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Submissions from 2004
Exploring the association between HIV and violence: Young people's experiences with infidelity, violence and forced sex in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Heidi Lary, Suzanne Maman, Maligo Katebalila, Ann P. McCauley, and Jessie K. Mbwambo
Extracellular matrix: Recent advances on its role in junction dynamics in the seminiferous epithelium during spermatogenesis, Michelle K.Y. Siu and C. Yan Cheng
Formal and informal abortion services in Rajasthan, India: Results of a situation analysis, Sandhya Barge, Hillary J. Bracken, Batya Elul, Nayan Kumar, Wajahat U. Khan, Shalini Verma, and Carol Camlin
From the field: Placing gender at the heart of sexuality education, Eleanor Timreck
Future developments in hormonal contraception, Elof D.B. Johansson
Health service utilization for perceived postpartum morbidity among poor women living in Karachi, Fariyal F. Fikree, Tazeen S. Ali, Jill M. Durocher, and Mohammad H. Rahbar
Homosexual activity among rural Indian men: Implications for HIV interventions, Ravi K. Verma and Martine Collumbien
Immunodeficiency virus uptake, turnover, and 2-phase transfer in human dendritic cells, Stuart G. Turville, John J. Santos, Ines Frank, Paul U. Cameron, John Wilkinson, Monica Miranda-Saksena, Joanne Dable, Hella Stoessel, Nikolaus Romani, Michael Piatak Jr., Jeffrey D. Lifson, Melissa Robbiani, and Anthony L. Cunningham
Impact of improved client-provider interaction on women's achievement of fertility goals in Egypt, Laila Nawar, Ibrahim Kharboush, Magdi A. Ibrahim, Hesham Makhlouf, and Susan E. Adamchak
Improving adolescent reproductive health in Bangladesh, Ismat Bhuiya, Ubaidur Rob, Asiful Haider Chowdhury, Laila Rahman, Nazmul Haque, Susan E. Adamchak, Rick Homan, and M.E. Khan
Improving health care providers' knowledge, attitudes, and practices in reproductive health in rural Romania, Elaine Claire Himelfarb
Improving the reproductive health of adolescents in Senegal, Nafissatou J. Diop, Heli Bathidja, Isseu Diop Toure, Thierno Dieng, Babacar Mane, Saumya RamaRao, Susan E. Adamchak, Emelita Wong, Adama Ndoye, Aboubacry Sy, and Babacar Fall
Improving the reproductive health of youth in Mexico, Ricardo Vernon and Maricela Dura
Induction of neutralising antibodies restricts the use of human granulocyte/macrophage colony stimulating factor for vaccine studies in rhesus macaques, Martin Eisenblätter, Christiane Stahl-Hennig, Seraphin Kuate, Nicole Stolte, Edith Jasny, Helmut Hahn, Melissa Robbiani, Klara Tenner-Racz, Paul Racz, Ralph M. Steinman, Klaus Uberla, and Ralf Ignatius
Informing the medical community in Guatemala about emergency contraception, Edgar Kestler and Lilian Ramirez
Inhibition of testicular steroidogenesis by the xenoestrogen bisphenol A is associated with reduced pituitary luteinizing hormone secretion and decreased steroidogenic enzyme gene expression in rat Leydig cells, Benson T. Akingbemi, Chantal M. Sottas, Anna I. Koulova, Gary R. Klinefelter, and Matthew P. Hardy
Integrating adolescent livelihood activities within a reproductive health program for urban slum dwellers in India, Dale Huntington, Mary Philip Sebastian, Barbara Mensch, Wesley H. Clark, Aditya Narain Singh, Sohini Roychowdhury, M.E. Khan, Nirmala Selvam, Bella C. Patel, Sandhya Barge, Y.P. Gupta, Lovleen Johri, Gita Biswas, and Manohar Shenoy
Integration of male and female reproductive health services in Bangladesh with an emphasis on increasing male participation and awareness, Sharif M.I. Hossain, Ubaidur Rob, M.E. Khan, Ahmed Al-Sabir, and Mohammed Ahsanul Alam
Integration of reproductive health services for men in health and family welfare centers in Bangladesh, Ubaidur Rob, Sharif M.I. Hossain, M.E. Khan, Ahmed Al-Sabir, and Mohammed Ahsanul Alam
Interactions of proteases, protease inhibitors, and the β1 integrin/laminin γ3 protein complex in the regulation of ectoplasmic specialization dynamics in the rat testis, Michelle K.Y. Siu and C. Yan Cheng
Intervenciones comunitarias y política gubernamental reducen el riesgo del VIH en la República Dominicana, Deanna Kerrigan, Luis Moreno, Bayardo Gomez, Hector Jerez, Ellen Weiss, Johannes van Dam, Eva Roca, Clare Barrington, and Michael D. Sweat
In the private sector/Quid de secteur privé?, ECAfrique
Introduction of emergency contraception in Bangladesh: Using operations research for policy decisions, M.E. Khan, Sharif M.I. Hossain, and Md. Moshiur Rahman
Involving men in maternity care in India, Leila Caleb-Varkey, Anurag Mishra, Anjana Das, Emma Ottolenghi, Dale Huntington, Susan E. Adamchak, M.E. Khan, and Rick Homan
Involving men in maternity care: South Africa, Busi Kunene, Mags Beksinska, Simphiwe Zondi, Nobuhle Mthembu, Saiqa Mullick, Emma Ottolenghi, Immo Kleinschmidt, Susan E. Adamchak, Barbara Janowitz, and Carmen Cuthbertson
Involving young people in the care and support of people living with HIV/AIDS in Zambia, Eka Esu-Williams, Katie D. Schenk, Joseph Motsepe, Scott Geibel, and Anderson Zulu
Is home-based administration of prostaglandin safe and feasible for medical abortion? Results from a multisite study in Vietnam, Nguyen Thi Nhu Ngoc, Quy Nhan Vu, Jennifer Blum, Tran Thi Phuong Mai, Jill M. Durocher, and Beverly Winikoff
La anticoncepción de emergencia en América Latina y el Caribe, Antonieta Martin
Labor augmentation in an Egyptian teaching hospital, Karima Khalil, Mohamed Cherine, Amr Elnoury, Hania Sholkamy, Miral Breebaart, and Nevine Hassanein
Lubricants containing N-9 may enhance rectal transmission of HIV and other STIs, David M. Phillips, Kristin M. Sudol, Clark L. Taylor, Laura Guichard, Robert Elsen, and Robin A. Maguire
Macaque dendritic cells infected with SIV-recombinant canarypox ex vivo induce SIV-specific immune responses in vivo, Loreley Villamide-Herrera, Ralf Ignatius, Michael A. Eller, Kelly Wilkinson, Catherine Griffin, Erin Mehlhop, Jennifer Jones, Seol-Young Han, Mark G. Lewis, Stephanie Parrish, Tom C. VanCott, Jeffrey D. Lifson, Sarah Schlesinger, John R. Mascola, and Melissa Robbiani
Making motherhood safer in Egypt, Karima Khalil and Farzaneh Roudi-Fahimi
Management of the third stage of labor in an Egyptian teaching hospital, Mohamed Cherine, Karima Khalil, Nevine Hassanein, Hania Sholkamy, Miral Breebaart, and Amr Elnoury
Managers’ attitudes toward involvement of males in Pakistan’s family planning program, Ubaidur Rob and George P. Cernada
Mandatory second opinion to reduce rates of unnecessary caesarean sections in Latin America: A cluster randomised controlled trial, Fernando Althabe, Jose M. Belizan, Jose Villar, Sophie Alexander, Eduardo Bergel, Silvina Ramos, Mariana Romero, Allan Donner, Gunilla Lindmark, Ana Langer, Ubaldo Farnot, Jose G. Cecatti, Guillermo Carroli, Edgar Kestler, and Latin American Caesarean Section Study Group
Maximizing resources to meet client needs: Evaluation of a comprehensive HIV/AIDS care and support model in India, YRG CARE, Horizons Program, and International HIV/AIDS Alliance
Measuring induced abortion in Mexico: A comparison of four methodologies, Diana K. Lara, Jennifer Strickler, Claudia Diaz, and Charlotte Ellertson
Medicalization of female genital cutting among the Abagusii in Nyanza Province, Kenya, Carolyne Njue and Ian Askew
Microbicide trials for preventing HIV/AIDS in South Africa: Phase II trial participants' experiences and psychological needs, Annalie Pistorius, Janneke van de Wijgert, Mohlatlego H. Sebola, Barbara Friedland, Evelyn Nagel, Cathleen Bokaba, and Anwar Hoosen
Mifepristone does not induce cervical softening in non-pregnant women, Avraham Ben-Chetrit, Talia Eldar-Geva, Tzina Lindenberg, Morshed Farhat, Shlomo Shimonovitz, David Zacut, Hadassa Gelber, Régine Sitruk-Ware, and Irving M. Spitz
Misoprostol: An emerging technology for women's health—Report of a seminar, Caitlin S. Shannon and Beverly Winikoff
Müllerian-inhibiting substance inhibits rat Leydig cell regeneration after ethylene dimethanesulphonate ablation, Antonio Salva, Matthew P. Hardy, Xiu-feng Wu, Chantal M. Sottas, David T. MacLaughlin, Patricia K. Donahoe, and Mary M. Lee
New delivery systems in contraception: Vaginal rings, Elof D.B. Johansson and Régine Sitruk-Ware
New findings from intervention research: Youth reproductive health and HIV prevention, Family Health International
New progestogens: A review of their effects in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women, Régine Sitruk-Ware
Nitric oxide/nitric oxide synthase, spermatogenesis, and tight junction dynamics, Nikki P.Y. Lee and C. Yan Cheng
Opiniones y respuestas: Resultados de una encuesta de opinión a médicos mexicanos sobre el aborto, Diana K. Lara, Lisa Goldman, and Michelle Firestone
Pakistani obstetricians' recognition of and attitude towards domestic violence screening, Fariyal F. Fikree, Sadiqua N. Jafarey, Razia Korejo, A. Khan, and Jill M. Durocher
Patent: Androgen as a male contraceptive and non-contraceptive androgen replacement, Alfred J. Moo-Young
Paving the Path: Preparing for Microbicide Introduction—Report of a Qualitative Study in South Africa, Julie Becker, Rasha Dabash, C. Elizabeth McGrory, Diane Cooper, Jane Harries, Margaret Hoffman, Jennifer Moodley, Phyllis Orner, and Hillary J. Bracken
Paving the Path: Preparing for Microbicide Introduction—Report of a Qualitative Study in South Africa [Executive Summary], Julie Becker, Rasha Dabash, C. Elizabeth McGrory, Diane Cooper, Jane Harries, Margaret Hoffman, Jennifer Moodley, Phyllis Orner, and Hillary J. Bracken
Pharmacological profile of progestins, Régine Sitruk-Ware
Phthalate-induced Leydig cell hyperplasia is associated with multiple endocrine disturbances, Benson T. Akingbemi, Renshan Ge, Gary R. Klinefelter, and Matthew P. Hardy
Policy implications of a national public opinion survey on abortion in Mexico, Sandra G. Garcia, Carrie Tatum, Davida Becker, Karen A. Swanson, Karin Lockwood, and Charlotte Ellertson
Postpartum hemorrhage in developing countries: Is the public health community using the right tools?, Vivien D. Tsu, Ana Langer, and Tess Aldrich
Promoting young people's sexual and reproductive health: Stigma, discrimination and human rights, Kate Wood and Peter Aggleton
Promotion of lactation amenorrhea method intervention trial, Kazakhstan, Shamil Tazhibayev, Toregeldy Sharmanov, Ayan Ergalieva, Oksana Dolmatova, Orynkul Mukasheva, Aina Seidakhmetova, and Raikhan Kushenova
Protection and participation: An interactive programme introducing the female condom to migrant sex workers in Cambodia, Joanna Busza and Simon Baker
Rapid glucocorticoid mediation of suppressed testosterone biosynthesis in male mice subjected to immobilization stress, Qiang Dong, Antonio Salva, Chantal M. Sottas, Enmei Niu, Michael Holmes, and Matthew P. Hardy
Regulation of blood-testis barrier dynamics: An in vivo study, Ching-hang Wong, Dolores D. Mruk, Wing-Yee Lui, and C. Yan Cheng
Relative safety of sexual lubricants for rectal intercourse, Kristin M. Sudol and David M. Phillips
Release-modulating factors strongly affecting steroid diffusion from silicone elastomer, Harold A. Nash, Dale N. Robertson, and Simone J. Evans
Review of field experiences: Integration of family planning and PMTCT services, Naomi Rutenberg and Carolyn Baek
Risk of sexually-transmitted infections among migrant men: Findings from a survey in Delhi, Anurag Mishra
Role of gender in health disparity: The South Asian context, Fariyal F. Fikree and Omrana Pasha
Routine follow-up visits after first-trimester induced abortion, Daniel Grossman, Charlotte Ellertson, David A. Grimes, and Dilys Walker
Safe Motherhood Demonstration Project, Western Province: Final Report, Charlotte E. Warren and Wilson Liambila
Scaling up a successful counseling model in Guatemala, Guatemalan Association of Female Physicians (AGMM)
Screening family planning needs: An operations research project in Guatemala, Francisco Mendez, Felipe Lopez, Carlos Brambila, and Marianne Burkhart
Sertoli-sertoli and sertoli-germ cell interactions and their significance in germ cell movement in the seminiferous epithelium during spermatogenesis, Dolores D. Mruk and C. Yan Cheng
Short-term Flt3L treatment effectively mobilizes functional macaque dendritic cells, Natalia Teleshova, Jennifer Jones, Jessica Kenney, Jeanette Purcell, Rudolf Bohm, Agegnehu Gettie, and Melissa Robbiani
Strengthening STI treatment and HIV/AIDS prevention services in Carletonville, South Africa, Lewis Ndhlovu, Catherine Searle, and Johannes van Dam
Succession planning in Uganda: Early outreach for AIDS-affected children and their families, Horizons Program, Makerere University Department of Sociology, and Plan Uganda
Testing a community-based distribution approach to reproductive health service delivery in Senegal (a study of community agents in Kébémer), Diouratie Sanogo, Mady Cisse, Adama Ndoye, Laty G. Ndoye, Ousmane Faye, and Balla Mbacke Mboup
Testing the effectiveness of integrating community-based approaches for encouraging abandonment of female genital cutting into CARE's reproductive health programs in Ethiopia and Kenya, Jane Chege, Ian Askew, Susan Igras, and Jacinta Muteshi-Strachan
The effects of outreach on perceived quality of care in two rural areas of Bangladesh, Mian Bazle Hossain, Barkat- e-Khuda, and James F. Phillips
The experience of sexual coercion among young people in Kenya, Annabel Erulkar
The feasibility of computer-assisted survey interviewing in Africa: Experience from two rural districts in Kenya, Paul C. Hewett, Annabel Erulkar, and Barbara Mensch
The medical abortion experiences of married and unmarried women in Tunis, Tunisia, Jennifer Blum, Selma Hajri, Hela Chelli, Farouk Ben Mansour, Nabiha Gueddana, and Beverly Winikoff
The role of incentives in encouraging workplace HIV/AIDS policies and programs, Simon Baker, Srisuman Sartsara, Patchara Rumakom, Philip Guest, Katie D. Schenk, Anthony Pramualratana, Suparat Suksakulwat, Surachai Panakitsuwan, and Sikarat Moonmeung
The Tostan program: Evaluation of a community based education program in Senegal, Nafissatou J. Diop, Modou Mbacke Faye, Amadou Moreau, Jacqueline Cabral, Helene Benga, Fatou Cisse, Babacar Mane, Inge Baumgarten, and Molly Melching
Transitions to adulthood in the context of AIDS in South Africa: The impact of exposure to life skills education on adolescent knowledge, skills, and behavior, The Transitions to Adulthood Study Team
Tulane University final report, M. Celeste Marin, Anastasia J. Gage, and Suhaila Khan
Two-year performance of a Nestorone®-releasing contraceptive implant: A three-center study of 300 women, Irving Sivin, Horacio B. Croxatto, Luis Bahamondes, Vivian Brache, Francisco Alvarez-Sanchez, Rebeca Massai, Janet Schechter, Sirpa Ranta, Narender Kumar, Esther Wu, Ana-Sofia Tejeda, Veronica Reyes, Elaine Travers, Arthur Allen, and Alfred J. Moo-Young
Understanding induced abortion: Findings from a programme of research in Rajasthan, India, Population Council
Understanding perceptions of HIV risk among adolescents in KwaZulu-Natal, Kate Macintyre, Naomi Rutenberg, Lisanne Brown, and Ali Mehyrar Karim
Unwanted pregnancy and induced abortion: Data from men and women in Rajasthan, India, Batya Elul, Sandhya Barge, Shalini Verma, Nayan Kumar, Hillary J. Bracken, and Hemlata Sadhwani
Unwanted pregnancy and induced abortion in Rajasthan, India: A qualitative exploration, Batya Elul, Hillary J. Bracken, Shalini Verma, Rajani Ved, Rajesh Singhi, and Karin Lockwood
Using incentives to encourage AIDS programs and policies in the workplace: A study of feasibility and impact in Thailand, Simon Baker, Srisuman Sartsara, Patchara Rumakom, Philip Guest, Katie D. Schenk, Anthony Pramualratana, Suparat Suksakulwat, Surachai Panakitsuwan, and Sikarat Moonmeung
Vulnerability and intervention opportunities: Research findings on youth and HIV/AIDS in South Africa, Population Council
Willingness to Pay Surveys for Setting Prices for Reproductive Health Products and Services: A User's Manual, Karen G. Fleischman Foreit and James R. Foreit
Youth behavioral risks and psychosocial resources in Peru's alternative-development zones, Federico R. Leon and Mary L. Claux
Zyxin, axin, and Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein are adaptors that link the cadherin/catenin protein complex to the cytoskeleton at adherens junctions in the seminiferous epithelium of the rat testis, Nikki P.Y. Lee, Dolores D. Mruk, Anne M. Conway, and C. Yan Cheng
Submissions from 2003
Abortion law in South Africa: Passage of a progressive law and challenges for implementation, Kelly Blanchard, Sharon Fonn, and Mankhosasana Xaba
Aborto inseguro en América Latina y el Caribe: Definición del problema y su prevención, Henry Espinoza and Lizbeth Lopez-Carrillo
Aborto médico: Alternativas terapéuticas actuales, Raffaela Schiavon
A clinical trial of 7α-methyl-19-nortestosterone implants for possible use as a long-acting contraceptive for men, Sigrid von Eckardstein, Gabriela Noe, Vivian Brache, Eberhard Nieschlag, Horacio B. Croxatto, Francisco Alvarez-Sanchez, Alfred J. Moo-Young, Irving Sivin, Narender Kumar, Margaret Small, and Kalyan Sundaram
Actions that protect: Promoting sexual and reproductive health and choice among young people in India, Shireen J. Jejeebhoy and Mary Philip Sebastian
Adaptation of kangaroo mother care for community-based application, Iftekhar Quasem, Nancy L. Sloan, Anita Chowdhury, Salahuddin Ahmed, Beverly Winikoff, and A.M.R. Chowdhury
Adherens junction dynamics in the testis and spermatogenesis, Wing-Yee Lui, Dolores D. Mruk, Will M. Lee, and C. Yan Cheng