Submissions from 2023
Changement de comportement des prestataires : approches de changement social et de comportement pour la qualité des soins dans la planification familiale, Breakthrough RESEARCH
Provider behavior change: Social and behavior change approaches to quality of care in family planning, Breakthrough RESEARCH
Provider Behavior Change: Social and Behavior Change Approaches to Quality of Care in Family Planning, Breakthrough RESEARCH
Provider Behavior Change: Social and Behavior Change Approaches to Quality of Care in Family Planning—Slide deck, Breakthrough RESEARCH
Investing in the sexual and reproductive health of adolescents in Pakistan, Huma Iqbal
Investing in the sexual and reproductive health of adolescents in Pakistan [in Urdu], Huma Iqbal
Financing gaps for Pakistan's contraceptive prevalence goals: Analyses using the Guttmacher adding-it-up methodology, Zeba Sathar, Susheela Singh, Sabahat Hussain, and Maqsood Sadiq
Differences in quality of care of family planning services received by age and contraceptive continuation among young mothers in India, Elizabeth Tobey, Aparna Jain, and Arupendra Mozumdar
Submissions from 2022
Changes in clients' perceptions of family planning quality of care in Kaduna and Lagos States, Nigeria: A mixed methods study, Toyin O. Akomolafe, Funmilola Olaolorun, Emeka Okafor, Sikiru Baruwa, Kayode Afolabi, and Aparna Jain
User guide—The social and behavior change business case model for family planning: Web application, Avenir Health
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
The role of job aids in supporting task sharing family planning services to community pharmacists and patent proprietary medicine vendors in Kaduna and Lagos, Nigeria, Sikiru Baruwa, Elizabeth Tobey, Emeka Okafor, Kayode Afolabi, Toyin O. Akomolafe, Innocent Ubuane, Jennifer Anyanti, and Aparna Jain
Measuring potential interest in a postpartum contraceptive vaginal ring among breastfeeding women in India, Lorna Begg, James Sailer, Avishek Hazra, Malabika Roy, Ruth Merkatz, Lisa Haddad, Rebecca Brodsky, and John Bongaarts
Qualitative examination of the role and influence of mothers-in-law on young married couples' family planning in rural Maharashtra, India, Anvita Dixit, Mohan Ghule, Namratha Rao, Madhusudana Battala, Shahina Begum, Nicole E. Johns, Sarah Averbach, and Anita Raj
How can behavioral determinant data inform family planning SBC programs and policies?, Leanne Dougherty and Phil Anglewicz
How do changes in motivation to prevent pregnancy influence contraceptive continuation? Results from a longitudinal study with women who receive family planning services from community pharmacists and patent and proprietary medicine vendors in Nigeria, Sara Chace Dwyer, Sikiru Baruwa, Emeka Okafor, Babajide Oluseyi Daini, Osimhen Ubuane, and Aparna Jain
How do fertility intentions lead to contraceptive continuation among a cohort of family planning users who received services from the private sector in Nigeria, Sara Chace Dwyer, Aparna Jain, Sikiru Baruwa, Emeka Okafor, Babajide Oluseyi Daini, and Osimhen Ubuane
“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
Did COVID-19 impact contraceptive uptake? Evidence from Senegal, Kamil Fuseini, Leah Jarvis, Augustine Ankomah, Fatou Mbow, and Michelle J. Hindin
Impact of COVID-19 on the use of emergency contraceptives in Ghana: An interrupted time series analysis, Kamil Fuseini, Leah Jarvis, Michelle J. Hindin, Kofi Issah, and Augustine Ankomah
Association between the place of abortion and post-abortion contraceptive adoption and continuation: The case of India, Kirti Gaur, Ankita Shukla, and Rajib Acharya
New client-centered discontinuation measures using the Demographic and Health Survey calendar data, Aparna Jain and Elizabeth Tobey
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
Crisis upon crisis: A qualitative study exploring the joint effect of the political, economic, and pandemic challenges in Lebanon on Syrian refugee women's fertility preferences and behaviour, Rima Mourtada and Andrea J. Melnikas
Comparing cohabiting unions and formal marriages among adolescent girls in Zambia: The role of premarital fertility and parental support, Eunice N. Muthengi, Laura Muthoni, and Karen Austrian
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
Associations between contraceptive decision-making and marital contraceptive communication and use in rural Maharashtra, India, Melody Nazarbegian, Sarah Averbach, Nicole E. Johns, Mohan Ghule, Jay G. Silverman, Rebecka Lundgren, Madhusudana Battala, Shahina Begum, and Anita Raj
Nigerian stakeholders' perceptions of a pilot tier accreditation system for Patent and Proprietary Medicine Vendors to expand access to family planning services, Funmilola OlaOlorun, Aparna Jain, Emily Olalere, Ene Daniel-Ebune, Kayode Afolabi, Emeka Okafor, Sara Chace Dwyer, Osimhen Ubuane, Toyin O. Akomolafe, and Sikiru Baruwa
Evaluation of a gender synchronized family planning intervention for married couples in rural India: The CHARM2 cluster randomized control trial, Anita Raj, Mohan Ghule, Nicole Johns, Madhusudana Battala, Shahina Begum, Anvita Dixit, Florin Vaida, Niranjan Saggurti, Jay G. Silverman, and Sarah Averbach
Sexual and reproductive health education and its association with ever use of contraception: A cross-sectional study among women in urban slums, Accra, Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Edward Kwabena Ameyaw, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Leonard Baatiema, Samuel Dery, Augustine Ankomah, and John Kuumuori Ganle
Comparative analysis of contraceptive use in Punjab and Manipur: Exploring beyond women’s education and empowerment, Anjali Sharma, Abhishek Kumar, S.K. Mohanty, and Arupendra Mozumdar
Restrictions on contraceptive services for unmarried youth: A qualitative study of providers’ beliefs and attitudes in India, Ankita Shukla, Abhishek Kumar, Arupendra Mozumdar, Rajib Acharya, Kumudha Aruldas, and Niranjan Saggurti
Determining the most significant changes on intergenerational communication and young people’s family planning and reproductive health outcomes: Qualitative evaluation of the Merci Mon Héros media campaign in Niger and Côte d’Ivoire, Martha Silva, Sethson Kassegne, Robert-Hugues Yaovi Nagbe, Rebecca Ezouatchi, Lorimpo Babogou, and Farida Moussa
Identification des changements les plus significatifs sur la communication intergénérationnelle et la santé des jeunes en matière de planification familiale et de santé de reproduction : évaluation qualitative de la campagne médiatique « Merci Mon Héros » au Niger et en Côte d’Ivoire, Martha Silva, Sethson Kassegne, Robert-Hugues Yaovi Nagbe, Rebecca Ezouatchi, Lorimpo Babogou, and Farida Moussa
Longitudinal examination of young married women's fertility and family planning intentions and how they relate to subsequent family planning use in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh India, Ilene Speizer, A.J. Francis Zavier, Lisa M. Calhoun, Priya Nanda, Niranjan Saggurti, and Gwyn Hainsworth
Impact of community and provider-driven social accountability interventions on contraceptive uptake in Ghana and Tanzania, Petrus S. Steyn, Joanna Paula Cordero, Dela Nai, Donat Shamba, Kamil Fuseini, Sigilbert Mrema, Ndema Habib, My Huong Nguyen, and James Kiarie
Family planning services during the first wave of COVID-19 in four West African countries: Lessons from a study, Aguima Frank Tankoano, Hassane Atamo, and Dela Nai
A mixed-methods study of factors influencing postpartum intrauterine device uptake after family planning counseling among women in Kigali, Rwanda, Mariama S. Tounkara, Rosine Ingabire, Dawn L. Comeau, Etienne Karita, Susan Allen, Julien Nyombayire, Rachel Parker, Lisa Haddad, Vanessa Da Costa, Amanda Tichacek, Amelia Mazzei, Jeannine Mukamuyango, and Kristin M. Wall
Implementation and evaluation of a large-scale postpartum family planning program in Rwanda: Study protocol for a clinic-randomized controlled trial, Kristin M. Wall, Rosine Ingabire, Amelia Mazzei, Claudine Umuhoza, Rachel Parker, Amanda Tichacek, Azhar Nizam, Jessica M. Sales, Lisa Haddad, Phaedra Corso, Susan Allen, Julien Nyombayire, and Etienne Karita
Developing and testing a chatbot to integrate HIV education into family planning clinic waiting areas in Lusaka, Zambia, Eileen Yam, Edith S. Namukonda, Tracy McClair, Samir Souidi, Nachela Chelwa, Nelly-Claire Muntalima, Michael Mbizvo, and Benjamin Bellows
Behavioral tactics to support providers in offering quality care: Insights from provider behavior change research and practice, Emily Zimmerman and Jana Smith
Submissions from 2021
Evaluation of 2 intervention models to integrate family planning into worker health and livelihood programs in Egypt: A difference-in-differences analysis, Nahla G. Abdel-Tawab, Elizabeth Tobey, Maryam Essam, Sara Chace Dwyer, and Aparna Jain
Muslim men's perceptions and attitudes on family planning: A qualitative study in Wajir and Lamu counties in Kenya, Batula Abdi, Jerry Okal, Gamal I. Serour, and Marleen Temmerman
Understanding community health worker incentive preferences in Uganda using a discrete choice experiment, Smisha Agarwal, Timothy Abuya, Richard Kintu, Daniel Mwanga, Melvin Obadha, Shivani Pandya, and Charlotte E. Warren
Editorial: Advancing community health measurement, policy, and practice, Benjamin Bellows and Charlotte E. Warren
The validity of women's reports of family planning service quality in Cambodia and Kenya, Ann K. Blanc, Katharine McCarthy, Charlotte E. Warren, Ashish Bajracharya, and Benjamin Bellows
Pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of a copper intrauterine contraceptive system releasing ulipristal acetate: A randomized proof-of-concept study, Vivian Brache, Carolina Sales Vieira, Marlena Gehret Plagianos, Maud Lansiaux, Ruth Merkatz, Heather Sussman, Leila Cochon, Ana-Sofia Tejada, Narender Kumar, Dan Loeven, Diana Blithe, Abi Santhosh Aprem, Alistair Williams, Athilakshmi Kannan, Indrani C. Bagchi, and Régine Sitruk-Ware
Findings from the Merci Mon Héros social listening endline report, Breakthrough RESEARCH
Health and ideations of married female adolescents, Breakthrough RESEARCH
Increasing modern contraceptive use among women in Kebbi State, Breakthrough RESEARCH
Increasing modern contraceptive use among women in Sokoto State, Breakthrough RESEARCH
Increasing modern contraceptive use among women in Zamfara State, Breakthrough RESEARCH
Karfafa amfani da kwayoyin hana daukar ciki na zamani a tsakanin mata a jihar Kebbi, Breakthrough RESEARCH
Karfafa amfani da kwayoyin hana daukar ciki na zamani a tsakanin mata a jihar Sokoto, Breakthrough RESEARCH
Karfafa amfani da kwayoyin hana daukar ciki na zamani a tsakanin mata a jihar Zamfara, Breakthrough RESEARCH
Listen Up! How can social and behavior change programming improve reproductive health and family planning behaviors of out-of-school youth in the Philippines?, Breakthrough RESEARCH
Strengthening social and behavior change measurement in the RISE II Program, Breakthrough RESEARCH
Harnessing the power of partnership to advance reproductive health and rights, Julia Bunting and Régine Sitruk-Ware
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
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
How does the sex composition of children affect men's higher ideal family size preference relative to women and contraceptive use patterns among couples? A cross-sectional analysis of dyadic couple's data in India, Arnab Dey, Rajib Acharya, Shweta Tomar, Jay G. Silverman, and Anita Raj
Male–female concordance in reported involvement of women in contraceptive decision-making and its association with modern contraceptive use among couples in rural Maharashtra, India, Anvita Dixit, Nicole E. Johns, Mohan Ghule, Madhusudana Battala, Shahina Begum, Jennifer Yore, Niranjan Saggurti, Jay G. Silverman, Elizabeth Reed, Tarik Benmarhnia, Sarah Averbach, and Anita Raj
The role of unintended pregnancy in internalized stigma among women living with HIV in Kenya, Sara Chace Dwyer, Aparna Jain, Wilson Liambila, and Charlotte E. Warren
Meeting family planning needs of factory workers in Port Said: Lessons from pilot testing an intervention in eight garment factories, Maryam Essam, Nahla G. Abdel-Tawab, Elizabeth Tobey, and Aparna Jain
Meeting family planning needs of factory workers in Port Said: Lessons from pilot testing an intervention in eight garment factories [Arabic], Maryam Essam, Nahla G. Abdel-Tawab, Elizabeth Tobey, and Aparna Jain
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
Beyond Machines, Evidence Project
Exploration of the effect of the COVID-19 outbreak on women’s access to family planning services in Port Said and Souhag governorates [Arabic], Evidence Project
Frequently asked questions about COVID-19 and family planning/reproductive health [Arabic], Evidence Project
Integrating family planning and reproductive health information into livelihood training programs for young people in Souhag, Evidence Project
Integrating family planning and reproductive health information into livelihood training programs for young people in Souhag [Arabic], Evidence Project
Meeting the family planning and reproductive health needs of factory workers, Evidence Project
The promise of the dual prevention pill: A framework for development and introduction, Barbara Friedland, Sanyukta Mathur, and Lisa Haddad
Frontline Health achievements in harmonizing measurement and generating evidence on community health system performance, Frontline Health Project
Operationalized indicators: Integrating community health worker and client views to assess community health systems, Frontline Health Project
Using evidence to advocate for the professional growth of community health workers in Bangladesh, Frontline Health Project
Identifying factors that support community health worker motivation, job satisfaction, and retention in Haiti, Frontline Health Project and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Preferred incentives for improving community health worker satisfaction and retention in Bangladesh, Frontline Health Project and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Understanding community health volunteer incentive preferences in Kenya, Frontline Health Project and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Issues for consideration in the scale-up of the inclusion of family planning in the National Health Insurance benefits package in Ghana, Kamil Fuseini and Augustine Ankomah
Family planning for urban slums in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review of interventions/service delivery models and their impact, John Ganle, Leonard Baatiema, Paul Ayamah, Charlotte Abra, Esime Ofori, Edward Kwabena Ameyaw, Abdul-Aziz Seidu, and Augustine Ankomah
Mass media exposure and use of reversible modern contraceptives among married women in India: An analysis of the NFHS 2015–16 data, Ranjita Ghosh, Arupendra Mozumdar, Aparajita Chattopadhyay, and Rajib Acharya
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
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
Contraceptive technologies: Looking ahead to new approaches to increase options for family planning, Lisa Haddad, John Townsend, and Régine Sitruk-Ware
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
Programs increasing access to IUDs and IUSs in the USA and in lower- and middle-income countries (LMIC), Anna Hazelwood, Ricky Lu, Tessa Madden, Anita Makins, Susan Ontiri, Caitlin Quade, Kate Rademacher, James Sailer, and Tabitha Sripipatana
Measuring quality of care at the community level using the contraceptive method information index plus and client reported experience metrics in Bangladesh, Sharif M.I. Hossain, Pooja Sripad, Brady Zieman, Shongkour Roy, Sarah Kennedy, Md. Irfan Hossain, and Benjamin Bellows
Understanding family planning outcomes in northwestern Nigeria: Analysis and modeling of social and behavior change factors, Paul Hutchinson, Udochisom Anaba, Dele Abegunde, Mathew Okoh, Paul C. Hewett, and Emily White Johansson
Research within international non-governmental organisation programmes in low and middle-income countries: Challenges amid opportunities, Salisu Mohammed Ishaku, Maria van der Harst, Charlotte E. Warren, Arie Franx, Gbenga A. Kayode, Diederick E. Grobbee, and Joyce L. Browne
Not all women who experience side effects discontinue their contraceptive method: Insights from a longitudinal study in India, Aparna Jain, Sara Chace Dwyer, Arupendra Mozumdar, and Elizabeth Tobey
Using social listening to inform integrated social and behavior change programs in Burkina Faso, Nrupa Jani, Leanne Dougherty, and Martha Silva
Using the Gender and Power Metrics Database—A Research Skills Workshop, Leah Jarvis, Katey Peck, and Elizabeth Tobey
Introduction of digital reporting platform to integrate community-level data into health information systems is feasible and acceptable among various community health stakeholders: A mixed-methods pilot study in Mopti, Mali, Karen Kirk, Tracy McClair, Sina Pascal Dakouo, Timothy Abuya, 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
Sexual and reproductive healthcare for migrant women: A mapping of civil society actors in Mexico, Silvana Larrea-Schiavon, Lucía Vázquez Quesada, Esperanza Basurto-Alcalde, Natalia Polgovsky, Isabel Vieitez Martínez, and Pooja Sripad
COVID-19 knowledge, attitudes, and practices among young people in Port Said and Souhag, Egypt: A gender perspective, Monica Maher, Mohamed Ramy, Nahla G. Abdel-Tawab, Elizabeth Tobey, and Aparna Jain