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Submissions from 2006
An analysis of respondent driven sampling with injection drug users (IDU) in Albania and the Russian Federation, Ame Stormer, Waimar Tun, Lisa Guli, Arjan Harxhi, Zinaida Bodanovskaia, Anna Yakovleva, Maia Rusakova, Olga Levina, Roland Bani, Klodian Rjepaj, and Silva Bino
A novel class of small RNAs bind to MILI protein in mouse testes, Alexei Aravin, Dimos Gaidatzis, Sebastien Pfeffer, Mariana Lagos-Quintana, Pablo Landgraf, Nicola Iovino, Patricia L. Morris, Michael J. Brownstein, Satomi Kuramochi-Miyagawa, Toru Nakano, Minchen Chien, James J. Russo, Jingyue Ju, Robert Sheridan, Chris Sander, Mihaela Zavolan, and Thomas Tuschl
A novel pathway involving progesterone receptor, endothelin-2, and endothelin receptor B controls ovulation in mice, Gopinath S. Palanisamy, Yong-Pil Cheon, Jaeyeon Kim, Athilakshmi Kannan, Quanxi Li, Marcey Sato, Srinivasa R. Mantena, Régine Sitruk-Ware, Milan K. Bagchi, and Indrani C. Bagchi
A pilot of audio computer-assisted self-interview for youth reproductive health research in Vietnam, Linh Cu Le, Robert W. Blum, Robert Magnani, Paul C. Hewett, and Hoa Mai Do
Assessment of district health supervisory system, Pakistan Initiative for Mothers and Newborns (PAIMAN)
Baseline household survey: Buner district, Pakistan Initiative for Mothers and Newborns (PAIMAN)
Baseline household survey: Dadu district, Pakistan Initiative for Mothers and Newborns (PAIMAN)
Baseline household survey: Dera Ghazi Khan district, Pakistan Initiative for Mothers and Newborns (PAIMAN)
Baseline household survey: Jaffarabad district, Pakistan Initiative for Mothers and Newborns (PAIMAN)
Baseline household survey: Jhelum district, Pakistan Initiative for Mothers and Newborns (PAIMAN)
Baseline household survey: Khanewal district, Pakistan Initiative for Mothers and Newborns (PAIMAN)
Baseline household survey: Lasbela district, Pakistan Initiative for Mothers and Newborns (PAIMAN)
Baseline household survey: Rawalpindi district, Pakistan Initiative for Mothers and Newborns (PAIMAN)
Baseline household survey: Sukkur district, Pakistan Initiative for Mothers and Newborns (PAIMAN)
Baseline household survey: Upper Dir district, Pakistan Initiative for Mothers and Newborns (PAIMAN)
Baseline survey: Summary report of district Buner, Pakistan Initiative for Mothers and Newborns (PAIMAN)
Baseline survey: Summary report of district Dadu, Pakistan Initiative for Mothers and Newborns (PAIMAN)
Baseline survey: Summary report of district DG Khan, Pakistan Initiative for Mothers and Newborns (PAIMAN)
Baseline survey: Summary report of district Jaffarabad, Pakistan Initiative for Mothers and Newborns (PAIMAN)
Baseline survey: Summary report of district Jhelum, Pakistan Initiative for Mothers and Newborns (PAIMAN)
Baseline survey: Summary report of district Khanewal, Pakistan Initiative for Mothers and Newborns (PAIMAN)
Baseline survey: Summary report of district Lasbela, Pakistan Initiative for Mothers and Newborns (PAIMAN)
Baseline survey: Summary report of district Rawalpindi, Pakistan Initiative for Mothers and Newborns (PAIMAN)
Baseline survey: Summary report of district Sukkur, Pakistan Initiative for Mothers and Newborns (PAIMAN)
Baseline survey: Summary report of district Upper Dir, Pakistan Initiative for Mothers and Newborns (PAIMAN)
Building a better future for youth: Learning from experience and evidence, World Health Organization, Population Council, and Family Health International
Building capacity to utilize operations research: Strategies and lessons learned, James R. Foreit
Challenges to microbicide introduction in South Africa, Phyllis Orner, Jane Harries, Diane Cooper, Jennifer Moodley, Margaret Hoffman, Julie Becker, C. Elizabeth McGrory, Rasha Dabash, and Hillary J. Bracken
Challenging and changing gender attitudes among young men in Mumbai, India, Ravi K. Verma, Julie Pulerwitz, Vaishali Sharma Mahendra, Sujata Khandekar, Gary Barker, P. Fulpagare, and S.K. Singh
Community-based research in India: A case example of international and transdisciplinary collaboration, Stephen L. Schensul, Bonnie K. Nastasi, and Ravi K. Verma
Cómo identificar y satisfacer la necesidad de servicios adicionales: Manual para gerentes, Ricardo Vernon, James R. Foreit, and Emma Ottolenghi
Comparative effects of a contraceptive vaginal ring delivering a nonandrogenic progestin and continuous ethinyl estradiol and a combined oral contraceptive containing levonorgestrel on hemostasis variables, Mandana Rad, Cornelis Kluft, Joel Ménard, Jacobus Burggraaf, Marieke L. de Kam, Piet Meijer, Irving Sivin, and Régine Sitruk-Ware
Context and dynamics of male-to-male sexual behavior of truckers in India: Findings from a multi-site qualitative research study, Ravi K. Verma, Vaishali Sharma Mahendra, Pertti J. Pelto, Sarat Chandra Pradhan, and Vibha Singh
Context and dynamics of same-sex behavior among long-distance truckers in India: Findings from qualitative research, Vaishali Sharma Mahendra, Ravi K. Verma, Pertti J. Pelto, Sarat Chandra Pradhan, Vibha Singh, Asha Rao, and Tarun Vij
Continuity and change in premarital sex in Vietnam, Sharon Ghuman, Vu Manh Loi, Vu Tuan Huy, and John Knodel
Contraception: An international perspective, Régine Sitruk-Ware
Correlates of inter-birth intervals: Implications of optimal birth spacing strategies in Mozambique, Saumya RamaRao, John Townsend, and Ian Askew
Cost analysis of reproductive health services in PCEA Chogoria Hospital, Kenya, Nzoya Munguti, Moses Mokua, Rick Homan, and Harriet Birungi
Cost-effectiveness of environmental-structural communication interventions for HIV prevention in the female sex industry in the Dominican Republic, Michael D. Sweat, Deanna Kerrigan, Luis Moreno, Santo Rosario, Bayardo Gomez, Hector Jerez, Ellen Weiss, and Clare Barrington
Cost of training programs and willingness to pay for training: An application of break-even analysis in Uganda, Nicholas Mugumya, Juliana K. Nyombi, Michael Matsiko, Rick Homan, Harriet Birungi, and Nzoya Munguti
Costs and financial burden of care and support services to PLHA and households in South India, P. Duraisamy, A.K. Ganesh, Rick Homan, N. Kumarasamy, Christopher Castle, P. Sripriya, Vaishali Sharma Mahendra, and Suniti Solomon
Costs of reproductive health services provided by four Christian Health Association of Ghana (CHAG) hospitals, James Boateng, Henry Surnye, Alex Mensah, Bismark Boateng, Philomena Nyarko, Nzoya Munguti, and John H. Bratt
CpG-C ISS-ODN activation of blood-derived B cells from healthy and chronic immunodeficiency virus-infected macaques, Natalia Teleshova, Jessica Kenney, Vennansha G. Williams, Gary Van Nest, Jason Marshall, Jeffrey D. Lifson, Irving Sivin, Jason Dufour, Rudolf Bohm, Agegnehu Gettie, and Melissa Robbiani
Cyclical mastalgia and breast cancer risk: Results of a French cohort study, Genevieve Plu-Bureau, Monique G. Lê, Régine Sitruk-Ware, and Jean-Christophe Thalabard
Dendritic cells and HIV infection: Activating dendritic cells to boost immunity, Natalia Teleshova, Jessica Kenney, and Melissa Robbiani
Developing regional capacity in operations research and economic evaluation in South Asia, M.E. Khan, Sohini Roychowdhury, James R. Foreit, Sharif M.I. Hossain, and Geetha Vaithyanathan
Differential interactions between transforming growth factor-β3/ TβR1, TAB1, and CD2AP disrupt blood-testis barrier and sertoli-germ cell adhesion, Weiliang Xia, Dolores D. Mruk, Will M. Lee, and C. Yan Cheng
Differential use of adolescent reproductive health programs in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Annabel Erulkar, Tekle-Ab Mekbib, Negussie Simie, and Tsehai Gulema
Do current measurement approaches underestimate levels of unwanted childbearing? Evidence from rural India, Michael A. Koenig, Rajib Acharya, Sagri Singh, and Tarun K. Roy
Dynamic II interacts with the cadherin- and occludin-based protein complexes at the blood-testis barrier in adult rat testes, Pearl P.Y. Lie, Weiliang Xia, Claire Q.F. Wang, Dolores D. Mruk, Helen H.N. Yan, Ching-hang Wong, Will M. Lee, and C. Yan Cheng
Egypt: Are Egyptian couples willing to stop at two children? Results of the Slow Fertility Transition Survey [Arabic], Population Council
Emergency contraception in Honduras: Knowledge, attitudes, and practice among urban family planning clients, Sandra G. García, Diana K. Lara, Sarah H. Landis, Eileen Yam, and Suyapa Pavón
Environmental-structural interventions to reduce HIV/STI risk among female sex workers in the Dominican Republic, Deanna Kerrigan, Luis Moreno, Santo Rosario, Bayardo Gomez, Hector Jerez, Clare Barrington, Ellen Weiss, and Michael D. Sweat
Examining adherence and sexual behavior among patients on antiretroviral therapy in India, Avina Sarna, Indrani Gupta, Sanjay Pujari, A.K. Sengar, Rajiv Garg, and Ellen Weiss
Expanding pediatric access to antiretroviral therapy in South Africa, Desiree Michaels, Brian Eley, Lewis Ndhlovu, Naomi Rutenberg, and Hena Khan
Expanding the care continuum for HIV/AIDS: Bringing carers into focus, Jessica Ogden, Simel Esim, and Caren Grown
Exploring current practices in pediatric ARV rollout and integration with early childhood programs in South Africa: A rapid situation analysis, Desiree Michaels, Brian Eley, Lewis Ndhlovu, and Naomi Rutenberg
Female genital mutilation in Kenya: Evidence links health workers to FGM, Population Council and GTZ
Fewer and better-educated children: Expanded choices in schooling and fertility in rural Pakistan, Zeba Sathar, Cynthia B. Lloyd, Minhaj ul Haque, Mumraiz Khan, and Monica J. Grant
Formation of partnerships among young women and men in Pune district, Maharashtra, Mallika Alexander, Laila Garda, Savita Kanade, Shireen J. Jejeebhoy, and Bela Ganatra
Formation of partnerships among young women and men in Pune district, Maharashtra, Population Council
Gender, sexual behaviour and vulnerability among young people, Christine Ricardo, Gary Barker, Julie Pulerwitz, and Valeria Rocha
Healing traditions and men's sexual health in Mumbai, India: The realities of practiced medicine in urban poor communities, Stephen L. Schensul, Abdelwahed Mekki-Berrada, Bonnie K. Nastasi, Niranjan Saggurti, and Ravi K. Verma
Improving sexual and reproductive health of female adolescents in Bangladesh by providing information and services, Ismat Bhuiya, Ubaidur. Rob, Asiful Haider Chowdhury, M.E. Khan, Laila. Rahman, and Susan E. Adamchak
Individual and contextual determinants of domestic violence in North India, Michael A. Koenig, Rob Stephenson, Saifuddin Ahmed, Shireen J. Jejeebhoy, and Jacquelyn C. Campbell
Inequalities in maternal health care utilization in rural Bangladesh, Md. Mahabub Ul Anwar, Ubaidur Rob, and Md. Noorunnabi Talukder
Infants and young children living in youth-headed households in Rwanda: Implications of emerging data, Neil W. Boris, Tonya R. Thurman, Leslie M. Snider, Erin Spencer, and Lisanne Brown
Informed Consent in HIV Prevention Trials: Report of an International Workshop, C. Elizabeth McGrory, Barbara Friedland, Cynthia Woodsong, and Kathleen M. MacQueen
In our own hands: SWAA-Ghana champions the female condom, Kathleen Cravero, Michelle Skaer, Victoria Ebin, and Martha Brady
In search of rat stem Leydig cells: Identification, isolation, and lineage-specific development, Renshan Ge, Qiang Dong, Chantal M. Sottas, Vassilios Papadopoulos, Barry R. Zirkin, and Matthew P. Hardy
Integrating adolescent livelihood activities within a reproductive health programme for urban slum dwellers in India, Population Council
Interleukin-1β signals through a c-Jun N-terminal kinase-dependent inducible nitric oxide synthase and nitric oxide production pathway in sertoli epithelial cells, Tomomoto Ishikawa and Patricia L. Morris
Involving men in reproductive health: Contributions to development, Margaret E. Greene, Manisha Mehta, Julie Pulerwitz, Deirdre Wulf, Akinrinola Bankole, and Susheela Singh
Laminin α3 forms a complex with β3 and γ3 chains that serves as the ligand for α6β1-integrin at the apical ectoplasmic specialization in adult rat testes, Helen H.N. Yan and C. Yan Cheng
Local and systemic effects of intranodally injected CpG-C immunostimulatory-oligodeoxyribonucleotides in macaques, Natalia Teleshova, Jessica Kenney, Gary Van Nest, Jason Marshall, Jeffrey D. Lifson, Irving Sivin, Jason Dufour, Rudolf Bohm, Agegnehu Gettie, and Melissa Robbiani
Long-term administration of mifepristone (RU486): Clinical tolerance during extended treatment of meningioma, Steven M. Grunberg, Martin H. Weiss, Christy A. Russell, Irving M. Spitz, Jamshid Ahmadi, Alfredo Sadun, and Régine Sitruk-Ware
Lymphocyte–dendritic cell interactions and mucosal acquisition of SIV/HIV infection, Stuart G. Turville, Silvia Peretti, and Melissa Robbiani
Make better use of provider time in public health clinics, Barbara Janowitz
Mifepristone and misoprostol sequential regimen side effects, complications and safety, Régine Sitruk-Ware
Mifepristone medical abortion in Albania: Results from a pilot clinical research study, Hillary J. Bracken, Orion Gliozheni, Kreston Kati, Nikita Manoku, Rubena Moisiu, Caitlin S. Shannon, Vjollca Tare, Ilir Tasha, and Beverly Winikoff
New progestagens for contraceptive use, Régine Sitruk-Ware
"No party hat, no party": Successful condom use in sex work in Mexico and the Dominican Republic, Sandra G. Garcia, Eileen Yam, and Michelle Firestone
Operations research on the female village-based family planning worker program of Pakistan, Louisiana Lush, George P. Cernada, Ubaidur Rob, Mohammed Shafiq Arif, Minhaj ul Haque, and Muhammad Shafiq Ahmad
Operations research to improve financial sustainability in three Bolivian NGOs, Martha Merida, Javier Arce, Douglas Moscoso, Carlo Ramirez, Patricia Riveros, and John H. Bratt
Orphans and vulnerable youth in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe: An exploratory study of psychosocial well-being and psychosocial support, Laelia Gilborn, Louis Apicella, Jonathan Brakarsh, Linda Dube, Kyle Jemison, Mark Kluckow, Tricia Smith, and Leslie M. Snider
Pharmacy provision of medical abortifacients in a Latin American city, Diana K. Lara, Katrina Abuabara, Daniel Grossman, and Claudia Diaz
Preparedness for HIV/AIDS service delivery: The 2005 Kenya health workers survey, National AIDS and STD Control Programme and Ministry of Health Kenya
Priority setting for reproductive health at the district level in the context of health sector reforms in Ghana, Harriet Birungi, Philomena Nyarko, Ian Askew, Ayorinde Ajayi, Gifty Addico, Edward Addai, and Caroline Jehu-Appiah
Progesterone receptor modulator CDB-2914 down-regulates vascular endothelial growth factor, adrenomedullin and their receptors and modulates progesterone receptor content in cultured human uterine leiomyoma cells, Qin Xu, Noriyuki Ohara, Wei Chen, Jin Liu, Hiroko Sasaki, Akira Morikawa, Régine Sitruk-Ware, Elof D.B. Johansson, and Takeshi Maruo
Promoting gender equity among young Brazilian men as an HIV/AIDS prevention strategy, Julie Pulerwitz, Gary Barker, Marcio Segundo, and Marcos Nascimento
Promoting more gender-equitable norms and behaviors among young men as an HIV/AIDS prevention strategy, Julie Pulerwitz, Gary Barker, Marcio Segundo, and Marcos Nascimento
Protecting children's rights in the collection of health and welfare data, Katie D. Schenk, Tapfuma Murove, and Jan Williamson
Protecting young women from HIV/AIDS: The case against child and adolescent marriage, Shelley Clark, Judith Bruce, and Annie Dude
Providing medication abortion information to diverse communities: Use patterns of a multilingual web site, Angel M. Foster, Lisa Wynn, Aida Rouhana, Claudia Diaz, Kate Schaffer, and James Trussell
Psychosocial support and marginalization of youth-headed households in Rwanda, Tonya R. Thurman, Leslie M. Snider, Neil W. Boris, Edward Kalisa, Eleazer Nkunda Mugarira, Joseph Ntaganira, and Lisanne Brown
Reducing AIDS-related stigma and discrimination in Indian hospitals, Vaishali Sharma Mahendra, Laelia Gilborn, Bitra George, Luke Samson, Rupa Mudoi, Sarita Jadav, Indrani Gupta, Shalini Bharat, and Celine Daly
Reducing stigma and discrimination in hospitals: Positive findings from India, Vaishali Sharma Mahendra, Laelia Gilborn, Bitra George, Luke Samson, Rupa Mudoi, Sarita Jadav, Indrani Gupta, Shalini Bharat, and Celine Daly
Reproductive and sexual health education for adolescents in Bangladesh: Parents' view and opinion, Ubaidur Rob, Tehmina Ghafur, Ismat Bhuiya, and Md. Noorunnabi Talukder
Reproductive health update trainings for health workers in North Eastern Province, Garissa, Kenya Ministry of Health and Population Council
Romance and sex: Pre-marital partnership formation among young women and men, Pune District, India, Mallika Alexander, Laila Garda, Savita Kanade, Shireen J. Jejeebhoy, and Bela Ganatra