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Submissions from 2006
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
Safe Motherhood Applied Research and Training (SMART) Report 1: Project overview, Gul Rashida and Peter C. Miller
Safe Motherhood Applied Research and Training (SMART) Report 2: The interventions, Abdul Wajid, Zakir Hussain Shah, Ashfa Hashmi, Zeba Tasneem, and Lubna Shireen
Safe Motherhood Applied Research and Training (SMART) Report 3: Changes in knowledge and behavior of women and families, Muhammad Shafique Arif, Peter C. Miller, Nayyer Munir, and Irfan Masood
Safe Motherhood Applied Research and Training (SMART) Report 4: Knowledge and behaviour of service providers, Zakir Hussain Shah and Saima Pervaiz
Safety and acceptability of the candidate microbicide carraguard in Thai women: Findings from a Phase II clinical trial, Peter H. Kilmarx, Janneke van de Wijgert, Supaporn Chaikummao, Heidi E. Jones, Khanchit Limpakarnjanarat, Barbara Friedland, John M. Karon, Chomnad Manopaiboon, Nucharee Srivirojana, Somboonsak Yanpaisarn, Somsak Supawitkul, Nancy L. Young, Philip A. Mock, Kelly Blanchard, and Timothy D. Mastro
Scaling up a reproductive health curriculum in youth training courses, Laila Rahman, M. Mazharul Islam, Ubaidur Rob, Ismat Bhuiya, and M.E. Khan
Sex education and the news: Lessons from how journalists framed virginity pledges, Felicia E. Mebane, Eileen Yam, and Barbara K. Rimer
Sexual harassment in the workplace: Experiences of women in the health sector, Paramita Chaudhuri
Sexual risk behavior among South African adolescents: Is orphan status a factor?, Tonya R. Thurman, Lisanne Brown, Linda Richter, Pranitha Maharaj, and Robert Magnani
She may reach a facility but will still die! An analysis of quality of public sector maternal health services, District Multan, Pakistan, Fariyal F. Fikree, Ali M. Mir, and Inaam-ul Haq
Shifting support for inequitable gender norms among young Indian men to reduce HIV risk and partner violence, Ravi K. Verma, Vaishali Sharma Mahendra, Julie Pulerwitz, Sujata Khandekar, Gary Barker, P. Fulpagare, and S.K. Singh
Slamming the door on unwanted guests: Why preemptive strikes at the mucosa may be the best strategy against HIV, Susanna Trapp, Stuart G. Turville, and Melissa Robbiani
Sleeping with the enemy: The insidious relationship between dendritic cells and immunodeficiency viruses, Laurence Vachot, Stuart G. Turville, Susanna Trapp, Silvia Peretti, Gavin Morrow, Ines Frank, and Melissa Robbiani
Strategies for encouraging the abandonment of female genital cutting in West Africa: Experiences from Senegal, Burkina Faso, and Mali, Nafissatou J. Diop and Ian Askew
Strengthening care and support services in the era of treatment: Symposium report, Horizons Program
SUMO-1, human male germ cell development, and the androgen receptor in the testis of men with normal and abnormal spermatogenesis, Margarita Vigodner, Tomomoto Ishikawa, Peter N. Schlegel, and Patricia L. Morris
Systematic review of the effectiveness of mass communication programs to change HIV/AIDS-related behaviors in developing countries, Jane T. Bertrand, Kevin R. O'Reilly, Julie Denison, Rebecca Anhang, and Michael D. Sweat
Systematic screening: A strategy for determining and meeting clients' reproductive health needs, James R. Foreit
Technical assistance to organizations in Guinea seeking to reduce female genital cutting, Nafissatou J. Diop
The causes of stalling fertility transitions, John Bongaarts
The changing context of sexual initiation in sub-Saharan Africa, Barbara Mensch, Monica J. Grant, and Ann K. Blanc
The impact of an HIV and AIDS life skills program on secondary school students in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa, Shamagonam James, Priscilla Reddy, Robert A.C. Ruiter, Ann P. McCauley, and Bart van den Borne
The measure of induced abortion levels in Mexico using random response technique, Diana K. Lara, Sandra G. García, Charlotte Ellertson, Carol Camlin, and Javier Suárez
The sertoli-spermatid junctional complex adhesion strength is affected in vitro by adjudin, Katja M. Wolski, Dolores D. Mruk, and Don F. Cameron
Transition from Norplant to Jadelle in a clinic with extensive experience providing contraceptive implants, Vivian Brache, Anibal Faundes, Francisco Alvarez-Sanchez, and Ana-Gloria García
Tuko Pamoja: Adolescent reproductive health and life skills curriculum, PATH and Population Council
Tumor necrosis factor α reversibly disrupts the blood-testis barrier and impairs Sertoli-germ cell adhesion in the seminiferous epithelium of adult rat testes, Michelle W.M. Li, Weiliang Xia, Dolores D. Mruk, Claire Q.F. Wang, Helen H.N. Yan, Michelle K.Y. Siu, Wing-Yee Lui, Will M. Lee, and C. Yan Cheng
Two methods of self-sampling compared to clinician sampling to detect reproductive tract infections in Gugulethu, South Africa, Janneke van de Wijgert, Lydia Altini, Heidi E. Jones, Alana de Kock, Taryn Young, Anna Lise Williamson, Anwar Hoosen, and Nicol Coetzee
Understanding barriers and challenges to effective community participation in the rollout of HIV/AIDS treatment and care services: Report on research results dissemination meetings, Population Council and Health Systems Trust
Understanding barriers to community participation in HIV and AIDS services: Final report, Ashnie Padarath, Catherine Searle, and Eka Esu-Williams
Understanding barriers to community participation in HIV and AIDS services: Summary report, Population Council and Health Systems Trust
Understanding the HIV/STI prevention needs of men who have sex with men in Kenya, Washington Onyango-Ouma, Harriet Birungi, and Scott Geibel
Visualization of GM1 with cholera toxin B in live epididymal versus ejaculated bull, mouse, and human spermatozoa, Danielle E. Buttke, Jacquelyn L. Nelson, Peter N. Schlegel, Gary R. Hunnicutt, and Alexander J. Travis
'We are no longer called club members but caregivers': Involving youth in HIV and AIDS caregiving in rural Zambia, Eka Esu-Williams, Katie D. Schenk, Scott Geibel, Joseph Motsepe, Anderson Zulu, Petronella Bweupe, and Ellen Weiss
Yaari Dosti: Young Men Redefine Masculinity, A Training Manual, Horizons Program, CORO for Literacy, MAMTA, and Instituto Promundo
Yaari Dosti: Young Men Redefine Masculinity, A Training Manual [Hindi], Horizons Program, CORO for Literacy, MAMTA, and Instituto Promundo
Submissions from 2005
11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 2 in rat leydig cells: Its role in blunting glucocorticoid action at physiological levels of substrate, Renshan Ge, Qiang Dong, Enmei Niu, Chantal M. Sottas, Dianne O. Hardy, James F. Catterall, Syed A. Latif, David J. Morris, and Matthew P. Hardy
Accelerating reproductive and child health program development: The Navrongo initiative in Ghana, James F. Phillips, Ayaga A. Bawah, and Fred N. Binka
Achieving the Cairo Conference (ICPD) goal for youth in Bangladesh, Laila Rahman, Ubaidur Rob, Ismat Bhuiya, M.E. Khan, and Md. Rafiqul Islam
A client-centered approach to reproductive health: A trainer's manual, Population Council
Addressing the family planning needs of HIV-positive PMTCT clients: Baseline findings from an operations research study, Carolyn Baek and Naomi Rutenberg
AF-2364 [1-(2,4-dichlorobenzyl)-1H-indazole-3-carbohydrazide] is a potential male contraceptive: A review of recent data, C. Yan Cheng, Dolores D. Mruk, Bruno Silvestrini, Michele Bonanomi, Ching-hang Wong, Michelle K.Y. Siu, Nikki P.Y. Lee, Wing-Yee Lui, and Meng-Yun Mo
Altered prostatic epithelial proliferation and apoptosis, prostatic development, and serum testosterone in mice lacking cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors, Motoko Mukai, Qiang Dong, Matthew P. Hardy, Hiroaki Kiyokawa, Richard E. Peterson, and Paul S. Cooke
An assessment of trends in the use of the IUD in Ghana: National results dissemination and utilization, Ivy Osei, John Gyapong, Monica Wanjiru, and Ian Askew
A randomized trial of misoprostol compared with manual vacuum aspiration for incomplete abortion, Andrew Weeks, Godfrey Alia, Jennifer Blum, Beverly Winikoff, Paul Ekwaru, Jill M. Durocher, and Florence Mirembe
Are reproductive health NGOs in Uganda able to engage in the health SWAp?, John Frank Mugisha, Harriet Birungi, and Ian Askew
Attitudes of Pakistani men to domestic violence: A study from Karachi, Pakistan, Fariyal F. Fikree, Junaid Razzak, and Jill M. Durocher
Blood-testis barrier dynamics are regulated by an engagement/disengagement mechanism between tight and adherens junctions via peripheral adaptors, Helen H.N. Yan and C. Yan Cheng
Blood-testis barrier dynamics are regulated by α2- macroglobulin via the c-Jun N-terminal protein kinase pathway, Ching-hang Wong, Dolores D. Mruk, Michelle K.Y. Siu, and C. Yan Cheng
Bolivia and Mexico: System-wide planning is needed for decentralized postabortion care, Frontiers in Reproductive Health
Bone and muscle protective potential of the prostate-sparing synthetic androgen 7α-methyl-19-nortestosterone: Evidence from the aged orchidectomized male rat model, Katrien Venken, Steven Boonen, Erik Van Herck, Liesbeth Vandenput, Narender Kumar, Régine Sitruk-Ware, Kalyan Sundaram, Roger Bouillon, and Dirk Vanderschueren
Brazilian obstetrician-gynecologists and abortion: A survey of knowledge, opinions and practices, Lisa A. Goldman, Sandra G. García, Juan Díaz, and Eileen A. Yam
Burkina Faso: Community education program scaled-up in Burkina Faso, Frontiers in Reproductive Health
Clinical performance and menstrual bleeding patterns with three dosage combinations of a Nestorone® progestogen/ethinyl estradiol contraceptive vaginal ring used on a bleeding-signaled regimen, Edith Weisberg, Vivian Brache, Francisco Alvarez, Rebeca Massai, Daniel R. Mishell Jr., Dan Apter, Judi Gale, Irving Sivin, Yun-yen Tsong, and Ian S. Fraser
Community confidentiality, consent, and the individual research process: Implications for demographic research, Carol E. Kaufman and Saumya RamaRao
Cómo pueden las y los jóvenes comunicarse en temas de sexualidad planificación familiar, Population Council
Contraceptive vaginal rings releasing Nestorone® and ethinylestradiol: A 1-year dose-finding trial, Irving Sivin, Daniel R. Mishell Jr., Francisco Alvarez, Vivian Brache, Kaisa Elomaa, Pekka Lähteenmäki, Rebeca Massai, Patricia Miranda, Horacio B. Croxatto, Catherine Dean, Margaret Small, Harold A. Nash, and Theodore M. Jackanicz
Cross-cultural adaptation of reproductive health services in Bolivia, Fernando Gonzales Salguero, Antonieta Martin, Rosario Perez Mendoza, and Ricardo Vernon
Crosstalk between Rab GTPases and cell junctions, Dolores D. Mruk, Ann S.N. Lau, and Anne M. Conway
Culture and comparison of feline myeloid dendritic cells vs macrophages, Wendy S. Sprague, Melissa Robbiani, and Edward A. Hoover
Cytokines and junction restructuring during spermatogenesis: A lesson to learn from the testis, Weiliang Xia, Dolores D. Mruk, Will M. Lee, and C. Yan Cheng
Delivery options for contraceptives, Régine Sitruk-Ware
Disruption of Sertoli-germ cell adhesion function in the seminiferous epithelium of the rat testis can be limited to adherens junctions without affecting the blood-testis barrier integrity: An in vivo study using an androgen suppression model, Weiliang Xia, Ching-hang Wong, Nikki P.Y. Lee, Will M. Lee, and C. Yan Cheng
Dominican Republic and Mexico: Promote condom use by emphasizing personal benefits, Frontiers in Reproductive Health
Effectiveness of female and male condoms in preventing exposure to semen during vaginal intercourse: A randomized trial, Loren Galvão, Laurione C. Oliveira, Juan Díaz, Dhong Jin Kim, Nadia Maria Marchi, Johannes van Dam, Roger F. Castilho, Michael Chen, and Maurizio MacAluso
Elimination of retroviral infectivity by N-ethylmaleimide with preservation of functional envelope glycoproteins, David R. Morcock, James A. Thomas, Tracy D. Gagliardi, Robert J. Gorelick, J. David Roser, Elena N. Chertova, Julian W. Bess Jr., David E. Ott, Quentin J. Sattentau, Ines Frank, Melissa Robbiani, Jeffrey D. Lifson, Louis E. Henderson, and Bruce J. Crise
Emergency Contraceptive Pills: South East Asia Regional Training Manual, Sharif M.I. Hossain, M.E. Khan, Md. Moshiur Rahman, and Mary Philip Sebastian
Endogenous selective inhibitors of 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase isoforms 1 and 2 of adrenal origin, Syed A. Latif, Hector A. Pardo, Matthew P. Hardy, and David J. Morris
Enquêtes d'acceptation de paiment destinées à déterminer les prix des produits et services dans le domaine de la santé de la reproduction : manuel de l'utilisateur, Karen G. Fleischman Foreit and James R. Foreit
Ethical Approaches to Gathering Information from Children and Adolescents in International Settings: Guidelines and Resources, Katie D. Schenk and Jan Williamson
Expanding access to vasectomy services in the Ministry of Health of Guatemala, Blanca De Rodriguez, Ricardo Vernon, and Jorge Solorzano
Feasibility of introducing a comprehensive package of antenatal care services in rural public clinics in South Africa, Jane Chege, Ian Askew, Nzwakie Mosery, Mbali Ndube-Nxumalo, Busi Kunene, Mags Beksinska, Janet Dalton, Ester Snyman, Wilem Sturm, and Preshny Moodley
Female genital cutting among the Somali of Kenya and management of its complications, Jaldesa Guyo, Ian Askew, Carolyne Njue, and Monica Wanjiru
Field experiences integrating family planning into programs to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV, Naomi Rutenberg and Carolyn Baek
Gendered socioeconomic conditions and HIV risk behaviours among young people in South Africa, Kelly Hallman
Gene expression in rat leydig cells during development from the progenitor to adult stage: A cluster analysis, Renshan Ge, Qiang Dong, Chantal M. Sottas, Haolin Chen, Barry R. Zirkin, and Matthew P. Hardy