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Submissions from 2013
Situation analysis of programs to meet the HIV prevention, care, and treatment needs of persons with disabilities in Ghana, Uganda, and Zambia, Waimar Tun, Jerry Okal, Katie D. Schenk, Meredith Sheehy, Emmanuel Kuffour, Selina F. Esantsi, Hilary Asiah, Grimond Moono, Felix Mutale, Rita Kyeremaa, Edson Ngirabakunzi, and Atwijukire Justus
Statement on combined hormonal contraceptives containing third- or fourth-generation progestogens or cyproterone acetate, and the associated risk of thromboembolism, Johannes Bitzer, Jean-Jacques Amy, Rob Beerthuizen, Martin Birkhauser, Teresa Bombas, Mitchell Creinin, Philip Darney, Lisa Ferreira Vicente, Kristina Gemzell-Danielsson, Bruno Imthurn, Jeffrey T. Jensen, Andrew M. Kaunitz, Ali Kubba, Medard M. Lech, Diana Mansour, Gabriele Merki, Thomas Rabe, Katrina Sedlecki, David Serfaty, Jacques Seydoux, Lee P. Shulman, Régine Sitruk-Ware, Sven O. Skouby, Anne Szarewski, James Trussell, and Carolyn Westhoff
Status report on the sexual and reproductive health of adolescents living in urban slums in Kenya, Donatien Beguy, Joyce Mumah, Salome Wawire, Kanyiva Muindi, Lindsey Gottschalk, and Caroline W. Kabiru
Strategies for recruiting injection drug users for HIV prevention services in Delhi, India, Waimar Tun, Mary Philip Sebastian, Vartika Sharma, Ira Madan, Samir Souidi, Dean Lewis, Ibou Thior, and Avina Sarna
Study protocol for promoting respectful maternity care initiative to assess, measure and design interventions to reduce disrespect and abuse during childbirth in Kenya, Charlotte E. Warren, Rebecca Njuki, Timothy Abuya, Charity Ndwiga, Jane Serwanga Maingi, Faith Mbehero, Louisa Muteti, Anne Njeru, Joseph Karanja, Joyce Olenja, Lucy Gitonga, Chris Rakuom, and Benjamin Bellows
The apical ectoplasmic specialization-blood-testis barrier functional axis is A novel target for male contraception, Ka-Wai Mok, Pearl P.Y. Lie, Dolores D. Mruk, Jayakanthan Mannu, Premendu P. Mathur, Bruno Silvestrini, and C. Yan Cheng
The association between noncommercial partnerships and risk of HIV among female sex workers: Evidences from a cross-sectional behavioral and biological survey in southern India, Renuka Somanatha Pullikalu, Ram Manohar Mishra, Niranjan Saggurti, and Parimi Prabhakar
The association of unwanted pregnancy and social support with depressive symptoms in pregnancy: Evidence from rural southwestern Ethiopia, Yohannes Dibaba Wado, Mesganaw Fantahun Afework, and Michelle J. Hindin
The blood-follicle barrier (BFB) in disease and in ovarian function, Michelle K.Y. Siu and C. Yan Cheng
The community midwifery model in Kenya: Expanding access to comprehensive reproductive health services at the community level, Wilson Liambila, Francis Obare, Chi-Chi Undie, Harriet Birungi, Shiphrah Kuria, Ruth Wayua Muia, and Assumpta Matekwa
The Community Mobilization for Preventive Action (COMPACT) project in Zambia: A midline evaluation, Waimar Tun, Chabu Kangale, Scott Geibel, Meredith Sheehy, Ray Handema, and Mwaka Monze
The consequences of unintended pregnancy for maternal and child health in rural India: Evidence from prospective data, Abhishek Singh, Ashish Singh, and Bidhubhusan Mahapatra
The evolving braid: How an organization in Uganda achieved reliable communications, Melissa Densmore, Benjamin Bellows, John Chuang, and Eric Brewer
The health and wellbeing of young people in sub-Saharan Africa: An under-researched area?, Caroline W. Kabiru, Chimaraoke O. Izugbara, and Donatien Beguy
The impact of vouchers on the use and quality of health care in developing countries: A systematic review, Carinne D. Brody, Nicole M. Bellows, Martha Campbell, and Malcolm Potts
The importance of public sector health facility-level data for monitoring changes in maternal mortality risks among communities: The case of Pakistan, Anrudh K. Jain, Zeba Sathar, Momina Salim, and Zakir Hussain Shah
The role of community-based health planning and services strategy in involving males in the provision of family planning services: A qualitative study in Southern Ghana, Philip Baba Adongo, Placide Tapsoba, James F. Phillips, Philip Teg-Nefaah Tabong, Allison Stone, Emmanuel Kuffour, Selina F. Esantsi, and Patricia Akweongo
The Unfinished Agenda to Meet FP2020 Goals: 12 Actions to Fill Critical Evidence Gaps, Ian Askew and Martha Brady
Toward a research agenda on gendered violence in sub-Saharan Africa, Chi-Chi Undie
Transcriptional regulation of cell adhesion at the blood-testis barrier and spermatogenesis in the testis, Wing-Yee Lui and C. Yan Cheng
Transitions to adulthood in a high fertility context: The case of sub-Saharan Africa, Caroline W. Kabiru, Chimaraoke O. Izugbara, Donatien Beguy, and Estelle M. Sidze
Ulipristal blocks ovulation by inhibiting progesterone receptor-dependent pathways intrinsic to the ovary, Shanmugasundaram Nallasamy, Jaeyeon Kim, Régine Sitruk-Ware, Milan K. Bagchi, and Indrani C. Bagchi
Understanding orphan and non-orphan adolescents' sexual risks in the context of poverty: A qualitative study in Nyanza Province, Kenya, Milka Juma, Jane Alaii, L. Kay Bartholomew, Ian Askew, and Bart van den Borne
Understanding unintended pregnancy in Bangladesh: Country profile report, Fauzia Akhter Huda, Sabiha Chowdhuri, Yolande Robertson, Noushin Islam, Bidhan Krishna Sarker, Ashrafi Jahan Azmi, and Laura Reichenbach
Unintended pregnancies and the use of maternal health services in southwestern Ethiopia, Yohannes Dibaba Wado, Mesganaw Fantahun Afework, and Michelle J. Hindin
Unmet need and unintended pregnancy: The bigger picture, Ian Askew
Unmet need and unintended pregnancy: The bigger picture, Ian Askew
Unsuccessful prior attempts to terminate pregnancy among women seeking first trimester abortion at registered facilities in Bihar and Jharkhand, India, Rajesh Kumar, A.J. Francis Zavier, Shveta Kalyanwala, and Shireen J. Jejeebhoy
Use of dual protection among female sex workers in Swaziland, Eileen Yam, Zandile Mnisi, X. Mabuza, Caitlin E. Kennedy, Deanna Kerrigan, Amy Ong Tsui, and Stefan Baral
Use of magnesium sulfate for treatment of pre-eclampsia and eclampsia in Mexico, Marieke G. van Dijk, Claudia Diaz, Patricia Zuniga Uribe, Rufina Luna Gordillo, Maria Elena Reyes Gutierrez, and Sandra G. Garcia
Use of the dye stain assay and ultraviolet light test for assessing vaginal insertion of placebo-filled applicators before and after sex, Marla J. Keller, Niall Buckley, Lauren L. Katzen, Jennifer Walsh, Barbara Friedland, Sarah A. Littlefield, Juan Lin, Xiaonan Xue, Terri Cornelison, Betsy C. Herold, and Mark H. Einstein
Using evidence-based recommendations for guidance, guidelines and scale-up strategies, Ian Askew
Violence-related coping, help seeking and health care-based intervention preferences among perinatal women in Mumbai, India, Michele R. Decker, Saritha Nair, Niranjan Saggurti, Bushra Sabri, Meghna Jethva, Anita Raj, Balaiah Donta, and Jay G. Silverman
Vitamin A supplementation among children in India: Does their socioeconomic status and the economic and social development status of their state of residence make a difference?, Sutapa Agrawal and Praween Kumar Agrawal
Why do we need male contraceptives?, C. Yan Cheng and Dolores D. Mruk
Women's childhood experience: A perspective from rural Haryana, India, Sutapa Agrawal, Sayeed Unisa, and Praween Kumar Agrawal
Submissions from 2012
60 years of ideas, evidence, and impact, Population Council
Acceptability in microbicide and PrEP trials: Current status and a reconceptualization, Barbara Mensch, Ariane van der Straten, and Lauren L. Katzen
A decade of research involving men who have sex with men in sub-Saharan Africa: Current knowledge and future directions, Nicholas Muraguri, Marleen Temmerman, and Scott Geibel
Adoption and continuation of contraception following medical or surgical abortion in Bihar and Jharkhand, India, Shveta Kalyanwala, Rajib Acharya, and A.J. Francis Zavier
Adverse drug reactions to antiretroviral therapy (ARVs): Incidence, type, and risk factors in Nigeria, George I. Eluwa, Titilope Badru, Kenneth A. Agu, Kesiena Akpoigbe, Otto Nzapfurundi, and Chabikuli Christoph Hamelmann
Alcohol use and STI among men in India: Evidences from a national household survey, Arvind Pandey, Ram Manohar Mishra, Dandu C.S. Reddy, Mariamma Thomas, Damodar Sahu, and Deepak Bharadwaj
A lifetime of violence: Results from an exploratory survey of Mexican women with HIV, Tamil Kendall, Marieke G. van Dijk, Katherine Wilson, Nizarindandi Picasso, Diana K. Lara, and Sandra G. Garcia
Anal sex and associated HIV-related sexual risk factors among female sex workers in Andhra Pradesh, India, Rajesh Kumar Patra, Bidhubhusan Mahapatra, Dolly Kovvali, Laxminarayana Proddutoor, and Niranjan Saggurti
An assessment of individual and institutional research utilization by policy-makers and programme managers at state and national levels in Nigeria, National Agency for the Control of AIDS
An ethnographic study of injecting drug users and men who have sex with men in selected states in Nigeria, Enhancing Nigeria's HIV/AIDS Response (ENR) Programme
A new combination of testosterone and nestorone transdermal gels for male hormonal contraception, Niloufar Ilani, Mara Y. Roth, John K. Amory, Ronald S. Swerdloff, Clint Dart, Stephanie T. Page, William J. Bremner, Régine Sitruk-Ware, Narender Kumar, Diana Blithe, and Christina Wang
A policy analysis of the implementation of a reproductive health vouchers program in Kenya, Timothy Abuya, Rebecca Njuki, Charlotte E. Warren, Jerry Okal, Francis Obare, Lucy Kanya, Ian Askew, and Benjamin Bellows
A review and evaluation of multi-sectoral response services ('one-stop centers') for gender-based violence in Kenya and Zambia, Jill Keesbury, Washington Onyango-Ouma, Chi-Chi Undie, Catherine Maternowska, Frederick Mugisha, Emmy Kageha, and Ian Askew
Assessing and improving self-reporting of male circumcision in Zambia and Swaziland, Paul C. Hewett, Nicole Haberland, Barbara Mensch, and Louis Apicella
Assessment of management information system [MIS] of national program for family planning and primary health care [LHW Program], Arshad Mahmood and Syeda Saman Naz
Assessment of unsafe injection practices and sexual behaviors among male injecting drug users in two urban cities of India using respondent driven sampling, Avina Sarna, Waimar Tun, Aruna Bhattacharya, Dean Lewis, Yumnam Shashikumar Singh, and Louis Apicella
Attitudes, beliefs, and practices of key opinion leaders (KOL) and providers about emergency contraception (EC) in Senegal, Babacar Mane, Saumya RamaRao, Martha Brady, Fatou Bintou Mbow, and Ababacar Thiam
Attitudes, beliefs, and practices of providers and key opinion leaders on emergency contraception in India, M.E. Khan, Deepthi S. Varma, Isha Bhatnagar, Anvita Dixit, and Martha Brady
Attitudes, croyances et pratiques des leaders d'opinion clés (loc) et des prestataires sur la contraception d'urgence (CU) au Sénégal, Babacar Mane, Saumya RamaRao, Martha Brady, Fatou Bintou Mbow, and Ababacar Thiam
Bellagio consensus: Recommendations for action to increase access to highly effective, long-acting, reversible contraception, Population Council
Benefits of using magnesium sulphate (MgSO_4) for eclampsia management and maternal mortality reduction: Lessons from Kano State in northern Nigeria, Ekechi Okereke, Babatunde A.O. Ahonsi, Jamilu Tukur, Salisu Mohammed Ishaku, and Ayodeji Oginni
Birth spacing and family planning uptake in Pakistan: Evidence from FALAH, Arshad Mahmood
Changing epidemiology of HIV in Mumbai: An application of the Asian epidemic model, Ram Manohar Mishra, Madhulika Dube, Damodar Sahu, Niranjan Saggurti, and Arvind Pandey
Community advocacy groups as a means to address the social environment of female sex workers: A case study in Andhra Pradesh, India, Swarup Punyam, Renuka Somanatha Pullikalu, Ram Manohar Mishra, Prashanth Sandri, Balakrishna Prasad Mutupuru, Suresh Babu Kokku, and Parimi Prabhakar
Community health workers for maternal and child health, Leah Jarvis and Nancy Termini LaChance
Community midwifery services in Kenya: Implementation guidelines, Kenya Ministry of Health
Community norms about youth condom use in Western Kenya: Is transition occurring?, Paula Tavrow, Eunice N. Muthengi, Albert Obbuyi, and Vidalyne Omollo
Contraceptive use dynamics in Pakistan 2008-09, Arshad Mahmood and Syeda Saman Naz
Countdown to 2015: A case study of maternal and child health service delivery challenges in five districts of Punjab, Ali M. Mir and Sadaf Gull
Country mapping: Kenya, Francis Obare, Wilson Liambila, Harriet Birungi, Eseoise Itombra, Heather Clark, and Saumya RamaRao
Country mapping: Nigeria, Salisu Mohammed Ishaku and Saumya RamaRao
Country mapping: Senegal, Babacar Mane, Nafissatou Diop, Nancy Termini LaChance, Saumya RamaRao, and Heather Clark
Critical issues for integrating SRH and HIV/AIDS services to provide dual protection against unintended pregnancy and HIV/STI acquisition, Population Council
Defining effective voucher management information systems: A blueprint for information systems to support scalable reproductive health voucher programs, based on system evaluations with programs in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania, Mahad Ibrahim, Benjamin Bellows, and Jaspal S. Sandhu
Disclosure of HIV status to sex partners among HIV-infected men and women in Cape Town, South Africa, Lung Vu, Katherine Andrinopoulos, Catherine Mathews, Mickey Chopra, Carl Kendall, and Thomas P. Eisele
Effects of a novel estrogen-free, progesterone receptor modulator-contraceptive vaginal ring on inhibition of ovulation, bleeding patterns and endometrium in normal women, Vivian Brache; Régine Sitruk-Ware; A. Williams; Diana Blithe; Horacio B. Croxatto; Narender Kumar; Sushma Kumar; Yun-yen Tsong; Irving Sivin; Anita Nath; Heather Sussman; Leila Cochon; Marie-José Miranda; Veronica Reyes; Anibal Faundes; and Daniel R. Mishell, Jr.
Evaluation of an intervention to improve quality of care in family planning programme in the Philippines, Anrudh K. Jain, Saumya RamaRao, Jacqueline Kim, and Marilou P. Costello
Evaluation of the population-level impact of the maternal health voucher program in Uganda, Reproductive Health Vouchers Evaluation Team
Examining dimensions of vulnerability among children in Uganda, Sam Kalibala, Katie D. Schenk, Deborah Weiss, and Lynne Elson
Executive summary—Family planning programs for the 21st century: Rationale and design, John Bongaarts, John C. Cleland, John Townsend, Jane T. Bertrand, and Monica Das Gupta
Expanding access to comprehensive reproductive health and HIV information and services for married adolescent girls in Nyanza Province, Chi-Chi Undie, Harriet Birungi, Francis Obare, Ben Ochieng, Wilson Liambila, Erick Oweya, Ian Askew, Rob Burnet, Bridget Deacon, and Aisha Mohamed
Exploring the effectiveness of the output-based aid voucher program to increase uptake of gender-based violence recovery services in Kenya: A qualitative evaluation, Rebecca Njuki, Jerry Okal, Charlotte E. Warren, Francis Obare, Timothy Abuya, Lucy Kanya, Chi-Chi Undie, Benjamin Bellows, and Ian Askew
Factors associated with second trimester abortion in rural Maharashtra and Rajasthan, India, A.J. Francis Zavier, Shireen J. Jejeebhoy, and Shveta Kalyanwala
Factors associated with unintended pregnancy, poor birth outcomes and post-partum contraceptive use among HIV-positive female adolescents in Kenya, Francis Obare, Anke van der Kwaak, and Harriet Birungi
Family Planning Programs for the 21st Century: Rationale and Design, John Bongaarts, John C. Cleland, John Townsend, Jane T. Bertrand, and Monica Das Gupta
Feasibility of expanding the medication abortion provider base in India to include ayurvedic physicians and nurses, Shireen J. Jejeebhoy, Shveta Kalyanwala, Shuchita Mundle, Jaydeep Tank, A.J. Francis Zavier, Rajesh Kumar, Rajib Acharya, and Nita Jha
Fertility differences among developing countries: Are they still related to family planning program efforts and social settings?, Anrudh K. Jain and John A. Ross
Getting real with youth-friendly services in Africa: Report of a satellite session at the XIX International AIDS Conference, Population Council
Global population trends and policy options, Alex C. Ezeh, John Bongaarts, and Blessing U. Mberu
Helping rural women in Pakistan to prevent postpartum hemorrhage: A quasi experimental study, Ali M. Mir, Abdul Wajid, and Sadaf Gull
HIV-related conspiracy beliefs and its relationships with HIV testing and unprotected sex among men who have sex with men in Tshwane (Pretoria), South Africa, Waimar Tun, Scott E. Kellerman, Senkhu Maimane, Zukiswa Fipaza, Meredith Sheehy, Lung Vu, and Dawie Nel
HIV risk behaviors among female sex workers using cell phone for client solicitation in India, Bidhubhusan Mahapatra, Niranjan Saggurti, Shiva S. Halli, and Anrudh K. Jain
Hormonal contraception and HIV acquisition risk: Implications for individual users and public policies, Anrudh K. Jain
Hormonal contraception and the risk of HIV acquisition among women in South Africa, Charles S. Morrison, Stephanie Skoler-Karpoff, Cynthia Kwok, Pai-lien Chen, Janneke Van De Wijgert, Marlena Gehret Plagianos, Smruti Patel, Khatija Ahmed, Gita Ramjee, Barbara Friedland, and Pekka Lahteenmaki
Household survey to evaluate the Zambia-led Prevention Initiative: Baseline report, Zambia-led Prevention Initiative
How effective is community mobilisation in HIV prevention among highly diverse sex workers in urban settings? The Aastha intervention experience in Mumbai and Thane districts, India, Sanjeev Singh Gaikwad, Amrita Bhende, Gaurav Nidhi, Niranjan Saggurti, and Virupax Ranebennur
Incentivizing providers to improve maternal, newborn and child health services in Bangladesh: Pay-for-performance model refinement and advocacy (P4P MRA) final report, Md. Noorunnabi Talukder, Ubaidur Rob, Laila Rahman, A.K.M. Zafar Ullah Khan, Riad Mahmud, Azizul Alim, Ismat Ara Hena, Farhana Akter, and Anup Kumar Dey
Increased impact of a contraceptive vaginal ring with ethinyl estradiol and nestorone on C-reactive protein, Mandana Rad, Jacobus Burggraaf, Régine Sitruk-Ware, Marieke L. de Kam, Adam F. Cohen, and Cornelius Kluft
Increasing access to family planning and reproductive health services through community work: A case study of a dual cadre model in India, Jaleel Ahmad, Isha Bhatnagar, and M.E. Khan
Increasing postpartum contraception in rural India: Evaluation of a community-based behavior change communication intervention, Mary Philip Sebastian, M.E. Khan, Kaushal Kumari, and Rukma Idnani
Indicators of mobility, socio-economic vulnerabilities and HIV risk behaviours among mobile female sex workers in India, Niranjan Saggurti, Anrudh K. Jain, Mary Philip Sebastian, Rajendra Singh, Hanimi Reddy Modugu, Shiva S. Halli, and Ravi K. Verma
Injectable contraceptives: Perspectives and experiences of women and health care providers in India, Shireen J. Jejeebhoy and A.J. Francis Zavier
Intercellular adhesion molecule-1 is a regulator of blood-testis barrier function, Xiang Xiao, C. Yan Cheng, and Dolores D. Mruk