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Submissions from 2014
Influence of customized demand generation as a strategy to increase uptake of voluntary counseling and testing services amongst sex workers in Mumbai and Thane, Samita Bhardwaj, Sowmya Ramesh, and Sanjeev Singh Gaikwad
Integration of HIV and maternal healthcare in a high HIV-prevalence setting: Analysis of client flow data over time in Swaziland, Isolde J. Birdthistle, Susannah H. Mayhew, Joshua Kikuvi, Weiwei Zhou, Kathryn Church, Charlotte E. Warren, Rejoice Nkambule, Justin Fenty, and Integra Initiative
Integration of HIV and other health programmes: Implications and challenges, Sangram Kishor Patel
Interaction of oligomeric breast cancer resistant protein (BCRP) with adjudin: A male contraceptive with anti-cancer activity, Yan Ho Cheng, Pranitha Jenardhanan, Premendu P. Mathur, Xiaojing Qian, Weiliang Xia, Bruno Silvestrini, and C. Yan Cheng
International seminar on promoting postpartum and post-abortion family planning: Challenges and opportunities, IUSSP Scientific Panel on Reproductive Health
Investing in communities: Evaluating the added value of community mobilization on HIV prevention outcomes among FSWs in India, Anne Sebert Kuhlmann, Christine Galavotti, Philip Hastings, Pradeep Narayanan, and Niranjan Saggurti
Kenya country profile: A status check on unintended pregnancy in Kenya, Joyce Mumah, Jessica Brinton, Caroline W. Kabiru, Carol Mukiira, and Chimaraoke O. Izugbara
Knowledge and provision practices of misoprostol among pharmacies in Senegal, Ramatoulaye Ndao, Babacar Mane, Eva Burke, Nafissatou Diop, Kate Reiss, Thoai Ngo, Katharine Footman, and Maaike Van Min
Kuongeza ushahidi unaojulikana kwa kuzuia maambukizi ya Virusi vya UKIMWI (VVU) miongoni mwa wasichana na wanawake [Scaling up evidence-informed HIV prevention for adolescent girls and young women], Melanie Croce-Galis, Karen Hardee, and Jill Gay
La planification familiale postpartum au Burkina Faso - résumé en français, STEP UP Research Programme Consortium
Lessons from sexual and reproductive health voucher program design and function: A comprehensive review, Corinne G. Grainger, Anna C. Gorter, Jerry Okal, and Benjamin Bellows
Life table analysis of a small sample of Santal population living in a rural locality of West Bengal, India, Arupendra Mozumdar, Bhubon Mohan Das, and Subrata Kumar Roy
Making the cut: Evidence-based lessons for improving the informed consent process for voluntary medical male circumcision in Swaziland and Zambia, Katie D. Schenk, Barbara Friedland, Meredith Sheehy, Louis Apicella, and Paul C. Hewett
Male circumcision and sexual risk behaviors may contribute to considerable ethnic disparities in HIV prevalence in Kenya: An ecological analysis, Chris Richard Kenyon, Lung Vu, Joris Menten, and Brendan Maughan-Brown
Maternal and newborn health behaviors in rural Uttar Pradesh: Findings from learning phase baseline survey 2013, M.E. Khan, Praween Kumar Agrawal, Avishek Hazra, Anvita Dixit, Isha Bhatnagar, Jaleel Ahmad, and D.N. Ahmad
Maternal health commodity landscaping exercise: A snapshot of the Bangladesh program, Sharif M.I. Hossain, Saumya RamaRao, Ismat Ara Hena, and Ubaidur Rob
Measuring the impact of contraceptive use on unintended pregnancy and other health outcomes, STEP UP Research Programme Consortium
Medical barriers to emergency contraception: A cross-sectional survey of doctors in North India, M.E. Khan, Anvita Dixit, Isha Bhatnagar, and Martha Brady
Men’s heavy alcohol use and risk of HIV acquisition and transmission to sexual partners within marriage in India, Niranjan Saggurti, Shrutika Sabarwal, and Bidhubhusan Mahapatra
Money, power and HIV: Economic influences and HIV among men who have sex with men in sub-Saharan Africa, Andrew Scheibe, Brian Kanyemba, Jennifer Syvertsen, Sylvia Adebajo, and Stefan Baral
Non-disclosure of violence among female sex workers: Evidence from a large scale cross-sectional survey in India, Bidhubhusan Mahapatra, Madhusudana Battala, Akash Porwal, and Niranjan Saggurti
Non-paying partnerships and its association with HIV risk behavior, program exposure and service utilization among female sex workers in India, Sandra Mary Travasso, Bidhubhusan Mahapatra, Niranjan Saggurti, and Suneeta Krishnan
Opportunities and challenges in implementing community based skilled birth attendance strategy in Kenya, Margaret Titty Mannah, Charlotte E. Warren, Shiphrah Kuria, and Adetoro A. Adegoke
Patent: Multi-layered gradient vaginal ring, Bruce Variano, Jeffrey Speck, Teresa Sallent, and Simone Evans
Patterns of drug use among people who inject drugs (PWID) and their implications for sexually transmitted infections in northern Nigeria, Desmond Iriaye, Ibrahim Suleiman, Otibho Obianwu, Sylvia Adebajo, George I. Eluwa, Jean Njab, Ayodeji Oginni, and Babatunde A.O. Ahonsi
Performance-based incentive for improving quality of maternal health services in Bangladesh, Ubaidur Rob and Mohammad Masudul Alam
PMTCT cascade analysis in Côte d'Ivoire: Results from a national representative sample, Stephen S. Gloyd, Julia Robinson, Serge A. Dali, S. Adam Granato, Rebecca Bartlein, Seydou Kouyate, David Aka, Doroux A. Billy, Irma Ahoba, and Ahoua Kone
Policy and programme considerations for ARV-based prevention for women: Insights from key opinion leaders in Zimbabwe about tenofovir gel, Samukeliso Dube, Barbara Friedland, Saiqa Mullick, Martha Brady, and C. Elizabeth McGrory
Population and health dynamics in Nairobi's informal settlements: Report of the Nairobi Cross-sectional Slums Survey (NCSS 2012), African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC)
Population and Reproductive Health in India: An Assessment of the Current Situation and Future Needs, Shireen J. Jejeebhoy, P.M. Kulkarni, K.G. Santhya, and Firoza Mehrotra
Postpartum contraception utilization among low-income women seeking immunization for infants in Mumbai, India, Sheila Mody, Saritha Nair, Anindita Dasgupta, Anita Raj, Balaiah Donta, Niranjan Saggurti, Dattaram D. Naik, and Jay G. Silverman
Postpartum family planning in Burkina Faso, Marina Daniele
Pretreatment loss-to-follow-up after HIV diagnosis from 27 counseling and testing centers across India: Findings from a cohort study, Avina Sarna, Mary Philip Sebastian, Damodar Bachani, Ruchi Sogarwal, and Madhusudana Battala
Prevalence of unintended pregnancy and needs for family planning among married adolescent girls living in urban slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Fauzia Akhter Huda, Sabiha Chowdhuri, Bidhan Krishna Sarker, Noushin Islam, and Anisuddin Ahmed
Prioritizing family planning for achieving provincial maternal child health and development goals, Zeba Sathar, Muhammad Asif Wazir, and Maqsood Sadiq
Program and policy considerations for tenofovir gel in India: An overview, Population Council
Promoting Respectful Maternity Care: A training guide for community-based workshops—Community facilitator's guide, Charity Ndwiga, Charlotte E. Warren, Timothy Abuya, Lucy Kanya, Alice Maranga, Christine Ochieng, Mary Wanjala, Beatrice Chelang'at, Anne Njeru, Annie Gituto, George Odhiambo, Faith Mbehero, Lucia Maina, and Jeremiah Maina
Promoting Respectful Maternity Care: A training guide for facility-based workshops—Participant's guide, Charity Ndwiga, Charlotte E. Warren, Timothy Abuya, Lucy Kanya, Alice Maranga, Christine Ochieng, Mary Wanjala, Beatrice Chelang'at, Anne Njeru, Annie Gituto, George Odhiambo, Faith Mbehero, Lucia Maina, and Jeremiah Maina
Promoting Respectful Maternity Care (RMC) at birth: Orientation for community-based workshops, Population Council
Promoting Respectful Maternity Care (RMC) at birth: Orientation for facility-based workshops, Population Council
Provider alerts and reminders to improve tuberculosis care among people living with HIV in Kenya: TB Tech formative report, Caricia Catalani, Eric P. Green, Lameck Diero, Jane Carter, Martin Were, Dennis Israelski, Adrian Gardner, Charity Ndwiga, and Paul Biondich
Provision of adolescent reproductive and sexual health services in India: Provider perspectives, Shireen J. Jejeebhoy, K.G. Santhya, Santosh Kumar Singh, Shilpi Rampal, and Komal Saxena
Reaching the unreached through community mobilization in an innovative and sustainable way, Arupendra Mozumdar, M.E. Khan, and Subrato Mondal
Reconceptualizing the HIV epidemiology and prevention needs of female sex workers (FSW) in Swaziland, Stefan Baral, Sosthenes Ketende, Jessie L. Green, Ping-An Chen, Ashley Grosso, Bheki Sithole, Cebisile Ntshangase, Eileen Yam, Deanna Kerrigan, Caitlin E. Kennedy, and Darrin Adams
Reduce contraception discontinuation in Bangladesh by improving counseling on side effects, Fauzia Akhter Huda and Sabiha Chowdhuri
Reducing unmet need and unwanted childbearing: Evidence from a panel survey in Pakistan, Anrudh K. Jain, Arshad Mahmood, Zeba Sathar, and Irfan Masood
Reducing unsafe menstrual regulation through medication in Bangladesh, Ubaidur Rob, Ismat Ara Hena, Nargis Sultana, Md. Irfan Hossain, Reena Yasmin, Tapash Ranjan Das, and Farid Uddin Ahmed
Reliance on condoms for contraceptive protection among HIV care and treatment clients: A mixed methods study on contraceptive choice and motivation within a generalised epidemic, Kathryn Church, Alison Wringe, Phelele Fakudze, Joshua Kikuvi, Zelda Nhlabatsi, Rachel Masuku, Susannah H. Mayhew, Timothy Abuya, Ian Askew, Isolde Birdthistle, Manuela Colombini, Natalie Friend Du-Preez, James Kimani, Jackline Kivunaga, Joelle Mak, Christine Michaels, Richard Mutemwa, Charity Ndwiga, Carol Dayo Obure, Sedona Sweeney, Anna Vassall, Charlotte E. Warren, Charlotte Watts, and Weiwei Zhou
Renforcer la prévention du VIH fondée sur des données éclairées visant les adolescenteset les jeunes femmes [Scaling up evidence-informed HIV prevention for adolescent girls and young women], Melanie Croce-Galis, Karen Hardee, and Jill Gay
Research gaps in scale up of family planning and reproductive health programming, The Evidence Project, E2A, HPP, and MEASURE Evaluation
Retention of adolescents living with HIV in care, treatment, and support programs in Uganda, Livingstone Ssali, Sam Kalibala, Josephine Birungi, Aggrey Egessa, Jonathan Wangisi, Joanne Lyavala Okullu, Celestin Bakanda, Stephen Okoboi, and Francis Obare
Role of a community-to-community learning strategy in the institutionalization of community mobilization among female sex workers in India, Santhosh Sadhu, Archana Rao Manukonda, Anthony Reddy Yeruva, Sangram Kishor Patel, and Niranjan Saggurti
Safe motherhood voucher programme coverage of health facility deliveries among poor women in South-western Uganda, Lucy Kanya, Francis Obare, Charlotte E. Warren, Timothy Abuya, Ian Askew, and Benjamin Bellows
Second consultation on developing standards for identifying evidence-based practices in reproductive health, STEP UP Research Programme Consortium
Setting the stage for ARV-based prevention for women: A snapshot of the Zimbabwean context, Population Council
Sexual and reproductive health of women living with HIV in Egypt: Unmet needs and unfulfilled dreams, Doaa Oraby and Nahla G. Abdel-Tawab
Sexuality, Gender Roles, and Domestic Violence in South Asia, M.E. Khan, John Townsend, and Pertti J. Pelto
Social accountability: What are the lessons for improving family planning and reproductive health programs?, Victoria Boydell and Jill Keesbury
Socio-demographic factors associated with uptake of HIV counseling and testing (HCT) among Nigerian youth, Ayodeji Oginni, Otibho Obianwu, and Sylvia Adebajo
Socioeconomic and behavioral factors influencing choice, adherence and success of microbicide formulations, Elizabeth E. Tolley, Barbara Friedland, Mitzy Gafos, K. Rivet Amico, Lut Van Damme, Cynthia Woodsong, Kathleen M. MacQueen, Leila Mansoor, and Sheena McCormack
Strategies for improving postpartum contraceptive use: Evidence from non-randomized studies, Laureen M. Lopez, Thomas W. Grey, Mario Chen, and Janet E. Hiller
Strengthening the enabling environment for women and girls: What is the evidence in social and structural approaches in the HIV response?, Karen Hardee, Jill Gay, Melanie Croce-Galis, and Amelia Peltz
Strengthening the evidence base on social accountability for improving family planning and reproductive health programs, Victoria Boydell, Jill Keesbury, and Kelsey Wright
Summarizing bodies of evidence on the implementation and effectiveness of FP/RH interventions, Ian Askew
Tackling stigma: Fundamental to an AIDS-free future, Julie Pulerwitz and John Bongaarts
Tenofovir gel for HIV prevention for women: Perspectives of key opinion leaders from India, Abhijit Prabhughate, Avina Sarna, and Martha Brady
The effect of mobility on sexual risk behaviour and HIV infection: A cross-sectional study of men who have sex with men in southern India, Sowmya Ramesh, Purnima Mehrotra, Bidhubhusan Mahapatra, Deepika Ganju, Karikalan Nagarajan, and Niranjan Saggurti
The free perinatal/postpartum contraceptive services project for migrant women in Shanghai: Effects on the incidence of unintended pregnancy, Yong-mei Huang, Ruth Merkatz, Hao-ping Zhu, Kevin Roberts, Régine Sitruk-Ware, Li-nan Cheng, and The Perinatal/Postpartum Contraceptive Services Project for Migrant Women Study Group
The impact of family planning programs on unmet need and demand for contraception, John Bongaarts
The impact of HIV/SRH service integration on workload: Analysis from the Integra Initiative in two African settings, Sedona Sweeney, Carol Dayo Obure, Fern Terris-Prestholt, Vanessa Darsamo, Christine Michaels-Igbokwe, Esther Muketo, Zelda Nhlabatsi, Charlotte E. Warren, Susannah H. Mayhew, Charlotte Watts, Anna Vassall, and The Integra Research Team
The management of unwanted pregnancy among women in Nairobi, Kenya, Chimaraoke O. Izugbara and Carolyne Egesa
The policy-practice gap: Describing discordances between regulation on paper and real-life practices among specialized drug shops in Kenya, Francis Wafula, Timothy Abuya, Abdinasir Amin, and Catherine Goodman
The promise and peril of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP): Using social science to inform PrEP interventions among female sex workers, Jennifer Syvertsen, Angela M. Robertson Bazzi, Andrew Scheibe, Sylvia Adebajo, Stephanie A. Strathdee, and Wendee M. Wechsberg
Training manual on basic monitoring and evaluation of social and behavior change communication health programs, Praween Kumar Agrawal, Kumudha Aruldas, and M.E. Khan
Understanding unintended pregnancy in Senegal: Country profile report, Kaila Clarke, Mohamadou Sall, Babacar Mane, Nafissatou Diop, and Bocar Mamadou Daff
Unintended pregnancies among young women living in urban slums: Evidence from a prospective study in Nairobi City, Kenya, Donatien Beguy, Joyce Mumah, and Lindsey Gottschalk
Unintended pregnancies in Kenya: A country profile, Joyce Mumah, Caroline W. Kabiru, Carol Mukiira, Jessica Brinton, Michael Mutua, Chimaraoke O. Izugbara, Harriet Birungi, and Ian Askew
Unintended pregnancy and abortion in India: Country profile report, Mary Philip Sebastian, M.E. Khan, and Daliya Sebastian
Unintended pregnancy and subsequent use of modern contraceptive among slum and non-slum women in Nairobi, Kenya, Jean-Christophe Fotso, Chimaraoke O. Izugbara, Teresa Saliku, and Rhoune Ochako
Unintended pregnancy by the numbers: A look at Kenya, Carol Mukiira, Joyce Mumah, Caroline W. Kabiru, and Chimaraoke O. Izugbara
Use of emergency contraceptive pills among female sex workers in Swaziland, Eileen Yam, Zandile Mnisi, S. Maziya, Caitlin E. Kennedy, and Stefan Baral
Using verbal and social autopsies to explore health-seeking behaviour among HIV-positive women in Kenya: A retrospective study, Rebecca Njuki, James Kimani, Francis Obare, and Charlotte E. Warren
Validating indicators of the quality of maternal health care: Final report, Kenya, Charlotte E. Warren, James Kelly Kimani, Jackline Kivunaga, Brian Mdawida, Charity Ndwiga, Katharine McCarthy, and Ann K. Blanc
Validating indicators of the quality of maternal health care: Final report, Mexico, Karla Berdichevsky, Claudia Diaz, Katharine McCarthy, and Ann K. Blanc
Voluntary, human rights-based family planning: A conceptual framework, Karen Hardee, Jan Kumar, Karen Newman, Lynn Bakamjian, Shannon Harris, Mariela Rodriguez, and Win Brown
What HIV programs work for adolescent girls?, Karen Hardee, Jill Gay, Melanie Croce-Galis, and Nana Ama Afari-Dwamena
Women's education, family planning, or both? Application of multistate demographic projections in India, Leiwen Jiang and Karen Hardee
Submissions from 2013
7a-methyl-19-nortestosterone (MENT®): The Population Council's contribution to research on male contraception and treatment of hypogonadism, Eberhard Nieschlag, Narender Kumar, and Régine Sitruk-Ware
Acceptability and effectiveness of linking HIV-positive family planning clients to treatment and care services among health care providers in Kenya, Wilson Liambila, Francis Obare, Harriet Birungi, Shiphrah Njeri Kuria, Ruth Wayua Muia, Christine Awuor, Joyce W. Maina, and Mary N. Maina
Access to emergency contraception and safe abortion services for survivors of rape and defilement in sub-Saharan Africa: A regional overview, Jill Thompson, Chi-Chi Undie, and Ian Askew
Adapting the WHO tool on sexual and reproductive health and human rights: Experiences in four countries, Ian Askew, Kaila Clarke, Fauzia Akhter Huda, Joyce Mumah, and Mary Philip Sebastian
Adherence to antiretroviral therapy and its effect on survival of HIV-infected individuals in Jharkhand, India, Sandeep Rai, Bidhubhusan Mahapatra, Subhashish Sircar, Pinnamaneni Yujwal Raj, Srinivasan Venkatesh, Mohammed Shaukat, and Bharat Bhusan Rewari
A greenprint for sustainable contraceptive research and development, Kirsten Moore, John Townsend, Jeff Spieler, Patricia S. Coffey, Diana Blithe, Elizabeth Arndorfer, and Elizabeth Dawes
Alcohol and condom use among HIV-positive and HIV-negative female sex workers in Nagaland, India, Amenia Nuken, Michelle Kermode, Niranjan Saggurti, Greg Armstrong, and Gajendra Kumar Medhi
Alcohol consumption as a barrier to prior HIV testing in a population-based study in rural Uganda, Robin Fatch, Benjamin Bellows, Fred Bagenda, Edgar M. Mulogo, Sheri Weiser, and Judith A. Hahn
A multi-country study of the "intrapartum stillbirth and early neonatal death indicator" in hospitals in low-resource settings, Robert L. Goldenberg, Elizabeth M. McClure, Bhala Kodkany, Gilbert Wembodinga, Omrana Pasha, Fabian Esamai, Antoinette Tshefu, Archana Patel, Hillary Mabaye, Shivaparasad Goudar, Sarah Saleem, Manjushri Waikar, Ana Langer, Carl L. Bose, Craig E. Rubens, Linda L. Wright, Janet Moore, and Ann K. Blanc
Analyse des besoins non satisfaits au Sénégal, Kazuyo Machiyama and John C. Cleland
An assessment of opportunities and challenges for public sector involvement in the maternal health voucher program in Uganda, Jerry Okal, Lucy Kanya, Francis Obare, Rebecca Njuki, Timothy Abuya, Teresah Bange, Charlotte E. Warren, Ian Askew, and Benjamin Bellows
An evaluation of methods to improve the reporting of adherence in a placebo gel trial in Andhra Pradesh, India, Sharon Abbott, Barbara Friedland, Avina Sarna, Lauren L. Katzen, Ulrike Rawiel, Aylur K. Srikrishnan, C.S. Shalini, Waimar Tun, Christine A. Kelly, Suniti Solomon, and Barbara Mensch