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Submissions from 2007
The role of schools in promoting sexual and reproductive health among adolescents in developing countries, Cynthia B. Lloyd
The Straight Talk Campaign in Uganda: Impact of mass media initiatives—Summary report, Susan E. Adamchak, Karusa Kiragu, Cathy Watson, Medard Muhwezi, Tobey C. Nelson, Ann Akia-Fiedler, Richard Kibombo, and Milka Juma
Transcending boundaries to improve the food security of HIV-affected households in rural Uganda: A case study, Katharine Coon, Jessica Ogden, John Odolon, Anthony Obudi-Owor, Charles Otim, James Byakigga, and Peter Spebanja
Tuko Pamoja: A guide for peer educators, Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH)
Understanding and measuring AIDS-related stigma in health care settings: A developing country perspective, Vaishali Sharma Mahendra, Laelia Gilborn, Shalini Bharat, Rupa Mudoi, Indrani Gupta, Bitra George, Luke Samson, Celine Daly, and Julie Pulerwitz
Unraveling the molecular targets pertinent to junction restructuring events during spermatogenesis using the Adjudin-induced germ cell depletion model, Weiliang Xia, Dolores D. Mruk, Will M. Lee, and C. Yan Cheng
Utility and drawbacks of continuous use of a copper T IUD for 20 years, Irving Sivin
Vietnamese aging and marital sexual behavior in comparative perspective, John Knodel, Vu Tuan Huy, Vu Manh Loi, and Sharon Ghuman
Voices from the street: Comics for young men on masculinity, sexuality and HIV—An evidence-based communication initiative, Vijaya Nidadavolu, Leena Joshi, Vinita Nathani, Atanu Ghosh, and Isidore Phillips
Young people's sexual and reproductive health in India: Policies, programmes and realities, K.G. Santhya and Shireen J. Jejeebhoy
Submissions from 2006
ABC messages for HIV prevention in Kenya: Clarity and confusion, barriers and facilitators, Julie Pulerwitz, Tiffany Lillie, Louis Apicella, Ann P. McCauley, Tobey C. Nelson, Simon Ochieng, Peter Mwarogo, Karusa Kiragu, and Edward Kunyanga
ABCs for HIV prevention in Kenya: Messages, beliefs, and barriers, Julie Pulerwitz, Tiffany Lillie, Louis Apicella, Ann P. McCauley, Tobey C. Nelson, Simon Ochieng, Peter Mwarogo, Karusa Kiragu, and Edward Kunyanga
Abortion and sex determination: Conflicting messages in information materials in a district of Rajasthan, India, Vijaya Nidadavolu and Hillary J. Bracken
Abortion opinion research in Latin America and the Caribbean: A review of the literature, Eileen Yam, Ingrid Dries-Daffner, and Sandra G. García
Accelerating reproductive and child health programme impact with community-based services: The Navrongo experiment in Ghana, James F. Phillips, Ayaga A. Bawah, and Fred N. Binka
Acceptability and feasibility of introducing the WHO focused antenatal care package in Ghana, Harriet Birungi, Philomena Nyarko, Margaret Armar-Klemesu, Daniel Arhinful, Sylvia Deganus, Henrietta Odoi-Agyarko, and Gladys Brew
Acceptability and sustainability of the WHO focused antenatal care package in Kenya, Harriet Birungi and Washington Onyango-Ouma
Acceptability of Carraguard vaginal gel use among Thai couples, Sara J. Whitehead, Peter H. Kilmarx, Kelly Blanchard, Chomnad Manopaiboon, Supaporn Chaikummao, Barbara Friedland, Jullapong Achalapong, Mayuree Wankrairoj, Philip A. Mock, Sombat Thanprasertsuk, and Jordan W. Tappero
A cluster randomized-controlled trial to determine the effectiveness of Stepping Stones in preventing HIV infections and promoting safer sexual behaviour amongst youth in the rural Eastern Cape, South Africa: Trial design, methods and baseline findings, R. Jewkes, Mzikazi Nduna, J. Levin, N. Jama, K. Dunkle, N. Khuzwayo, M. Koss, A. Puren, Kate Wood, and N. Duvvury
Adjudin-mediated junction restructuring in the seminiferous epithelium leads to displacement of soluble guanylate cyclase from adherens junctions, Oli Sarkar, Weiliang Xia, and Dolores D. Mruk
A male contraceptive targeting germ cell adhesion, Dolores D. Mruk, Ching-hang Wong, Bruno Silvestrini, and C. Yan Cheng
A multistep kinase-based Sertoli cell autocrine-amplifying loop regulates prostaglandins, their receptors, and cytokines, Tomomoto Ishikawa and Patricia L. Morris
Analyse de l'evolution de la pratique de l'excision au Burkina Faso: L'environment institutionel, politique et programmatique de la lutte contre la pratique de l'excision, Nafissatou J. Diop, Zakari Congo, Aina Ouedraogo, Alphosine Sawadogo, Lydia Saloucou, and Ida Tamini
Analyzing successful condom use among factory workers and students in Mexico and the Dominican Republic, Lisa Goldman, Kara Richmond, Sandra G. Garcia, Eileen Yam, and Davida Becker
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