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A human rights-focused HIV intervention for sex workers in Metro Manila, Philippines: evaluation of effects in a quantitative pilot study

scientific article published on 6 September 2016

Abuse from in-laws during pregnancy and post-partum: qualitative and quantitative findings from low-income mothers of infants in Mumbai, India.

scientific article published on August 2011

Access to Money and Relation to Women's Use of Family Planning Methods Among Young Married Women in Rural India

scientific article published on 12 March 2016

Acid suppression and chemoprevention in Barrett's oesophagus

scientific article (publication date: 2004)

Adolescent experiences of violence and relation to violence perpetration beyond young adulthood among an urban sample of Black and African American males

scientific article published on February 2014

Adverse pregnancy outcomes and sexual violence among female sex workers who inject drugs on the United States-Mexico border

scientific article published on January 2013

Age at menarche, education, and child marriage among young wives in rural Maharashtra, India

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Alcohol use and sex risk behaviors among HIV-infected female sex workers (FSWs) and HIV-infected male clients of FSWs in India

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Association between adolescent marriage and marital violence among young adult women in India

scientific article published on 26 March 2010

Association between having no sons and using no contraception among a nationally representative sample of young wives in Nepal

scientific article published on 07 March 2013

Association between tribal status and spacing contraceptive use in rural Maharashtra, India

scientific article published on 8 December 2015

Associations Between Alcohol, Heroin, and Cocaine Use and High Risk Sexual Behaviors Among Detoxification Patients

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Associations Between Mistreatment by a Provider during Childbirth and Maternal Health Complications in Uttar Pradesh, India

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Associations between intimate partner violence and reproductive and maternal health outcomes in Bihar, India: a cross-sectional study.

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Associations between partner violence perpetration and history of STI among HIV-infected substance using men in Russia

scientific article published on 13 September 2012

Associations between perceptions and involvement in neighborhood violence and intimate partner violence perpetration among urban, African American men.

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Associations of intimate partner violence with postnatal health practices in Bihar, India

scientific article published on 29 November 2017

Associations of intimate partner violence with unintended pregnancy and pre-pregnancy contraceptive use in South Asia

scientific article published on 10 March 2015

Associations of marital violence with different forms of contraception: cross-sectional findings from South Asia

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Associations of sex trafficking history with recent sexual risk among HIV-infected FSWs in India.

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Associations of women's position in the household and food insecurity with family planning use in Nepal

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Barriers and Facilitators to Providing HIV-Related Services in Bostonian African American Churches: A Focus Group Study of Clergy and Community Members

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Barriers to use contraceptive methods among rural young married couples in Maharashtra, India: Qualitative findings

scholarly article published 2015

Beyond the statistic: exploring the process of early marriage decision-making using qualitative findings from Ethiopia and India

scholarly article by Lotus McDougal et al published 24 August 2018 in BMC Women's Health

Blacks face higher risk of drug arrests in White neighborhoods

scientific article published on 23 March 2016

Brief report: parent-adolescent child concordance in social norms related to gender equity in marriage - findings from rural India

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CHARM, a gender equity and family planning intervention for men and couples in rural India: protocol for the cluster randomized controlled trial evaluation

scientific article published on 20 February 2016

Can a Gender Equity and Family Planning Intervention for Men Change Their Gender Ideology? Results from the CHARM Intervention in Rural India.

scientific article published on 14 February 2018

Changes in prevalence of girl child marriage in South Asia

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Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluation of a Gender Equity and Family Planning Intervention for Married Men and Couples in Rural India

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Coercive forms of sexual risk and associated violence perpetrated by male partners of female adolescents

scientific article published on 27 January 2011

Community empowerment paradigm drift and the primary prevention of HIV/AIDS

scientific article published on April 1, 1998

Congolese and Somali beliefs about mental health services

scientific article published in March 2014

Correlates of any condom use among Russian narcology patients reporting recent unprotected sex

scientific article published on 10 April 2008

Cross-sectional time series analysis of associations between education and girl child marriage in Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan, 1991-2011.

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Dating violence among adolescents presenting to a pediatric emergency department

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Dating violence and associated sexual risk and pregnancy among adolescent girls in the United States

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Dating violence and sexually transmitted disease/HIV testing and diagnosis among adolescent females

scientific article published in August 2005

Demand for family planning satisfied with modern methods among sexually active women in low- and middle-income countries: who is lagging behind?

scientific article published on 6 March 2018

Differential Impacts of an Intimate Partner Violence Prevention Program Based on Child Marriage Status in Rural Côte d'Ivoire

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Differential effects of community health worker visits across social and economic groups in Uttar Pradesh, India: a link between social inequities and health disparities

scientific article published on 07 March 2017

Discordance in self-report and observation data on mistreatment of women by providers during childbirth in Uttar Pradesh, India

scientific article published on 15 November 2017

Driven to a fiery death--the tragedy of self-immolation in Afghanistan

scientific article published in May 2008

Effects of young maternal age and short interpregnancy interval on infant mortality in South Asia

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Engagement and Substance Dependence in a Primary Care-Based Addiction Treatment Program for People Infected with HIV and People at High-Risk for HIV Infection

scientific article published on 21 July 2015

Experiences of Racial Discrimination and Relation to Sexual Risk for HIV among a Sample of Urban Black and African American Men

scientific article published on April 1, 2013

Exploring the impact of underage sex work among female sex workers in two Mexico-US border cities

scientific article published in May 2012

Family Violence and Maltreatment of Women During the Perinatal Period: Associations with Infant Morbidity in Indian Slum Communities.

scientific article published on 6 October 2015

Gender Differences in Academic Medicine: Retention, Rank, and Leadership Comparisons From the National Faculty Survey

scientific article published on 30 January 2018

Gender Empowerment Index: a choice of progress or perfection

scientific article published on 26 July 2017

Gender equity and universal health coverage in India

scientific article published on January 10, 2011

Gender inequities in curative and preventive health care use among infants in Bihar, India

scientific article published on December 2017

Gender-based disparities in infant and child mortality based on maternal exposure to spousal violence: the heavy burden borne by Indian girls

scientific article published on January 2011

Gendered effects of siblings on child malnutrition in South Asia: cross-sectional analysis of demographic and health surveys from Bangladesh, India, and Nepal

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Getting Personal: Progress and Pitfalls in HIV Prevention Among Latinas

scientific article published in December 2011

Girl Child Marriage: A Persistent Global Women’s Health and Human Rights Violation

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Girl child marriage and its association with national rates of HIV, maternal health, and infant mortality across 97 countries.

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Girl child marriage and its effect on fertility in Pakistan: findings from Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey, 2006-2007.

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HERMITAGE--a randomized controlled trial to reduce sexually transmitted infections and HIV risk behaviors among HIV-infected Russian drinkers

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HIV prevalence and predictors among rescued sex-trafficked women and girls in Mumbai, India

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HIV prevalence and predictors of infection in sex-trafficked Nepalese girls and women

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HIV vulnerabilities of sex-trafficked Indian women and girls

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Heterosexual behavioral maintenance and change following HIV counseling and testing

scientific article published in March 2005

Heterosexual risk for HIV among black men in the United States: a call to action against a neglected crisis in black communities

scientific article published on 10 August 2011

History of incarceration and gang involvement are associated with recent sexually transmitted disease/HIV diagnosis in African American men.

scientific article published in January 2008

Household Debt and Relation to Intimate Partner Violence and Husbands' Attitudes Toward Gender Norms: A Study Among Young Married Couples in Rural Maharashtra, India

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Husband's Alcohol Use, Intimate Partner Violence, and Family Maltreatment of Low-Income Postpartum Women in Mumbai, India.

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Immigration policies increase south Asian immigrant women's vulnerability to intimate partner violence.

scientific article published in January 2005

Immigration-based disparities in adolescent girls' vulnerability to dating violence

scientific article published in January 2007

Impact of Sexual Violence Across the Lifespan on HIV Risk Behaviors Among Transgender Women and Cisgender People Living With HIV.

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Impact of the RHANI Wives intervention on marital conflict and sexual coercion

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Implications of cannabis use and heavy alcohol use on HIV drug risk behaviors in Russian heroin users

scientific article published on 9 May 2007

Inadequate progress for women in academic medicine: findings from the National Faculty Study

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Indian men's use of commercial sex workers: prevalence, condom use, and related gender attitudes

scientific article published on February 2010

Inequities in Academic Compensation by Gender: A Follow-up to the National Faculty Survey Cohort Study

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Intimate partner violence against South Asian women in greater Boston.

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Intimate partner violence among married couples in India and contraceptive use reported by women but not husbands

scientific article published on 30 December 2015

Intimate partner violence among men having sex with men, women, or both: early-life sexual and physical abuse as antecedents

scientific article published in June 2011

Intimate partner violence and HIV infection among married Indian women

scientific article published in August 2008

Intimate partner violence and health care-seeking patterns among female users of urban adolescent clinics

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Intimate partner violence and reproductive coercion: global barriers to women's reproductive control

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Intimate partner violence associated with poor health outcomes in U.S. South Asian women

scientific article published in July 2006

Intimate partner violence functions as both a risk marker and risk factor for women's HIV infection: findings from Indian husband-wife dyads

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Intimate partner violence perpetration, immigration status, and disparities in a community health center-based sample of men.

scientific article published on January 2010

Intimate partner violence perpetration, risky sexual behavior, and STI/HIV diagnosis among heterosexual African American men.

scientific article published in September 2008

Intimate partner violence victimization prior to and during pregnancy among women residing in 26 U.S. states: Associations with maternal and neonatal health

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Knowledge and perceptions of family leave policies among female faculty in academic medicine

scientific article published on 16 February 2014

Leaving no one behind: can the Family Planning Estimation Tool help?

scientific article published in March 2017

Linkages Within the Reproductive and Maternal Health Continuum of Care in Bangladesh

scientific article published on July 2016

Linking Infectious and Narcology Care (LINC) in Russia: design, intervention and implementation protocol

scientific article published on 4 May 2016

Local social support mitigates depression among women contending with spousal violence and husband's risky drinking in Mumbai slum communities

scientific article published on 9 August 2012

Longitudinal Analysis of Gender Differences in Academic Productivity Among Medical Faculty Across 24 Medical Schools in the United States

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Longitudinal analysis of the impact of economic empowerment on risk for intimate partner violence among married women in rural Maharashtra, India

scientific article published on 26 November 2017

Longitudinal associations of intimate partner violence attitudes and perpetration: Dyadic couples data from a randomized controlled trial in rural India

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Losing the "gender" in gender-based violence: the missteps of research on dating and intimate partner violence

scientific article published in March 2010

Lower Rates of Promotion of Generalists in Academic Medicine: A Follow-up to the National Faculty Survey

scientific article published on 24 January 2017

Making the continuum of care work for mothers and infants: Does gender equity matter? Findings from a quasi-experimental study in Bihar, India.

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Male migration/mobility and HIV among married couples: cross-sectional analysis of nationally representative data from India

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Male perpetration of intimate partner violence and involvement in abortions and abortion-related conflict

Male perpetration of teen dating violence: associations with neighborhood violence involvement, gender attitudes, and perceived peer and neighborhood norms

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Masculine Gender Ideologies, Intimate Partner Violence, and Alcohol Use Increase Risk for Genital Tract Infections Among Men.

scientific article published in April 2017

Masculine gender roles associated with increased sexual risk and intimate partner violence perpetration among young adult men.

scientific article published on July 2006

Maternal experiences of intimate partner violence and child morbidity in Bangladesh: evidence from a national Bangladeshi sample

scientific article published on August 2009

Maternal morbidity associated with violence and maltreatment from husbands and in-laws: findings from Indian slum communities

scientific article published on 08 September 2016

Migration, sexual exploitation, and women's health: a case report from a community health center

scientific article published on May 2007

Mortality in HIV-Infected Alcohol and Drug Users in St. Petersburg, Russia

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Multi-Site Evaluation of Community-Based Efforts to Improve Engagement in HIV Care Among Populations Disproportionately Affected by HIV in the United States

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Multi-person sex among a sample of adolescent female urban health clinic patients

scientific article published on February 2012

Multisectorial Afghan perspectives on girl child marriage: foundations for change do exist in Afghanistan

scientific article published on 29 March 2011

Nondisclosure of HIV infection to sex partners and alcohol's role: a Russian experience

scientific article published on January 2013

On the Margin: Power and Women's HIV Risk Reduction Strategies

Perpetration of intimate partner violence associated with sexual risk behaviors among young adult men.

scientific article published on 2 May 2006

Pilot evaluation of a health promotion program for African immigrant and refugee women: the UJAMBO Program

scientific article published in February 2013

Pilot evaluation of the Making Employment Needs [MEN] count intervention: addressing behavioral and structural HIV risks in heterosexual black men.

scientific article published on 14 June 2013

Police sexual coercion and its association with risky sex work and substance use behaviors among female sex workers in St. Petersburg and Orenburg, Russia

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Postpartum contraception utilization among low-income women seeking immunization for infants in Mumbai, India

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Prenatal arsenic exposure, child marriage, and pregnancy weight gain: Associations with preterm birth in Bangladesh

scientific article published on 12 December 2017

Prevalence and correlates of non-disclosure of HIV serostatus to sex partners among HIV-infected female sex workers and HIV-infected male clients of female sex workers in India

scientific article published on January 2013

Prevalence and patterns of sexual assault across the life span among incarcerated women

scientific article published in May 2008

Prevalence of child marriage and its effect on fertility and fertility-control outcomes of young women in India: a cross-sectional, observational study

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Proceedings of the 8th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation : Washington, DC, USA. 14-15 December 2015

article by David Chambers et al published 1 August 2016 in Implementation Science

Punitive policing and associated substance use risks among HIV-positive people in Russia who inject drugs.

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Race/Ethnicity and Success in Academic Medicine: Findings From a Longitudinal Multi-Institutional Study

scientific article published on 24 October 2017

Randomized controlled trial to test the RHANI Wives HIV intervention for women in India at risk for HIV from husbands

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Recruitment, Promotion, and Retention of Women in Academic Medicine: How Institutions Are Addressing Gender Disparities

scientific article published on 4 January 2017

Reproductive health concerns of women contending with spousal violence and husband's alcohol use in a Mumbai slum community

scientific article published on 22 June 2013

Research priorities on ending child marriage and supporting married girls

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Risk factors for recent nonfatal overdose among HIV-infected Russians who inject drugs.

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School bullying perpetration and other childhood risk factors as predictors of adult intimate partner violence perpetration

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Serodiscordant partnerships and opportunities for pre-exposure prophylaxis among partners of women and men living with HIV in St. Petersburg, Russia

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Sex purchasing and associations with HIV/STI among a clinic-based sample of US men.

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Sex trade, sexual risk, and nondisclosure of HIV serostatus: findings from HIV-infected persons with a history of alcohol problems

scientific article published in March 2006

Sex trafficking and initiation-related violence, alcohol use, and HIV risk among HIV-infected female sex workers in Mumbai, India

scientific article published on December 2011

Sex work and its associations with alcohol and methamphetamine use among female bar and spa workers in the Philippines

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Sex-selected abortion in India

scientific article published in The Lancet

Sexual Violence and HIV Infection Associated With Adolescent vs Adult Entry Into the Sex Trade in Mexico

scientific article published on August 2015

Sexual violence against adolescent girls: influences of immigration and acculturation

scientific article published in May 2007

Sexual violence and rape in India

scientific article published in March 2014

Sexual violence from police and HIV risk behaviours among HIV-positive women who inject drugs in St. Petersburg, Russia - a mixed methods study

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Social and environmental contexts of adolescent and young adult male perpetrators of intimate partner violence: a qualitative study

scientific article published on 16 June 2008

Social norms and beliefs regarding sexual risk and pregnancy involvement among adolescent males treated for dating violence perpetration

scientific article published on July 2006

Socio-structural and behavioral risk factors associated with trafficked history of female bar/spa entertainers in the sex trade in the Philippines

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Somali immigrant women's perceptions of cesarean delivery and patient-provider communication surrounding female circumcision and childbirth in the USA.

scientific article published on 19 September 2011

South Asian victims of intimate partner violence more likely than non-victims to report sexual health concerns

scientific article published in April 2005

Spousal discordance on reports of contraceptive communication, contraceptive use, and ideal family size in rural India: a cross-sectional study

Stigma and Human Rights Abuses against People Who Inject Drugs in Russia--A Qualitative Investigation to Inform Policy and Public Health Strategies

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Students and brides: a qualitative analysis of the relationship between girls' education and early marriage in Ethiopia and India

scholarly article by Anita Raj et al published 7 January 2019 in BMC Public Health

Substance abuse treatment and risk behaviors among HIV-infected persons with alcohol problems

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Syphilis and hepatitis B Co-infection among HIV-infected, sex-trafficked women and girls, Nepal

scientific article published on June 2008

Targeting the SAVA (Substance Abuse, Violence, and AIDS) Syndemic Among Women and Girls: A Global Review of Epidemiology and Integrated Interventions

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Teen dating violence perpetration and relation to STI and sexual risk behaviours among adolescent males

scientific article published on 27 February 2014

The associations of binge alcohol use with HIV/STI risk and diagnosis among heterosexual African American men.

scientific article published on 30 December 2008

The effect of maternal child marriage on morbidity and mortality of children under 5 in India: cross sectional study of a nationally representative sample

scientific article (publication date: 21 January 2010)

The influence of family violence and child marriage on unmet need for family planning in Jordan

scientific article published on 8 March 2016

The prevalence of violence and relation to depression and illicit drug use among incarcerated women in Recife, Brazil

scientific article published on 17 July 2009

Tuberculosis and HIV: a global menace exacerbated via sex trafficking

scientific article published on 18 January 2009

Validity of self-reported age at marriage in rural India

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Victims of intimate partner violence more likely to report abuse from in-laws

scientific article published in October 2006

Violence against wives, sexual risk and sexually transmitted infection among Bangladeshi men

scientific article published on 14 February 2007

Violence against women associated with arrests for sex trade but not drug charges

scientific article published on 24 March 2006

Violence-related coping, help-seeking and health care-based intervention preferences among perinatal women in Mumbai, India.

scientific article published on 6 January 2013

When the mother is a child: the impact of child marriage on the health and human rights of girls

scientific article published on October 7, 2010