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Submissions from 2019
Engaging community women’s groups to improve maternal health care delivery in Cross River: Implementation research report, Pooja Sripad, Emmanuel Nwala, Tracy McClair, Salisu Mohammed Ishaku, and Charlotte E. Warren
Engaging men for effective family planning through couple communication: An assessment of two MCSP couple communication approaches in Togo, Natacha Stevanovic-Fenn, Bethany Arnold, Sanyukta Mathur, Catherine Tier, Anne Pfitzer, and Rebecka Lundgren
Enhancing customer satisfaction for health services, Deepa Rajamani and Saumya RamaRao
Enhancing financial security of female sex workers through a community-led intervention in India: Evidence from a longitudinal survey, Sangram Kishor Patel, Saradiya Mukherjee, Bidhubhusan Mahapatra, Madhusudana Battala, Matangi Jayaram, Sameer Kumta, Yamini Atmavilas, and Niranjan Saggurti
Enhancing respectful maternal care during labor and delivery, Breakthrough RESEARCH
Evaluating quality of contraceptive counseling: An analysis of the Method Information Index, Karen T. Chang, Mulenga Mukanu, Benjamin Bellows, Waqas Hameed, Amanda Kalamar, Karen A. Grépin, Xaher Gul, and Nirali M. Chakraborty
Expanding services to detect, manage, and prevent pre-eclampsia and eclampsia in Tando Allahyar District of Sindh Province, Pakistan, Ali M. Mir, Irfan Masood, Mumraiz Khan, Sharif M.I. Hossain, Tracy McClair, Pooja Sripad, and Charlotte E. Warren
Exploring gender and partner communication: Theory of Planned Behavior predictors for condom use among young, urban adults in Zambia, Rachna Nag Chowdhuri, Jessie Pinchoff, Christopher B. Boyer, and Thoai Ngo
Exploring survivor perceptions of pre-eclampsia and eclampsia in Nigeria through the health belief model, Pooja Sripad, Karen Kirk, Gloria Adoyi, Amy Dempsey, Salisu Mohammed Ishaku, and Charlotte E. Warren
Extent of inappropriate prescription of artemisinin and anti-malarial injections to febrile outpatients, a cross-sectional analytic survey in the Greater Accra region, Ghana, Harriet Affran Bonful, Adolf Kofi Awua, Martin Adjuik, Doris Tsekpetse, Richard M. Adanu, Pricillia Awo Nortey, Augustine Ankomah, and Kwadwo Ansah Koram
F5-peptide enhances the efficacy of the non-hormonal male contraceptive adjudin, Haiqi Chen, Dolores D. Mruk, Chris K.C. Wong, Bruno Silvestrini, and C. Yan Cheng
Factors associated with use of injectables, long-acting and permanent contraceptive methods (iLAPMs) among married women in Zambia: Analysis of demographic and health surveys, 1992–2014, Pauline Bakibinga, Dennis Matanda, Lyagamula Kisia, and Namuunda Mutombo
Factors influencing satisfaction with oral contraceptive pills and injectables among past users in Kenya, George Odwe, Joyce Mumah, Francis Obare, Marylene Wamukoya, Kazuyo Machiyama, John C. Cleland, and John B. Casterline
Family planning and youth in West Africa: Mass media, digital media, and social and behavior change communication strategies, Sarah Castle and Martha Silva
Feasibility and acceptability of community health extension workers to identify and treat hypertension associated with pregnancy: Implementation research report, Emmanuel Nwala, Udochisom Anaba, Pooja Sripad, Salisu Mohammed Ishaku, and Charlotte E. Warren
FGM/C and ECM: Drawing lessons from research, Jacinta Muteshi-Strachan
Fighting FGM/C Through Social Marketing [Arabic], Population Reference Bureau
Gender and Power Metrics database, Population Council
Gender-based violence and engagement in biomedical HIV prevention, care and treatment: A scoping review, Anna M. Leddy, Ellen Weiss, Eileen Yam, and Julie Pulerwitz
Gender norms and HIV testing/treatment uptake: Evidence from a large population-based sample in South Africa, Julie Pulerwitz, Ann Gottert, Kathleen Kahn, Nicole Haberland, Aimee Julien, Suarez A. Selin, Rhian Twine, Dean Peacock, X. Gómez-Olivé, Sheri A. Lippman, and Audrey Pettifor
Generating evidence to inform integrated social and behavior change programming in the Sahel, Leanne Dougherty
Guide for assessing the impact of a Total Market Approach to family planning programs, Dominique Meekers and Sarah C. Haynes
Having a child before becoming an adult: Exploring the economic impact in a multi-country analysis, Women Deliver and Population Council
Health care providers’ and mothers’ perceptions about the medicalization of female genital mutilation or cutting in Egypt: A cross-sectional qualitative study, Omaima El-Gibaly, Mirette Aziz, and Salma Abou Hussein
Health care providers’ perspectives on delivering gender equity focused family planning program for young married couples in a cluster randomized controlled trial in rural Maharashtra, India, Saritha Nair, Anvita Dixit, Mohan Ghule, Madhusudana Battala, Gajanan Velhal, Anindita Dasgupta, Shahina Begum, Sarah Averbach, Balaiah Donta, Jay G. Silverman, Niranjan Saggurti, and Anita Raj
Health financing and family planning in the context of Universal Health Care: Connecting the discourse, Gabrielle Appleford and Saumya RamaRao
Health financing and family planning in the context of universal health care: Connecting the discourse in Kenya, Gabrielle Appleford and Saumya RamaRao
HIV Research for Prevention 2018: From Research to Impact Conference summary and highlights, Barbara L. Shacklett, Julia Blanco, Lisa Hightow-Weidman, Nyaradzo M. Mgodi, José Alcamí, Susan Buchbinder, Mike Chirenje, Smritee Dabee, Mamadou Diallo, Kostyantyn Dumchev, Carolina Herrera, Matthew E. Levy, Enrique Martin Gayo, Nigel Aminake Makoah, Kate M. Mitchell, Kenneth Mugwanya, Krishnaveni Reddy, Maria Luisa Rodríguez, Marta Rodriguez-Garcia, Chelsea L. Shover, Tripti Shrivastava, Georgia Tomaras, Michiel Van Diepen, Monika Walia, Mitchell Warren, Amapola Manrique, Bargavi Thyagarajan, and Tamara Torri
HIV testing and counselling couples together for affordable HIV prevention in Africa, Kristin M. Wall, Mubiana Inambao, William Kilembe, Etienne Karita, Bellington Vwalika, Joseph Mulenga, Rachel Parker, Tyronza Sharkey, Divya Sonti, Amanda Tichacek, Eric Hunter, Robert Yohnka, Joseph F. Abdallah, Ibou Thior, Julie Pulerwitz, and Susan Allen
Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy: Assessing postnatal quality of care and outcomes for women and their infants in Bangladesh, Sharif M.I. Hossain, Kanij Sultana, Salma Rouf, Rabeya Akter, Shongkour Roy, Sumaiya Anwar, Karen Kirk, and Charlotte E. Warren
Illustrative indicators for community health worker performance measurement, Frontline Health Project
Implementation science: Helping to accelerate progress toward achieving the 90–90–90 goal, Waimar Tun, Vivian Go, and Aisha I. Yansaneh
Implementing and scaling-up Stepping Stones in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: Lessons from working in informal settlements, Cecilia Milford, M. Mtshali, Mags Beksinska, and Julie Pulerwitz
Implementing components of the PHC for PE/E model in Nigeria: A cost analysis, Pooja Sripad, Sara Chace Dwyer, and Gloria Adoyi
Implementing components of the PHC for PE/E Model in Pakistan: A cost analysis, Ali M. Mir, Mumraiz Khan, Pooja Sripad, and Sara Chace Dwyer
Implementing components of the primary health care pre-eclampsia/eclampsia model in Bangladesh: A cost analysis, Sharif M.I. Hossain, Pooja Sripad, and Sara Chace Dwyer
India's family planning market and opportunities for the private sector: An analysis using the total market approach, Arupendra Mozumdar, Rajib Acharya, Subrato Mondal, Amit Arun Shah, and Niranjan Saggurti
Índice de Estigma en Personas que Viven con VIH: República Dominicana, Red Dominicana de Personas que Viven con VIH/SIDA, Alianza Solidaria para la Lucha Contra el VIH y SIDA, and Population Council
Índice de Estigma en Personas Viviendo con VIH 2.0: Resultados preliminares para la República Dominicana, Project SOAR
Individual and sexual network predictors of HIV incidence among men who have sex with men in Nigeria, Rebecca G. Nowak, Andrew Mitchell, Trevor A. Crowell, Hongjie Liu, Sosthenes Ketende, Habib O. Ramadhani, Nicaise Ndembi, Sylvia Adebajo, Julie Ake, William A. Blattner, Stefan Baral, and Manhattan E. Charurat
Initiation and continuity of maternal healthcare: Examining the role of vouchers and user-fee removal on maternal health service use in Kenya, Mardieh Dennis, Lenka Benova, Timothy Abuya, Matteo Quartagno, Benjamin Bellows, and Oona M.R. Campbell
Integrated care delivery for HIV prevention and treatment in adolescent girls and young women in Zambia: Protocol for a cluster-randomized controlled trial, Sujha Subramanian, Patrick Edwards, Sarah Roberts, Maurice Musheke, and Michael Mbizvo
Integration of HIV testing services into family planning services: A systematic review, Manjulaa Narasimhan, Ping Teresa Yeh, Sabina A. Haberlen, Charlotte E. Warren, and Caitlin E. Kennedy
Investing in social and behavior change is cost-effective for increasing modern contraceptive use in Guinea, Breakthrough RESEARCH
Investing in social and behavior change is cost-effective for increasing modern contraceptive use in Zambia, Breakthrough RESEARCH
Investir dans le changement social et comportemental est une solution rentable pour augmenter l’utilisation des contraceptifs modernes en Guinée, Breakthrough RESEARCH
Is economic inequality in family planning in India associated with the private sector?, Abhishek Kumar, Anrudh K. Jain, Kumudha Aruldas, Arupendra Mozumdar, Ankita Shukla, Rajib Acharya, Faujdar Ram, and Niranjan Saggurti
Is there a relationship between female genital mutilation/cutting and fistula? A statistical analysis using cross-sectional data from Demographic and Health Surveys in 10 sub-Saharan Africa countries, Dennis Matanda, Pooja Sripad, and Charity Ndwiga
Les pharmacies privées dans l’offre de services de planification familiale au Sénégal : Une étude pilote, Fatou Mbow, Dela Nai, Sara Chace Dwyer, Aparna Jain, and Babacar Mane
Maternal mortality due to eclampsia in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Identifying underlying risk factors, and care-seeking behaviours, Ali M. Mir, Stephen Pearson, Saleem Shaikh, Mumraiz Khan, Irfan Masood, and Sabahat Hussain
Measurement of the sexual health and wellbeing of women who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting: A scoping review, Tammary Esho, Samuel K. Muniu, Mohamed Yussuf, Chantalle Okondo, and Caroline W. Kabiru
Measuring coordination between women's self-help groups and local health systems in rural India: A social network analysis, Jenny Ruducha, Divya Hariharan, James Potter, Danish Ahmad, Sampath Kumar, P. S. Mohanan, Laili Irani, and Katelyn N.G. Long
Measuring gender norms about relationships in early adolescence: Results from the global early adolescent study, Caroline Moreau, M. Li, Sara De Meyer, Loi Vu Manh, G. Guiella, Rajib Acharya, Bamidele M. Bello, Beatrice W. Maina, and Kristin Mmari
Medical and non-medical reasons for cesarean section delivery in Egypt: A hospital-based retrospective study, Shatha El-Nakib, Nahla G. Abdel-Tawab, Doaa Oraby, and Nevine Hassanein
Meeting report of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region's Regional Training Facility: Working with the police sector to meet the needs of sexual violence survivors in the Great Lakes Region, Nathan Byamukama, Chi-Chi Undie, Sharon Asiimwe, George Odwe, Nachela Chelwa, Harriet Birungi, and Michael Mbizvo
Meeting the needs of orphans and other vulnerable children: Learnings from Project SOAR, Project SOAR
Mise en œuvre des composantes du modèle ssp pour la PE / E au Nigéria : une analyse des coûts, Pooja Sripad, Sara Chace Dwyer, and Gloria Adoyi
New subtype B containing HIV-1 circulating recombinant of sub-Saharan Africa origin in Nigerian men who have sex with men, Erik Billings, Gustavo H. Kijak, Eric Sanders-Buell, Nicaise Ndembi, Anne Marie O'Sullivan, Sylvia Adebajo, Afoke Kokogho, Mark Milazzo, Kara Lombardi, Stefan Baral, Rebecca G. Nowak, Habib O. Ramadhani, Robert Gramzinski, Merlin L. Robb, Nelson L. Michael, Manhattan E. Charurat, Julie Ake, Trevor A. Crowell, Sodsai Tovanabutra, MHRP Viral Sequencing Core, and TRUST/RV368 Study Group
"No to circumcision": The road to effective social marketing campaigns in Egypt, Salma Abou Hussein and Sarah Ghattass
Nutrition, family planning and health components of the Guatemalan program of primary health care (SINAPS), Aaron Lechtig, John Townsend, Francisco Pineda, Juan Jose Arroyo, Robert E. Klein, and Romeo de Leon
Opportunities and challenges for the introduction of a new female condom among young adults in urban Zambia, Katherine Gambir, Jessie Pinchoff, Olasubomi Obadeyi, and Thoai Ngo
Patterns of hysterectomy in India: A national and state‐level analysis of the Fourth National Family Health Survey (2015–2016), Sapna Desai, Ankita Shukla, Devaki Nambiar, and Rajani Ved
Population Council's support for Nigeria's third national Human Resources for Health conference and efforts to institutionalize HRH conferences in Nigeria, Ekechi Okereke, Godwin Unumeri, Ibrahim Suleiman, and Aisha Jibril
Positioning family planning quality within health financing for UHC: Connecting the discourse, Gabrielle Appleford, Saumya RamaRao, Benjamin Bellows, and Leah Jarvis
Post-intervention analysis of pre-eclampsia and eclampsia in three Nigerian states, Salisu Mohammed Ishaku, Emmanuel Nwala, Gloria Adoyi, Charles Nwigwe, Solomon Kongyamba, Udochisom Anaba, Caroline Johnson, Karen Kirk, Pooja Sripad, and Charlotte E. Warren
Practice-based learning: Integrating SGBV screening into health facilities in refugee contexts, Chi-Chi Undie, Josephine Ngebeh, Joanina Karugaba, Harriet Birungi, and Michael Mbizvo
Practice-based learning: Observations on One-Stop Centers in refugee settings, Chi-Chi Undie, Josephine Ngebeh, Jane Harriet Namwebya, and Joanina Karugaba
Prevalence and determinants of unprotected sex in intimate partnerships of men who inject drugs: Findings from a prospective intervention study, Vartika Sharma, Waimar Tun, Avina Sarna, Lopamudra Saraswati, Minh D. Pham, Ibou Thior, and Stanley Luchters
Prévention du mariage d’enfants dans la région de l’Est, Burkina Faso, Gisele Kaboré, Julien Ouedraogo, Annabel Erulkar, and Sara Chace Dwyer
Prioritizing and targeting SBC investments in family planning for married youth in USAID priority countries [2 pages], Breakthrough RESEARCH
Prioritizing and targeting SBC investments in family planning for married youth in USAID priority countries [4 pages], Breakthrough RESEARCH
Prioritizing and targeting SBC investments to address adolescent pregnancy in USAID priority countries [2 pages], Breakthrough RESEARCH
Prioritizing and targeting SBC investments to address adolescent pregnancy in USAID priority countries [4 pages], Breakthrough RESEARCH
Proposing a conceptual framework to address social norms that influence adolescent sexual and reproductive health, Julie Pulerwitz, Robert Blum, Beniamino Cislaghi, Elizabeth Costenbader, Cynthia C. Harper, Lori L. Heise, Anjalee Kohli, and Rebecka Lundgren
Provision of medical methods of abortion in facilities in India in 2015: A six state comparison, Ann M. Moore, Melissa Stillman, Chander Shekhar, Shveta Kalyanwala, Rajib Acharya, Susheela Singh, Manas R. Pradhan, and Manoj Alagarajan
Quality of care and HIV service utilization among key populations in Zambia: A qualitative comparative analysis among female sex workers, men who have sex with men and people who use drugs, Nanlesta Pilgrim, Maurice Musheke, H. Fisher Raymond, Ryan Keating, John Mwale, Lunda Banda, Drosin Mulenga, Lyson Phiri, Scott Geibel, and Waimar Tun
Reducing barriers to accessing fistula repair: Implementation research in Uganda, Justus Barageine, Charity Ndwiga, Hassan Kanakulya, and Pooja Sripad
Reference guide: Factorial focus group analysis methods for studying social norm change, Bettina Shell-Duncan, Amadou Moreau, Katherine Wander, and Sarah Smith
Reference guide for data collection: Qualitative social network interviews, Bettina Shell-Duncan, Amadou Moreau, Sarah Smith, and Holly B. Shakya
Relationship between self-efficacy and HIV testing uptake among young men who have sex with men in Myanmar: A cross-sectional analysis, Minh D. Pham, Poe Poe Aung, Paul A. Agius, Naanki Pasricha, Swai Mon Oo, Waimar Tun, Ashish Bajracharya, and Stanley Luchters
Reproductive health and desire for children among young female sex workers in Bangladesh brothels, Eileen Yam, Nargis Sultana, Tarik Hossain, Brady Zieman, Shongkour Roy, Reena Yasmin, Najmus Sadiq, and Sharif M.I. Hossain
Research capacity strengthening in sub-Saharan Africa: Recognizing the importance of local partnerships in designing and disseminating HIV implementation science to reach the 90–90–90 goals, Anna Kalbarczyk, Wendy Davis, Sam Kalibala, Scott Geibel, Aisha I. Yansaneh, Nina A. Martin, Ellen Weiss, Deanna Kerrigan, and Yukari C. Manabe
Rising HIV prevalence among men who have sex with men in Nigeria: A trend analysis, George I. Eluwa, Sylvia Adebajo, Titilope Eluwa, Obinna Ogbanufe, Oluwafunke Ilesanmi, and Charles Nzelu
SAUTI/VOICE Project: First UNHCR-Population Council regional workshop, Josephine Ngebeh, Chi-Chi Undie, Joanina Karugaba, George Odwe, Nachela Chelwa, Harriet Birungi, and Michael Mbizvo
School re-entry and retention policies in Kenya: Homa Bay County Head Teachers Dialogue, Chi-Chi Undie, Harriet Birungi, George Odwe, and Francis Obare
Setting the global research agenda for community health systems: Literature and consultative review, Smisha Agarwal, Karen Kirk, Pooja Sripad, Benjamin Bellows, Timothy Abuya, and Charlotte E. Warren
Shifts in FGM/C practice in Sudan: Communities’ perspectives and drivers, Nafisa Bedri, Huda Sherfi, Ghada Rudwan, Sara Elhadi, Caroline W. Kabiru, and Wafaa Amin
Situation analysis of reproductive health of adolescents and youth in Pakistan, Iram Kamran, Rehan M. Niazi, Kiren Khan, and Faisal Abbas
Social Behavior Change (SBC) Business Case and Costing—Slide deck, Breakthrough RESEARCH
Social norms measurement: Catching up with programs and moving the field forward, Elizabeth Costenbader, Beniamino Cislaghi, Cari Jo Clark, Laura Hinson, Rachel Lenzi, Donna R. McCarraher, Courtney McLarnon-Silk, Julie Pulerwitz, Bryan Shaw, and Leigh Stefanik
Spousal violence against women in India: A social–ecological analysis using data from the National Family Health Survey 2015 to 2016, Jaleel Ahmad, Nizamuddin Khan, and Arupendra Mozumdar
Stigma as a barrier to family planning use among married youth in Ethiopia, Aparna Jain, Hussein Ismail, Elizabeth Tobey, and Annabel Erulkar
Storytelling and policy change in Africa's Great Lakes Region, Chi-Chi Undie, Nathan Byamukama, George Odwe, Nachela Chelwa, Harriet Birungi, and Michael Mbizvo
Strengthening Bauchi State College of Nursing and Midwifery by updating its training curricula, procedure manuals and student handbooks, Ekechi Okereke, Ibrahim Suleiman, and Aisha Jibril
Strengthening capacity to prevent HIV among adolescent girls and young women: Supporting DREAMS programming, Project SOAR
Strengthening Cross River state schools of nursing and midwifery by updating their training curricula, procedure manuals and student handbooks, Ekechi Okereke, Godwin Unumeri, and Aisha Jibril
Strengthening in-service training and continuing education (IST/CE) for frontline health workers for Bauchi and Cross River states, Ekechi Okereke, Godwin Unumeri, Ibrahim Suleiman, and Aisha Jibril
The added value of costing social and behavior change interventions, Breakthrough RESEARCH
The business case for investing in social and behavior change for family planning, James Rosen, Nicole M. Bellows, Lori Bollinger, Willyanne DeCormier Plosky, and Michelle Weinberger