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Submissions from 2009
Reference Guides for Health Care Organizations Seeking Accreditation for High-quality, Gender-sensitive Reproductive Health Services—Appendixes, Patricia Riveros, Erica Palenque, Ricardo Vernon, Ignacio Carreno, and John H. Bratt
Regulation of blood-testis barrier dynamics by focal adhesion kinase (FAK): An unexpected turn of events, C. Yan Cheng and Dolores D. Mruk
Revitalizing family planning: Lessons learned on strengthening contraceptive provision, Frontiers in Reproductive Health
Safety and availability of dapivirine (TMC120) delivered from an intravaginal ring, Joseph W. Romano, Bruce Variano, P. Coplan, J. Van Roey, K. Douville, Zeda Rosenberg, Marleen Temmerman, H. Verstraelen, L. Van Bortel, S. Weyers, and M. Mitchnick
Sexual behavior and desires among adolescents perinatally infected with human immunodeficiency virus in Uganda: Implications for programming, Harriet Birungi, John Frank Mugisha, Francis Obare Onyango, and Juliana K. Nyombi
Sexual risk reduction among married women and men in urban India: An anthropological intervention, Stephen L. Schensul, Ravi K. Verma, Bonnie K. Nastasi, Niranjan Saggurti, and Abdelwahed Mekki-Berrada
Sexual violence: Setting the research agenda for Kenya, Catherine Maternowska, Jill Keesbury, and Nduku Kilonzo
Social context, sexual risk perceptions and stigma: HIV vulnerability among male sex workers in Mombasa, Kenya, Jerry Okal, Stanley Luchters, Scott Geibel, Matthew F. Chersich, Daniel Lango, and Marleen Temmerman
Special needs of in-school HIV positive young people in Uganda, Francis Obare, Harriet Birungi, Anne Katahoire, Hannington Nkayivu, and Aggrey David Kibenge
Standards required in maintaining the chain of evidence in the context of post rape care services: Findings of a study conducted in Kenya, Carol Ajema, Emily Rogena, Hadley Muchela, Buluma Bwire, and Nduku Kilonzo
STI prevalence and associated factors among urban men in Pakistan, Ali M. Mir, Abdul Wajid, Laura Reichenbach, and Mumraiz Khan
Technical assistance to the Uganda AIDS Commission for operationallisation of the performance monitoring and management plan, Frederick Makumbi, Roy Mayega, David Kisitu, Juliet Sekandi, Denis A. Bwesigye, Robert Miller, and Sam Kalibala
Testicular cell junction: A novel target for male contraception, Nikki P.Y. Lee, Elissa W.P. Wong, Dolores D. Mruk, and C. Yan Cheng
TGF-β3 and TNFα perturb blood-testis barrier (BTB) dynamics by accelerating the clathrin-mediated endocytosis of integral membrane proteins: A new concept of BTB regulation during spermatogenesis, Weiliang Xia, Elissa W.P. Wong, Dolores D. Mruk, and C. Yan Cheng
The AFFORD Health Marketing Initiative in Uganda: Mid-term evaluation, Oleksandr Rohozynsky, Christie Billingsley, and Annette Bongiovanni
The (+)- and (-)-gossypols potently inhibit human and rat 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2, Bing-Bing Chen, Han Lin, Guo-Xin Hu, Ying Su, Hong-Yu Zhou, Qing-Quan Lian, Hui Cai, Dianne O. Hardy, Ding-Ying Gu, and Renshan Ge
The co-occurrence of intimate partner violence and syphilis among pregnant women in Bolivia, Claudia Díaz-Olavarrieta, Kate S. Wilson, Sandra G. García, Rita Revollo, Kara Richmond, Francisco Paz, and Lorena Chavez
The Copperbelt model of integrated care for survivors of rape and defilement: Testing the feasibility of police provision of emergency contraceptive pills, Jill Keesbury, Mary Zama, and Sudha Shreeniwas
The effectiveness of a community-based education program on abandoning female genital mutilation/cutting in Senegal, Nafissatou J. Diop and Ian Askew
The feasibility of integrating alcohol risk-reduction counseling into existing VCT services in Kenya, Caroline Mackenzie, Karusa Kiragu, George Odingo, Rukia Yassin, Peter Shikuku, Patrick Angala, William Sinkele, Melania Akinyi, and Nduku Kilonzo
The impact of a community-based pilot health education intervention for older people as caregivers of orphaned and sick children as a result of HIV and AIDS in South Africa, Hermien Boon, Robert A.C. Ruiter, Shegs James, Bart van den Borne, Eka Esu-Williams, and Priscilla Reddy
The making of the Kenya sexual offenses act, 2006: Behind the scenes, Washington Onyango-Ouma, Njoki Ndung'u, Nancy Baraza, and Harriet Birungi
The overlooked epidemic: Addressing HIV prevention and treatment among men who have sex with men in sub-Saharan Africa, National AIDS Control Council of Kenya and Population Council
The Refentse model for post-rape care: Strengthening sexual assault care and HIV post-exposure prophylaxis in a district hospital in rural South Africa, Julia C. Kim, Ian Askew, Lufuno Muvhango, Ntabozuko Dwane, Tanya Abramsky, Stephen Jan, Ennica Ntlemo, Jane Chege, and Charlotte Watts
Tonsillar application of AT-2 SIV affords partial protection against rectal challenge with SIVmac239, Panagiotis Vagenas; Vennansha G. Williams; Michael Piatak, Jr.; Julian W. Bess; Jeffrey D. Lifson; James Blanchard; Agegnehu Gettie; and Melissa Robbiani
Transcription regulation in spermatogenesis, Wing-Yee Lui and C. Yan Cheng
Unexpected heaping in reported gestational age for women undergoing medical abortion, Irving Sivin, James Trussell, E. Steve Lichtenberg, Mary Fjerstad, Kelly Cleland, and Vanessa Cullins
Value of serum antisperm antibodies in diagnosing obstructive azoospermia, Richard Lee, Marc Goldstein, Brant W. Ullery, Joshua Ehrlich, Marc Soares, Renee A. Razzano, Michael Herman, Mark A. Callahan, Philip S. Li, Peter N. Schlegel, and Steven S. Witkin
Youth reproductive health: Investing in the future, Frontiers in Reproductive Health
Submissions from 2008
Accuracy of self-screening for contraindications to combined oral contraceptive use, Daniel Grossman, Leticia Fernandez, Kristine Hopkins, Jon Amastae, Sandra G. Garcia, and Joseph E. Potter
Adapting focused antenatal care: Lessons from three African countries, Harriet Birungi
Adherence to antiretroviral therapy and its determinants amongst HIV patients in India, Avina Sarna, Sanjay Pujari, A.K. Sengar, Rajiv Garg, Indrani Gupta, and Johannes van Dam
Adult varicocele, Howard H. Kim and Marc Goldstein
Africa regional sexual and gender-based violence network consultation: Technical exchange and planning meeting, Population Council
A fusion inhibitor prevents spread of immunodeficiency viruses, but not activation of virus-specific T cells, by dendritic cells, Ines Frank, Hella Stössel, Agegnehu Gettie, Stuart G. Turville, Julian W. Bess, Jeffrey D. Lifson, Irving Sivin, Nikolaus Romani, and Melissa Robbiani
Analysis of the evolution of the practice of female genital mutilation/cutting in Burkina Faso, Nafissatou J. Diop, Zakari Congo, Aina Ouedraogo, Alphosine Sawadogo, Lydia Saloucou, and Ida Tamini
An assessment of the Positive Partnership Project in Thailand: Key considerations for scaling-up microcredit loans for HIV-positive and negative pairs in other settings, Mechai Viravaidya, R.C. Wolf, and Philip Guest
An autocrine axis in the testis that coordinates spermiation and blood-testis barrier restructuring during spermatogenesis, Helen H.N. Yan, Dolores D. Mruk, Elissa W.P. Wong, Will M. Lee, and C. Yan Cheng
Anchoring junctions as drug targets: Role in contraceptive development, Dolores D. Mruk, Bruno Silvestrini, and C. Yan Cheng
A randomized, placebo-controlled trial to assess the safety and acceptability of use of carraguard vaginal gel by heterosexual couples in Thailand, Peter H. Kilmarx, Kelly Blanchard, Supaporn Chaikummao, Barbara Friedland, Nucharee Srivirojana, Cathy Connolly, Paisit Witwatwongwana, Somsak Supawitkul, Philip A. Mock, Thanyanan Chaowanachan, and Jordan W. Tappero
A situation analysis of care and support for rape survivors at first point of contact in India and Bangladesh, M.E. Khan, Aruna Bhattacharya, Ismat Bhuiya, and Aditi Aeron
Assessing Integration Methodology (AIM): A Handbook for Measuring and Assessing the Integration of Family Planning and Other Reproductive Health Services, M. Estela Rivero-Fuentes, Saumya RamaRao, Ricardo Estrada, Charlotte E. Warren, Saiqa Mullick, Ian Askew, Harriet Birungi, John Townsend, and Susana Medina
Assessing routine health information system in selected PAIMAN districts by using lot quality assurance sampling (LQAS) technique, Pakistan Initiative for Mothers and Newborns (PAIMAN)
Assessing the need and opportunities for improved linkages between conditional cash transfers and reproductive health programs in Latin America and the Caribbean, Ricardo Vernon and M. Estela Rivero-Fuentes
Assessment of knowledge and attitudes of married women on maternal and newborn health (MNH) in selected union councils of project districts, Pakistan Initiative for Mothers and Newborns (PAIMAN)
Assessment of progress of the Postabortion Care Initiative in Francophone Africa, Thierno Dieng, Mohamed Diadhiou, Nafissatou J. Diop, and Youmane Niang Faye
Assessment of risk factors for HIV infection among men who have sex with men in the metropolitan area of Campinas City, Brazil, using respondent-driven sampling, Maeve de Mello, Adriana de Araujo Pinho, Magda Chinaglia, Waimar Tun, Aristides Barbosa Junior, Maria Cristina, F.J. Ilario, Paulo Reis, Regina C.S. Salles, Suzanne Westman, and Juan Diaz
Assessment of risk factors for HIV infection in female sex workers and men who have sex with men in Ciudad del Este, Paraguay, Magda Chinaglia, Waimar Tun, Maeve Mello, Magdalena Insfran, and Juan Diaz
Barriers to the community support of orphans and vulnerable youth in Rwanda, Tonya R. Thurman, Leslie Snider, Neil W. Boris, Edward Kalisa, Laetitia N. Nyirazinyoye, and Lisanne Brown
Biology and regulation of ectoplasmic specialization, an atypical adherens junction type, in the testis, Elissa W.P. Wong, Dolores D. Mruk, and C. Yan Cheng
Blood-testis barrier dynamics are regulated by testosterone and cytokines via their differential effects on the kinetics of protein endocytosis and recycling in Sertoli cells, Helen H.N. Yan, Dolores D. Mruk, Will M. Lee, and C. Yan Cheng
Bolivia: A gender focus in service delivery improves quality of care, Population Council
Burkina Faso: Political will, law enforcement, and educational campaigns appear to be reducing FGM/C, Population Council
Candida albicans-induced DC activation partially restricts HIV amplification in DCs and increases DC to T-cell spread of HIV, Laurence Vachot, Vennansha G. Williams, Julian W. Bess, Jeffrey D. Lifson, and Melissa Robbiani
Caring for caregivers: An HIV/AIDS workplace intervention for hospital staff in Zambia—Evaluation results, Karusa Kiragu, Mutinta Nyumbu, Thabale J. Ngulube, Panganani Njobvu, Chilufya Mwaba, Arthur Kalimbwe, and Spike Bradford
Catalyzing personal and social change around gender, sexuality, and HIV: Impact evaluation of Puntos de Encuentro´s communication strategy in Nicaragua, Irela Solorzano, Amy Bank, Rodolfo Pena, Henry Espinoza, Mary Ellsberg, and Julie Pulerwitz
CD4-specific designed ankyrin repeat proteins are novel potent HIV entry inhibitors with unique characteristics, Andreas Schweizer, Peter Rusert, Livia Berlinger, Claudia R. Ruprecht, Axel Mann, Stéphanie Corthesy, Stuart G. Turville, Meropi Aravantinou, Marek Fischer, Melissa Robbiani, Patrick Amstutz, and Alexandra Trkola
Circumstances and motivations for fostering children in Zambia, Katie D. Schenk, Lewis Ndhlovu, Stephen Tembo, Andson Nsune, Chozi Nkhata, Batuke Walusiku, and Charlotte Watts
Community-based kangaroo mother care to prevent neonatal and infant mortality: A randomized, controlled cluster trial, Nancy L. Sloan, Salahuddin Ahmed, Satindra N. Mitra, Nuzhat Choudhury, Mushtaque Chowdhury, Ubaidur Rob, and Beverly Winikoff
Community development and HIV/STI-related vulnerability among female sex workers in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Deanna Kerrigan, Paulo Telles, Helena Torres, Cheryl Overs, and Christopher Castle
Comparative actions of progesterone, medroxyprogesterone acetate, drospirenone and nestorone on breast cancer cell migration and invasion, Xiao-Dong Fu, Maria Silva Giretti, Lorenzo Goglia, Marina Ines Flamini, Angel Matias Sanchez, Chiara Baldacci, Silvia Garibaldi, Régine Sitruk-Ware, Andrea R. Genazzani, and Tommaso Simoncini
Comparing the effectiveness and costs of alternative strategies for improving access to information and services for the IUD in Ghana, Ivy Osei, Gertrude Voetagbe, Moses Aikins, John Gyapong, Philomena Nyarko, Harriet Birungi, Gloria Quansah Asare, Henrietta Odoi-Agyarko, and Olivia Aglah
Consentement éclairé dans les essais de prévention du VIH: Points saillants d'un atelier international, Population Council
Consentimento informado nos ensaios de prevenção do HIV: Pontos altos dum workshop internacional, Population Council
Consentimiento informado en ensayos de prevención del VIH: Aspectos destacados de un taller internacional, Population Council
Creating the conditions for scale-up of the Men in Maternity intervention in India, Leila Caleb-Varkey, Anurag Mishra, and M.E. Khan
Creating the conditions for scaling up the integration of reproductive health services for men in health and family welfare centers in Bangladesh, M.A. Mannan, Jafar Ahmad Hakim, Syeda Tazneen Waris, Ashraf Ali, AKM Nurul Hakim, Abdul Hannan, Sameena Chowdhury, Saria Tasnim, Saiful Islam, AQM Rezaul Karim, Sharif M.I. Hossain, Ubaidur Rob, and M.E. Khan
Cross-talk between tight and anchoring junctions: Lesson from the testis, Helen H.N. Yan, Dolores D. Mruk, Will M. Lee, and C. Yan Cheng
Cyclic 3′,5′-AMP causes ADAM1/ADAM2 to rapidly diffuse within the plasma membrane of guinea pig sperm, Gary R. Hunnicutt, Dennis E. Koppel, Susanna Kwitny, and Ann E. Cowan
'Dare to Be Different': Enhancing life skills education for HIV prevention in South African schools, Tobey Nelson Sapiano, Nathi Sohaba, and Eka Esu-Williams
Delinking female genital mutilation/cutting from Islam, Ibrahim Lethome Asmani and Maryam Sheikh Abdi
Delivering non-hormonal contraceptives to men: Advances and obstacles, Dolores D. Mruk and C. Yan Cheng
Delivery of contraceptives to men: Lesson from other therapeutic drugs, Elissa W.P. Wong, Dolores D. Mruk, and C. Yan Cheng
Depressive symptoms in youth heads of household in Rwanda: Correlates and implications for intervention, Neil W. Boris, Lisanne A. Brown, Tonya R. Thurman, Janet C. Rice, Leslie M. Snider, Joseph Ntaganira, and Laetitia N. Nyirazinyoye
Desire for motherhood: Exploring HIV-positive women's desires, intentions and decision-making in attaining motherhood, S. Kanniappan, M.J. Jeyapaul, and Shvveta Kalyanwala
Determinants of the rate and extent of spermatogenic suppression during hormonal male contraception: An integrated analysis, Peter Y. Liu, Ronald S. Swerdloff, Bradley D. Anawalt, Richard A. Anderson, William J. Bremner, Joerg Elliesen, Yi-Qun Gu, Wendy M. Kersemaekers, Robert I. McLachlan, M. Cristina Meriggiola, Eberhard Nieschlag, Régine Sitruk-Ware, Kirsten M. Vogelsong, Xing-Hai Wang, Frederick C.W. Wu, Michael Zitzmann, David J. Handelsman, and Christina Wang
Developing comprehensive and evidence-based policy and guidelines for antenatal and postnatal care in KwaZulu-Natal, Prudence Ditlopo, Mantshi Menziwa, Saiqa Mullick, Saumya RamaRao, Janet Dalton, Dolly Nyasulu, Mags Beksinska, and Busi Kunene
Development of a quality assurance procedure for reproductive health services for district public health systems: Implementation and scale-up in the state of Gujarat, M.E. Khan, Anurag Mishra, Vivek Sharma, and Leila Caleb-Varkey
Differentiating normal from abnormal rates of genital epithelial findings in vaginal microbicide trials, Janneke van de Wijgert, Peter H. Kilmarx, Heidi E. Jones, John M. Karon, and Supaporn Chaikummao
Dissocier les mutilations génitales féminines de l'Islam, Ibrahim Lethome Asmani and Maryam Sheikh Abdi
Does estrogen therapy reduce coronary artery calcification in postmenopausal women?, Régine Sitruk-Ware
Domestic violence, contraceptive use, and unwanted pregnancy in rural India, Rob Stephenson, Michael A. Koenig, Rajib Acharya, and Tarun K. Roy
Dominican Republic, Haiti, Nicaragua: Promoting family planning during the postpartum period can increase contraceptive acceptance, Population Council
Dominican Republic, Haiti, Nicaragua: Women living with HIV have unmet family planning needs, Population Council
Dynamins, spermatogenesis and contraceptive development, Pearl P.Y. Lie, Dolores D. Mruk, and C. Yan Cheng
Efficacy of Carraguard®-based microbicides in vivo despite variable in vitro activity, Stuart G. Turville, Meropi Aravantinou, Todd Miller, Jessica Kenney, Aaron Teitelbaum, Lieyu Hu, Anne Chudolij, Thomas M. Zydowsky, Michael Piatak Jr., Julian W. Bess Jr., Jeffrey D. Lifson, James Blanchard, Agegnehu Gettie, and Melissa Robbiani
Efficacy of Carraguard for prevention of HIV infection in women in South Africa: A randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, Stephanie Skoler-Karpoff, Gita Ramjee, Khatija Ahmed, Lydia Altini, Marlena Gehret Plagianos, Barbara Friedland, Sumen Govender, Alana de Kock, Nazira Cassim, Thesla Palanee, Gregory Dozier, Robin A. Maguire, and Pekka Lahteenmaki
Empowering communities to make pregnancy safer: An intervention in rural Andhra Pradesh, Dipa Sinha
Empowering married young women and improving their sexual and reproductive health: Effects of the First-time Parents Project, K.G. Santhya, Nicole Haberland, Arup Das, F. Ram, R.K. Sinha, Usha Ram, and S.K. Mohanty
Endocrine manipulation in male infertility, Howard H. Kim and Peter N. Schlegel
Engaging communities in supporting HIV prevention and adherence to antiretroviral therapy in Zambia, Fiona Samuels, Joseph Simbaya, Avina Sarna, Scott Geibel, Phillimon Ndubani, and Jolly Kamwanga
Enhancing utilization of the findings from the youth reproductive health project in Senegal, Nafissatou J. Diop and Anta Fall Diagne
Estimates of induced abortion in Mexico: What's changed between 1990 and 2006?, Fatima Juarez, Susheela Singh, Sandra G. Garcia, and Claudia Diaz
Evaluation of the long-term impact of the TOSTAN programme on the abandonment of FGM/C and early marriage: Results from a qualitative study in Senegal, Nafissatou J. Diop, Amadou Moreau, and Helene Benga
Exploring context and dynamics of homosexual experiences among rural youth in India, Ajay Kumar Singh, Vaishali Sharma Mahendra, and Ravi K. Verma
Exploring opportunities to project a 'responsible man' image: Gatekeepers views of young men's sexual and reproductive health needs in Uttaranchal, India, M.E. Khan, Anurag Mishra, and Sudhakar Morankar
Exploring positive women's lives in Namakkal District, India, P. Kousalya and Deepika Ganju
Exploring the links between drug use and sexual vulnerability among young female injecting drug users in Manipur, Archana Oinam
Extending prevention of mother-to-child transmission through postpartum family planning in Lesotho, Charlotte E. Warren, Semakaleng Phafoli, Bosielo Majara, and Thato Tsukuluet