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Submissions from 2022
The taboo gap: Implications for adolescent risk of HIV infection, Sophia N. Nesamoney, Iván Mejía-Guevara, Ann M. Weber, Beniamino Cislaghi, Michael Mbizvo, and Gary L. Darmstadt
“They're forcing people to have children that they can't afford”: A qualitative study of social support and capital among individuals receiving an abortion in Georgia, Madison S. Dickey, Elizabeth A. Mosley, Elizabeth A. Clark, Sarah Cordes, Eva Lathrop, and Lisa Haddad
To protect access to medication abortion in the US, make the misoprostol-only regimen a reality, Thoai Ngo
Transport and permeation properties of dapivirine: Understanding potential drug-drug interactions, Ruohui Zheng, Guru R. Valicherla, Junmei Zhang, Jeremy Nuttall, Peter Silvera, Leslie J. Marshall, Philip E. Empey, and Lisa C. Rohan
Trichomonas vaginalis and spontaneous preterm birth in a high-risk obstetric cohort in Atlanta, GA, Marisa R. Young, Kristin M. Wall, Carolynn M. Dude, Emily R. Burdette, Denise J. Jamieson, Igho Ofotokun, and Lisa Haddad
Understanding factors that support community health worker motivation, job satisfaction, and performance in three Ugandan districts: Opportunities for strengthening Uganda’s community health worker program, Shivani Pandya, Mukesh Hamal, Timothy Abuya, Richard Kintu, Daniel Mwanga, Charlotte E. Warren, and Smisha Agarwal
Understanding quality of contraceptive counseling in the CHARM2 gender-equity focused family planning intervention: Findings from a cluster randomized controlled trial among couples in rural India, Sarah Averbach, Nicole Johns, Mohan Ghule, Anvita Dixit, Shahina Begum, Madhusudana Battala, Niranjan Saggurti, Jay G. Silverman, and Anita Raj
Unit costs of a community-based girl-centered HIV prevention program: A case study of Determined, Resilient, Empowered, AIDS-Free, Mentored, and Safe program, Jerry Okoth Okal, Japheth O. Awiti, James K. Matheka, Oluoch-Madiang’ Daniel, Rael Obanda, and Sanyukta Mathur
Urban disparities in sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in the Global South: A scoping review of the evidence, Elsie Akwara, Jessie Pinchoff, and Thoai Ngo
User guide—The social and behavior change business case model for family planning: Web application, Avenir Health
Using audience segmentation approaches to inform integrated family planning and maternal health programs in Niger, Breakthrough RESEARCH
Using the Provider Authoritarian Attitude Scale, Breakthrough RESEARCH
Utilisation de l'échelle d'attitude autoritaire du prestataire, Breakthrough RESEARCH
Walking the talk: Localising SRHM in South Asia, T.K. Sundari Ravindran and Sapna Desai
Ways of coping among women with infertility undergoing assisted reproductive technologies in Ghana, Josephine M. Kyei, Adom Manu, Duah Dwomoh, Agnes M. Kotoh, Kofi Agyabeng, and Augustine Ankomah
Webinar—Addressing Urban Disparities in Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights, Caroline W. Kabiru, Mukesh Kumar Sharma, Robert Ndugwa, Jessie Pinchoff, and Thoai Ngo
Webinar—Finding the right fit: Using segmentation approaches to shape your SBC programming, Breakthrough RESEARCH
What are the main barriers and facilitating factors associated with intergenerational communication on sexual and reproductive health in Niger and Côte d’Ivoire?, Breakthrough RESEARCH
What distinguishes women who choose to self-inject? A prospective cohort study of subcutaneous depot medroxyprogesterone acetate users in Ghana, Dela Nai, Elizabeth Tobey, Kamil Fuseini, Patrick Aboagye, and Aparna Jain
What have we learned? Implementation of a shared learning agenda and access strategy for the hormonal intrauterine device, Kate Rademacher, Tabitha Sripipatana, Kendal Danna, Deborah Sitrin, Aurélie Brunie, Katie M. Williams, Kayode Afolabi, Francia Rasoanirina, Saumya RamaRao, Anne Pfitzer, Devon Cain, Morgan Simon, Elaine Menotti, Anna Hazelwood, Anthony Adindu Nwala, Zainab Saidu, Raveena Chowdhury, Anne Taiwo, Agnes Chidanyika, Gathari Ndirangu, Markus J. Steiner, Marie Chantale Lepine, Rick Homan, Abdulmumin Saad, John Vivalo, and Laneta J. Dorflinger
What to expect when girls are expecting: Psychosocial support challenges and opportunities in the context and aftermath of teenage pregnancy in Kenya, Chi-Chi Undie and Harriet Birungi
“When you live in good health with your husband, then your children are in good health ….” A qualitative exploration of how households make healthcare decisions in Maradi and Zinder Regions, Niger, Sara Chace Dwyer, Sanyukta Mathur, Karen Kirk, Chaibou Dadi, and Leanne Dougherty
“You can't even ask a question about your child”: Examining experiences of parents or caregivers during hospitalization of their sick young children in Kenya: A qualitative study, Chantalle Okondo, Charity Ndwiga, Pooja Sripad, Timothy Abuya, and Charlotte E. Warren
ZIKV-related ideations and modern contraceptive use: Cross-sectional evidence from the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala, Julia Fleckman, Martha Silva, Jeni Stolow, Kendra LeSar, Kathryn Spielman, and Paul L. Hutchinson
Submissions from 2021
Abortion self-care: A forward-looking solution to inequitable access, Lucía Vázquez Quesada, Ankita Shukla, Isabel Vieitez Martínez, Rajib Acharya, and Saumya RamaRao
Acceptability and potential effectiveness of eHealth tools for training primary health workers From Nigeria at scale: Mixed methods, uncontrolled before-and-after study, Joseph Paul Hicks, Matthew John Allsop, Godwin O. Akaba, Ramsey M. Yalma, Osasuyi Dirisu, Babasola Okusanya, Jamilu Tukur, Kehinde Okunade, David Akeju, Adegbenga Ajepe, Okey Okuzu, Tolib Mirzoev, and Bassey Ebenso
A companion of choice is recommended for all women throughout labour, childbirth, and the immediate postnatal period, Breakthrough RESEARCH
A comparative analysis of the availability of family planning services in the social franchise and non-franchise private health facilities in Kajiado County, Kenya, Milka Choge, Kenneth Ngure, Elizabeth Echoka, and Timothy Abuya
A comprehensive model to address reproductive health and family planning needs of factory workers in Port Said, Evidence Project
A comprehensive model to address reproductive health and family planning needs of factory workers in Port Said [Arabic], Evidence Project
Addressing contraceptive needs exacerbated by COVID-19: A call for increasing choice and access to self-managed methods, Lisa Haddad, Saumya RamaRao, Avishek Hazra, Harriet Birungi, and James Sailer
Adherence to guidelines in postpartum management of hypertensive disorders in pregnancy in tertiary health facilities in Nigeria: A multi-centre study, Lawal Oyeneyin, Salisu Mohammed Ishaku, Azubuike K. Onyebuchi, Innocent Agbo, Lamaran M. Dattijo, Baffah M. Aminu, Gbenga A. Kayode, Olorunfemi O. Owa, Patience O. Odusolu, Karima Tunau, Jamilu Tukur, Charlotte E. Warren, Hanifah D. Abubakar, Abdulkarim Musa, Arie Franx, Diederick E. Grobbee, and Joyce L. Browne
“Adolescents do not only require ARVs and adherence counseling”: A qualitative investigation of health care provider experiences with an HIV youth peer mentoring program in Ndola, Zambia, Elizabeth A. Abrams, Virginia M. Burke, Katherine G. Merrill, Christiana Frimpong, Sam Miti, Jonathan Kaunda Mwansa, and Julie Denison
Advancements in postpartum hemorrhage care (APPHC): Overview of portfolio development and research studies in Madagascar, Breakthrough RESEARCH and USAID's Health Evaluation and Applied Research Development
Advancements in postpartum hemorrhage care (APPHC): Overview of portfolio development and research studies in Malawi, Breakthrough RESEARCH and USAID's Health Evaluation and Applied Research Development
Advances in conceptualizing and measuring stigma among people living with HIV, Project SOAR
Advancing Integrated Family Planning (FP)/HIV Counseling with Evidence (ADVICE): Review of FP decision support tools and HIV vulnerability assessment tools, Eileen Yam and Tracy McClair
Advancing postpartum hemorrhage care (APPHC): Partnership approach and portfolio overview, Breakthrough RESEARCH and USAID's Health Evaluation and Applied Research Development
"A man without money getting a sexual partner? It doesn’t exist in our community": Male partners’ perspectives on transactional sexual relationships in Uganda and Eswatini, Julie Pulerwitz, C. Valenzuela, Ann Gottert, Godfrey Siu, Patrick Shabangu, and Sanyukta Mathur
A multipurpose prevention ring for women's sexual and reproductive health, International Partnership for Microbicides
Analysing normative influences on the prevalence of female genital mutilation/cutting among 0–14 years old girls in Senegal: A spatial bayesian hierarchical regression approach, Ngianga-Bakwin Kandala, Chibuzor Christopher Nnanatu, Glory Atilola, Paul Komba, Lubanzadio Mavatikua, Zhuzhi Moore, and Dennis Matanda
Antioxidant, antibacterial, and anti-SARS-CoV activity of commercial products of Xylopia (Xylopia aethiopica), Claudia Melo, Rosemary Perdomo, Fadel Yerima, Oneil Mahoney, Nadjet Cornejal, Sahar Alsaidi, Sahar Coron, Thierry Bonnaire, Shimin Zhang, Thomas Zydowsky, Christine Priano, José Fernández-Romero, Rodolfo Juliani, and Adolfina Koroch
Approaches to research utilization and capacity strengthening, Project SOAR
Are the poor catching up with the rich in utilising maternal health care services? Evidence from India, Sohini Paul
Assessing the acceptability of the progesterone vaginal ring (PVR) in Kenya, Nigeria, and Senegal, Saumya RamaRao, John Townsend, Heather Clark, Deepa Rajamani, Francis Obare, Wilson Liambila, Harriet Birungi, Salisu Ishaku, Godwin Unumeri, Babacar Mane, and Nafissatou Diop
Assessing the performance of community health workers in Haiti: Key findings from a mixed-methods study, Frontline Health Project and Zanmi Lasante
Assessing the vulnerability and risks of adolescent girls and young women in East and Southern Africa: A preliminary review of the tools in use, B. Jane Ferguson, Sanyukta Mathur, and Alice Armstrong
Assessment of community-based ART service model linking female sex workers to HIV care and treatment in Blantyre and Mangochi, Malawi, Lung Vu, Brady Zieman, Adamson Muula, Vincent Samuel, Lyson Tenthani, David Chilongozi, Simon Sikwese, Grace Kumwenda, and Scott Geibel
Association of delayed treatment of chlamydial infection and gonorrhea in pregnancy and preterm birth, Emily R. Burdette, Marisa R. Young, Carolynn M. Dude, Kristin M. Wall, and Lisa Haddad
Associations between key psychosocial stressors and viral suppression and retention in care among youth with HIV in rural South Africa, Lindsey M. Filiatreau, Audrey Pettifor, Jessie K. Edwards, Nkosinathi Masilela, Rhian Twine, F. Xavier Gómez-Olivé, Nicole Haberland, Chodziwadziwa Whiteson Kabudula, Sheri A. Lippman, and Kathleen Kahn
Atención de la salud sexual y reproductiva de mujeres migrantes: Un mapeo de actores de la sociedad civil en Baja California, México—2020, Silvana Larrea-Schiavon, Lucía Vázquez Quesada, Esperanza Basurto-Alcalde, Natalia Polgovsky, Isabel Vieitez Martínez, and Pooja Sripad
Atención de la salud sexual y reproductiva de mujeres migrantes: Un mapeo de actores de la sociedad civil en Chiapas, México—2020, Silvana Larrea-Schiavon, Lucía Vázquez Quesada, Esperanza Basurto-Alcalde, Natalia Polgovsky, Isabel Vieitez Martínez, and Pooja Sripad
Atención de la salud sexual y reproductiva de mujeres migrantes: Un mapeo de actores de la sociedad civil en Chihuahua, México—2020, Silvana Larrea-Schiavon, Lucía Vázquez Quesada, Esperanza Basurto-Alcalde, Natalia Polgovsky, Isabel Vieitez Martínez, and Pooja Sripad
Atención de la salud sexual y reproductiva de mujeres migrantes: Un mapeo de actores de la sociedad civil en la Ciudad de México—2020, Silvana Larrea-Schiavon, Lucía Vázquez Quesada, Esperanza Basurto-Alcalde, Natalia Polgovsky, Isabel Vieitez Martínez, and Pooja Sripad
Atención de la salud sexual y reproductiva de mujeres migrantes: Un mapeo de actores de la sociedad civil en México, Silvana Larrea-Schiavon, Lucía Vázquez Quesada, Esperanza Basurto-Alcalde, Natalia Polgovsky, Isabel Vieitez Martínez, and Pooja Sripad
Atención de la salud sexual y reproductiva de mujeres migrantes: Un mapeo de actores de la sociedad civil en México—2020, Silvana Larrea-Schiavon, Lucía Vázquez Quesada, Esperanza Basurto-Alcalde, Natalia Polgovsky, Isabel Vieitez Martínez, and Pooja Sripad
Atención de la salud sexual y reproductiva de mujeres migrantes: Un mapeo de actores de la sociedad civil en Oaxaca, México—2020, Silvana Larrea-Schiavon, Lucía Vázquez Quesada, Esperanza Basurto-Alcalde, Natalia Polgovsky, Isabel Vieitez Martínez, and Pooja Sripad
Atención de la salud sexual y reproductiva de mujeres migrantes: Un mapeo de actores de la sociedad civil en Tabasco, México—2020, Silvana Larrea-Schiavon, Lucía Vázquez Quesada, Esperanza Basurto-Alcalde, Natalia Polgovsky, Isabel Vieitez Martínez, and Pooja Sripad
Atención de la salud sexual y reproductiva de mujeres migrantes: Un mapeo de actores de la sociedad civil en Veracruz, México—2020, Silvana Larrea-Schiavon, Lucía Vázquez Quesada, Esperanza Basurto-Alcalde, Natalia Polgovsky, Isabel Vieitez Martínez, and Pooja Sripad
Barriers inhibiting effective detection and management of postpartum hemorrhage during facility-based births in Madagascar: Findings from a qualitative study using a behavioral science lens, Sara V. Flanagan, Tina Razafinamanana, Charlotte E. Warren, and Jana Smith
Beliefs about children and the psychosocial implications of infertility on individuals seeking assisted fertilization in Ghana, Josephine M. Kyei, Adom Manu, Agnes M. Kotoh, Charles Ampong Adjei, and Augustine Ankomah
Beyond institutionalization: Planning for sustained investments in training, supervision, and support of community health worker programs in Bangladesh, Shongkour Roy, Shivani Pandya, Md. Irfan Hossain, Timothy Abuya, Charlotte E. Warren, Paloma Mitra, Ubaidur Rob, Sharif M.I. Hossain, and Smisha Agarwal
Beyond Machines, Evidence Project
Breakthrough RESEARCH—Social and Behavior Change Costing Community of Practice Series Brief #2: Understanding the costs of SBC social media interventions, Breakthrough RESEARCH
Breakthrough RESEARCH—Social and Behavior Change Costing Community of Practice Series Brief #3: Capturing the start-up costs associated with social and behavior change interventions, Breakthrough RESEARCH
Can social listening and social media monitoring benefit your SBC activities?, Rachel Yavinsky, Martha Silva, and Leanne Dougherty
Changes in community knowledge and attitudes related to female genital fistula following the implementation of a multi-component intervention in Nigeria and Uganda, Karen Kirk, Pooja Sripad, Charity Ndwiga, Emmanuel Nwala, George Odwe, and Charlotte E. Warren
Characteristics and relationship dynamics of male partners of adolescent girls and young women in Malawi, Project SOAR
Characterization and distribution of medicine vendors in 2 states in Nigeria: Implications for scaling health workforce and family planning services, Babajide Oluseyi Daini, Emeka Okafor, Sikiru Baruwa, Oluwafunmito Adeyanju, Rodio Diallo, and Jennifer Anyanti
Chipatala cha pa Foni, Malawi's 'Health Center by Phone,' improving information given about pregnancy-related symptoms, Breakthrough RESEARCH and VillageReach
Commentary: Does Twitter have a role in family planning in low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs)?, Denise Harrison, Saumya RamaRao, Dinesh Vijeyakumar, James McKinnon, Kristina Brown, and Stanley J. Mierzwa
Communication during hospitalization, Breakthrough RESEARCH
Community-based postnatal care services for women and newborns in Kenya: An opportunity to improve quality and access?, Brady Zieman, Timothy Abuya, Daniel Mwanga, John Wanyungu, Charlotte E. Warren, and Pooja Sripad
Considerations and guidance for using routine and program monitoring data for social and behavior change evaluation, Breakthrough RESEARCH
Contraception au futur: Nouvelles techniques à l’horizon de la prochaine décennie, Régine Sitruk-Ware
Contraception methods used among women with HIV starting antiretroviral therapy in a large United States clinical trial, 2009–2011, Anandi N. Sheth, Christine D. Angert, Lisa Haddad, C. Christina Mehta, and Susan E. Cohn
Contraceptive technologies: Looking ahead to new approaches to increase options for family planning, Lisa Haddad, John Townsend, and Régine Sitruk-Ware
Cost-effectiveness of peer-delivered HIV self-tests for MSM in Uganda, Stephen Okoboi, Barbara Castelnuovo, Jean-Pierre Van Geertruyden, Oucul Lazarus, Lung Vu, Sam Kalibala, Yvonne Kamara, Perez N. Ochanda, Rachel King, and Andrew Mujugira
Costing social and behavior change programming: The role of the denominator, Breakthrough RESEARCH
COVID-19 pandemic: A call to action, a time to respond, Saumya RamaRao
Data collection and ethical challenges associated with VAC studies, Chi-Chi Undie
Dataset—Project YES! Youth Engaging for Success: A randomized controlled trial assessing the impact of a clinic-based peer mentoring program on viral suppression, adherence and internalized stigma among HIV-positive youth (15–24 years) in Ndola, Zambia, Julie Denison, Virginia M. Burke, Sam Miti, Bareng A.S. Nonyane, Christiana Frimpong, Katherine G. Merrill, Elizabeth A. Abrams, and Jonathan K. Mwansa
Dataset—Relationship dynamics and anticipated stigma: Key considerations for PrEP use among Tanzanian adolescent girls and young women and male partners, Nrupa Jani, Sanyukta Mathur, Catherine Kahabuka, Neema Makyao, and Nanlesta Pilgrim
Dataset—Shifting gender norms to improve HIV service uptake: Qualitative findings from a large-scale community mobilization intervention in rural South Africa, Anna M. Leddy, Ann Gottert, Nicole Haberland, Jennifer Hove, Sheri A. Lippman, Kathleen Kahn, Rhandzekile Mathebula, Dumisani Rebombo, Xavier Gómez-Olivé, Rhian Twine, Dean Peacock, and Julie Pulerwitz
Dataset—What are we learning about HIV testing in informal settlements in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa?, Stephanie Psaki, Julie Pulerwitz, Brady Zieman, Paul C. Hewett, and Mags Beksinska
Depressive symptoms, HIV-related stigma and ART adherence among caregivers of children in vulnerable households in rural southern Malawi, Kathryn Spielman, Erica Soler-Hampejsek, Adamson Muula, Lyson Tenthani, and Paul C. Hewett
Development and validation of a multi-dimensional scale to assess community health worker motivation, Ann Gottert, Tracy McClair, Sharif M.I. Hossain, Sina Pascal Dakouo, Timothy Abuya, Karen Kirk, Benjamin Bellows, Smisha Agarwal, Sarah Kennedy, Charlotte E. Warren, and Pooja Sripad
Documentary: Getting it Right! Improving Kenya’s Human Capital by Reducing Stunting—A Household Account, Presidential Policy and Strategy Unit (PASU), Sahihi Africa, and Population Council Kenya
Documenting HIV research-utilization activities, outputs and outcomes: Examples and lessons learned from Project SOAR, Sam Kalibala, Irit Sinai, and Tara Nutley
Documenting the costs of social behavior change interventions for health in low- and middle-income countries, Avenir Health
Does quality matter? An analysis of two-family planning delivery models on quality of care and client satisfaction of services provided in the private sector in Kajiado County, Kenya, Milka Choge, Timothy Abuya, Kenneth Ngure, and Elizabeth Echoka
DREAMS implementation science: All Round 1 Data, Kenya, Sanyukta Mathur, Jerry Okal, Nanlesta Pilgrim, James Matheka, Nrupa Jani, and Julie Pulerwitz
DREAMS implementation science: All Round 1 Data, Malawi, Sanyukta Mathur, Nanlesta Pilgrim, Effie Chipeta, Victor Mwapasa, and Wanangwa Chimwaza Manda
DREAMS implementation science: All Round 1 Data, Zambia, Sanyukta Mathur, Maurice Musheke, Nanlesta Pilgrim, Drosin Mulenga, Lunda Banda, Nrupa Jani, and Julie Pulerwitz
DREAMS implementation science: Round 2 Data, Kenya, Sanyukta Mathur, Jerry Okal, Nanlesta Pilgrim, James Matheka, Nrupa Jani, and Julie Pulerwitz