challenges in obstetric morbidity and mortality, with special reference to India: A literature review, Shromona Dhara, Arupendra Mozumdar, and Subho Roy
Changement de comportement des prestataires : approches de changement social et de comportement pour la qualité des soins dans la planification familiale, Breakthrough RESEARCH
Changement social et comportemental et environnement favorable à la planification familiale, Breakthrough RESEARCH
Comment mesurer l’impact du changement de comportement des prestataires, Breakthrough RESEARCH
Comprehensive sexuality education linked to sexual and reproductive health services reduces early and unintended pregnancies among in-school adolescent girls in Zambia, Michael Mbizvo, Kondwani Kasonda, Nelly-Claire Muntalima, Joseph G. Rosen, Sophie Inambwae, Edith S. Namukonda, Ronald Mungoni, Natasha Okpara, Chifundo Phiri, Nachela Chelwa, and Chabu Kangale
Cost-effectiveness analysis comparing integrated and malaria-only social and behavior change programming in Nigeria: Final report, Avenir Health
Cost-effectiveness analysis comparing integrated and malaria-only social and behavior change programming in Nigeria: Midline analysis, Avenir Health
Costing for family planning social and behavior change programming, Breakthrough RESEARCH
Costing for family planning social and behavior change—Slide deck, Breakthrough RESEARCH
Coût de la programmation du changement social et comportemental pour la planification familiale, Breakthrough RESEARCH
Creating reproductive health behavioral profiles for women of reproductive age in Niger using cross-sectional survey data: A latent class analysis, Leanne Dougherty, Nicole M. Bellows, and Chaibou Dadi
Design of an international male contraceptive efficacy trial using a self-administered daily transdermal gel containing testosterone and segesterone acetate (Nestorone), John K. Amory, Diana Blithe, Régine Sitruk-Ware, Ronald S. Swerdloff, William J. Bremner, Clint Dart, Peter Y. Liu, Arthi Thirumalai, Brian T. Nguyen, Bradley D. Anawalt, Min S. Lee, Stephanie T. Page, and Christina Wang
Differences in quality of care of family planning services received by age and contraceptive continuation among young mothers in India, Elizabeth Tobey, Aparna Jain, and Arupendra Mozumdar
Effects of a clinic-based reproductive empowerment intervention on proximal outcomes of contraceptive use, self-efficacy, attitudes, and awareness and use of survivor services: A cluster-controlled trial in Nairobi, Kenya, Jasmine Uysal, Sabrina Boyce, Chi-Chi Undie, Wilson Liambila, Seri Wendoh, Erin Pearson, Nicole E. Johns, and Jay G. Silverman
Evaluation of Breakthrough ACTION-Nigeria’s social and behavior change public sector capacity strengthening approach, Adetayo Adetunji, Dele Abegunde, Augustine Ankomah, Nrupa Jani, Pooja Sripad, and Bright Addo
Evaluation of RISE II integrated social and behavior change activities in Niger: Family planning; maternal, newborn, and child health; immunization; nutrition; water, sanitation, and hygiene, Breakthrough RESEARCH
Evidence from the implementation of a social accountability approach to improve family planning services: Perspectives from community members and health workers in Togo, Breakthrough RESEARCH
Examining the characteristics of social and behavior change communication intervention costs in low- and middle-income countries: A hedonic method approach, Lori Bollinger, Nicole M. Bellows, and Rachael Linder
Examining the longitudinal relationship between intimate partner violence and couples’ marital quality in rural India, Sangeeta Chatterji, Nicole Johns, Mohan Ghule, Shahina Begum, Sarah Averbach, Madhusudan Battala, and Anita Raj
Expanding delivery of and access to evidence-based comprehensive HIV/SRH services among men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender persons in Nigeria, Anita Fernandez, Adebola A. Adedimeji, Waimar Tun, Ann Gottert, and Julie Pulerwitz
Exploring the accuracy of self-reported maternal and newborn care in select studies from low and middle-income country settings: Do respondent and facility characteristics affect measurement?, Katharine McCarthy, Ann K. Blanc, Charlotte E. Warren, Ashish Bajracharya, and Benjamin Bellows
Faire progresser la mesure des changements sociaux et comportementaux en matière de planification familiale, Breakthrough RESEARCH
Feasibility and acceptability of LNG 1.5 mg as an on-demand pericoital contraceptive in Ghana, Brent McCann, Tina Liang, Saumya RamaRao, Emmanuel Kuffour, Augustine Ankomah, Jessica Vandermark, Henry Bruce, Pius Essandoh, and Angela Boateng
Financing gaps for Pakistan's contraceptive prevalence goals: Analyses using the Guttmacher adding-it-up methodology, Zeba Sathar, Susheela Singh, Sabahat Hussain, and Maqsood Sadiq
Findings from a mixed methods evaluation of an integrated social and behavior change approach to improve health outcomes in Niger, Breakthrough RESEARCH
Halftime for SDGs: Maternal and Newborn Health—Best Investment Paper, Nyovani Madise, Arindam Nandi, Brad Wong, and Saleema Razvi
Harnessing the power of behavioral science: An implementation pilot to improve the quality of maternity care in rural Madagascar, Jana Smith, Marie Sandra Lennon, Madeline Kau, Anja Noeliarivelo Ranjalahy, Liliane Ingabire, Charlotte E. Warren, and Sara V. Flanagan
How to measure provider behavior change impact, Breakthrough RESEARCH
Hysterectomy and women’s health in India: Evidence from a nationally representative, cross-sectional survey of older women, Sapna Desai, Roopal Jyoti Singh, Dipti Govil, Devaki Nambiar, Ankita Shukla, Hemali Heidi Sinha, Rajani Ved, Neerja Bhatla, and Gita D. Mishra
Improving measures of access to legal abortion: A validation study triangulating multiple data sources to assess a global indicator, Caitlin R. Williams, Paula Vázquez, Carolina Nigri, Richard M. Adanu, Delia Bandoh, Mabel Berrueta, Suchandrima Chakraborty, Jewel Gausman, Ernest Kenu, Nizamuddin Khan, Ana Langer, Magdalene Odikro, Sowmya Ramesh, Niranjan Saggurti, Veronica Pingray, and R. Rima Jolivet
Improving provider and client communication around family planning in Togo: Results from a cross-sectional survey, Nicole M. Bellows, Leanne Dougherty, Dela Nai, Sethson Kassegne, Robert-Hugues Yaovi Nagbe, Lorimpo Babogou, Kossi Mawuko Guede, and Martha Silva
Infections averted by a comprehensive HIV prevention intervention and its cost-effectiveness: A prospective cohort study of persons who inject drugs in Delhi, India, Lopamudra Ray Saraswati, Aparajita Dasgupta, Indrani Gupta, Julie Pulerwitz, and Avina Sarna
Institutionalizing the management of sick young infants: Kenya’s experience in revising national guidelines on integrated management of newborn and childhood illnesses, Wilson Liambila, Fred Were, Timothy Abuya, George Odwe, Alice Natecho, Samuel Mungai, Peter Mwaura, David Githanga, Joe Mbuthia, Doris Kinuthia, Allan Govoga, Charlotte E. Warren, Kezia K’oduol, and Jesse Gitaka
Investing in the sexual and reproductive health of adolescents in Pakistan, Huma Iqbal
Investing in the sexual and reproductive health of adolescents in Pakistan [in Urdu], Huma Iqbal
Leave no one behind: Integrated sexual and reproductive, mental health and psychosocial programming for not in employment, education or training (NEET) adolescents and youth in sub-Saharan Africa, Manasi Kumar, Joan Mutahi, and Beth Kangwana
Lessons from a behavior change intervention to improve provider-parent partnerships and care for hospitalized newborns and young children in Kenya, Charlotte E. Warren, Pooja Sripad, Charity Ndwiga, Chantalle Okondo, Felicitas M. Okwako, Caroline W. Mwangi, and Timothy Abuya
Longitudinal examination of which married young women use contraception to delay a first pregnancy in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, India, Ilene Speizer, A.J. Francis Zavier, Lisa M. Calhoun, Gwyn Hainsworth, and David K. Guilkey
Measuring adequacy of the midwifery workforce using standards of competency and scope of work: Exploring the density and distribution of midwives in three low- and middle-income countries using cross-sectional and geospatial data, Jewel Gausman, Sowmya Ramesh, Richard M. Adanu, Delia Bandoh, Jeff Blossom, Suchandrima Chakraborty, Ernest Kenu, Nizamuddin Khan, Ana Langer, Magdalene Odikro, Niranjan Saggurti, and R. Rima Jolivet
Measuring implementation outcomes in the context of scaling up possible serious bacterial infection guidelines: Implications for measurement and programs, Timothy Abuya, George Odwe, Charity Ndwiga, Chantalle Okondo, Wilson Liambila, Samuel Mungai, Peter Mwaura, Kezia K’Oduol, Alice Natecho, Jesse Gitaka, and Charlotte E. Warren
Measuring Provider Behavior Change, Breakthrough RESEARCH
Methods and measures to assess health care provider behavior and behavioral determinants in reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health: A rapid review, Leanne Dougherty, Sanyukta Mathur, Xaher Gul, Kathryn Spielman, Vandana Tripathi, Christina Wakefield, and Martha Silva
Modeling pathways to describe how maternal health care providers’ mental health influences the provision of respectful maternity care in Malawi, Brady Zieman, Charlotte E. Warren, Felistas Chiundira, Edina Mandala, Fannie Kachale, Christina Heather Mchoma, Alexander Mboma, Martha Kamanga, and Abigail Kazembe
Neglected gaps in improving the health, wellbeing, and care for sexual and gender minority young people living in low- and lower-middle- income countries: A scoping review, Cara Frances, Camille Garnsey, and Jessica DeMulder
New Antenatal Model in Africa and India (NAMAI) study: Implementation research to improve antenatal care using WHO recommendations, NAMAI Research Group, Michael Mbizvo, Nachela Chelwa, Chifundo Phiri, Kondwani Kasonda, and Natasha Okpara
New approaches for developing biomarkers of hormonal contraceptive use, Rakhee Sachdeva, Narender Kumar, Vivian Brache, Barbara Friedland, Marlena Gehret Plagianos, Shimin Zhang, Larisa Kizima, Leila Cochon, Ana Sofía Tejada Tabar, Ann K. Blanc, and Ruth Merkatz
Participant experiences with a multipurpose vaginal ring for HIV and pregnancy prevention during a Phase 1 clinical trial: Learning from users to improve acceptability, Mary Kate Shapley-Quinn, Mei Song, Beatrice A. Chen, Brid Devlin, Ellen Luecke, Jill Brown, Diana Blithe, Sharon Achilles, and Ariane van der Straten
Policymakers' and healthcare providers' perspectives on the introduction of oral pre-exposure prophylaxis for key populations in Ghana, Henry Nagai, Edward Adiibokah, Henry Tagoe, Waimar Tun, Nanlesta Pilgrim, Augustine Ankomah, Yussif Ahmed Abdul Rahman, Stephen Ayisi Addo, Stephen Kyeremeh Atuahene, Emmanuel Essandoh, Sean Maher, and Mark Kowalski
Prevention and screening for cardiometabolic disease following hypertensive disorders in pregnancy in low-resource settings: A systematic review and Delphi study, Salisu Mohammed Ishaku, Kwame Adu-Bonsaffoh, Natasha Housseine, Roberta Lamptey, Arie Franx, Diederick E. Grobbee, Charlotte E. Warren, and Joyce L. Browne
“Project YES! has…given me a task to reach undetectable”: Qualitative findings from a peer mentoring program for youth living with HIV in Zambia, Katherine G. Merrill, Christiana Frimpong, Virginia M. Burke, Elizabeth A. Abrams, Sam Miti, Jonathan K. Mwansa, and Julie Denison
Provider behavior change: Social and behavior change approaches to quality of care in family planning, Breakthrough RESEARCH
Provider Behavior Change: Social and Behavior Change Approaches to Quality of Care in Family Planning—Slide deck, Breakthrough RESEARCH
Providing HIV self-tests to adolescent girls to promote partner and couples testing: A welcome addition to the HIV prevention toolbox (with caveats), Ann Gottert, Julie Pulerwitz, and Donaldson F. Conserve
Qualitative research on Breakthrough ACTION’s Advocacy Core Group Model for integrated social behavior change programming in Nigeria, Adetunji Adetayo, Alessandra N. Bazzano, Mayokun Adediran, Paul Hutchinson, and Eno-Obong Etim
Quality of care is perceived to be high with community-based antiretroviral therapy (ART) services for female sex workers in Tanzania: Qualitative findings from a pilot implementation science study, Waimar Tun, Donaldson F. Conserve, Catherine Bunga, Kidola Jeremiah, Louis Apicella, and Lung Vu
Results from a multimethod exploratory scale development process to measure authoritarian provider attitudes in Democratic Republic of Congo and Togo, Martha Silva, Kathryn Spielman, Leanne Dougherty, Sethson Kassegne, and Amanda Kalamar
Role of stigma in pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake and continuation among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW): Considerations for programme implementers, Waimar Tun and Lulama Lunika
Six recommendations for provider behavior change in family planning, Heather Hancock, Olivia Carlson, Hope Hempstone, Bethany Arnold, Kamden Hoffmann, Xaher Gul, and Kathryn Spielman
Social and behavior change and the enabling environment for family planning, Breakthrough RESEARCH
Social and Behavior Change and the Enabling Environment for Family Planning—Slide deck, Breakthrough RESEARCH
Spousal concordance in attitudes toward intimate partner violence (IPV) and its association with physical IPV against women: A cross-sectional study among young married couples in rural India, Shahina Begum, Madhusudana Battala, Morgen A. Chalmiers, Ranjan Kumar Prusty, Anvita Dixit, Nicole E. Johns, Mohan Ghule, Niranjan Saggurti, Jay G. Silverman, Sarah Averbach, and Anita Raj
Study protocol for an individually randomized control trial for India's first roleplay-based mobile game for reproductive health for adolescent girls, Ananya Saha, Anvita Dixit, Lalita Shankar, Madhusudana Battala, Nizamuddin Khan, Niranjan Saggurti, Kavita Ayyagari, Aparna Raj, and Susan Howard
Testing theory of change assumptions of health behavior change interventions: A blended approach exploring local contexts, Avishek Hazra, Jaleel Ahmad, P.S. Mohanan, Supriya, Raj Kumar Verma, and Sanjeev Sridharan
The business case for social and behavior change for breastfeeding and complementary feeding, Avenir Health
The impact of community and provider-driven social accountability interventions on contraceptive use: Findings from a cohort study of new users in Ghana and Tanzania, Petrus S. Steyn, Joanna Paula Cordero, Dela Nai, Donat Shamba, Kamil Fuseini, Sigilbert Mrema, Ndema Habib, My Huong Nguyen, and James Kiarie
The methodological approach to a process evaluation of a community and provider-driven social accountability intervention to increase contraceptive uptake and use, Cecilia Milford, Joanna Paula Cordero, Dela Nai, Donat Shamba, Kamil Fuseini, Victoria Boydell, Afiba Tarimo, Heather McMullen, and Petrus S. Steyn
The role of social accountability in changing service users’ values, attitudes, and interactions with the health services: A pre-post study, Victoria Boydell, Petrus S. Steyn, Joanna Paula Cordero, Ndema Habib, My Huong Nguyen, Dela Nai, Donat Shamba, Kamil Fuseini, Sigilbert Mrema, and James Kiarie
The urban environment and disparities in sexual and reproductive health outcomes in the Global South: A scoping review, Elsie Akwara, Jessie Pinchoff, Tara Abularrage, Corinne White, and Thoai Ngo
Understanding the effects of universal test and treat on longitudinal HIV care outcomes among South African youth: A retrospective cohort study, Lindsey M. Filiatreau, Jessie K. Edwards, Nkosinathi Masilela, F. Xavier Gómez-Olivé, Nicole Haberland, Brian Wells Pence, Joanna Maselko, Kathryn E. Muessig, Chodziwadziwa Whiteson Kabudula, Mi-Suk Kang Dufour, Sheri A. Lippman, Kathleen Kahn, and Audrey Pettifor
Utilisation des approches de segmentation du public pour renseigner les programmes intégrés de planification familiale et de santé maternelle au Niger, Breakthrough RESEARCH
Utilizing implementation research to influence parents’ experiences of care for their hospitalized newborns and young children in Kenya, Chantalle Okondo, Charity Ndwiga, Timothy Abuya, Pooja Sripad, and Charlotte E. Warren
Validating indicators for monitoring availability and geographic distribution of emergency obstetric and newborn care (EmoNC) facilities: A study triangulating health system, facility, and geospatial data, Jewel Gausman, Veronica Pingray, Richard M. Adanu, Delia Bandoh, Mabel Berrueta, Jeff Blossom, Suchandrima Chakraborty, Winfred Dotse-Gborgbortsi, Ernest Kenu, Nizamuddin Khan, Ana Langer, Carolina Nigri, Magdalene Odikro, Sowmya Ramesh, Niranjan Saggurti, Paula Vázquez, Caitlin R. Williams, and R. Rima Jolivet
Validating midwifery professionals' scope of practice and competency: A multi-country study comparing national data to international standards, Suchandrima Chakraborty, Niranjan Saggurti, Richard M. Adanu, Delia Bandoh, Mabel Berrueta, Jewel Gausman, Ernest Kenu, Nizamuddin Khan, Ana Langer, Carolina Nigri, Magdalene Odikro, Veronica Pingray, Sowmya Ramesh, Paula Vázquez, Caitlin R. Williams, Charlotte E. Warren, and R. Rima Jolivet
“We are their eyes and ears here on the ground, yet they do not appreciate us”—Factors influencing the performance of Kenyan community health volunteers working in urban informal settlements, Michael O. Ogutu, Eric Kamui, Timothy Abuya, and Kui Muraya
Webinar—Advancing Social and Behavior Change Measurement in Family Planning, Breakthrough RESEARCH
Webinar—Costing for Family Planning Social and Behavior Change, Breakthrough RESEARCH
Webinar—Faire progresser la mesure des CSC pour la planification familiale, Breakthrough RESEARCH
Webinar—Provider Behavior Change: Social and Behavior Change Approaches to Quality of Care in Family Planning, Breakthrough RESEARCH
Webinar—Social and Behavior Change and the Enabling Environment for Family Planning, Breakthrough RESEARCH
What interventions are effective to prevent or respond to female genital mutilation? A review of existing evidence from 2008–2020, Dennis Matanda, Nina Van Eekert, Melanie Croce-Galis, Jill Gay, Maria Johanna Middelburg, and Karen Hardee
Where there is a will, there is a way: Enhancing contraceptive uptake in Pakistan, Ali M. Mir, Steve Pearson, and Irfan Masood
Women's beliefs about methods and contraceptive discontinuation: Results from a prospective study from Nairobi and Homa Bay counties in Kenya, Yohannes Dibaba Wado, Martin Kavao Mutua, George Odwe, Francis Obare Onyango, Kazuyo Machiyama, John B. Casterline, and John C. Cleland
Women’s empowerment and uptake of sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine for intermittent preventive treatment of malaria during pregnancy: Results from a cross-sectional baseline survey in the Lake endemic region, Kenya, George Odwe, Dennis Matanda, Tchaiwe Zulu, Stephen Kizito, Oscar Okoth, and Beth Kangwana