Volume 38, 2012
Number 1, March
In This Issue
Update
ARTICLES
Multiple Deprivations and Maternal Care in India
Sanjay K. Mohanty
Fertility Differences Among Developing Countries: Are They Still
Related to Family Planning Program Efforts and Social Settings?
Anrudh K. Jain and John A. Ross
Women’s Empowerment and Choice of Contraceptive Methods in Selected
African Countries
Mai Do and Nami Kurimoto
Stability and Change in Fertility Preferences Among Young Women
in Malawi
Christie Sennott and Sara Yeatman
COMMENT
Spousal Separation and Interpretation of Contraceptive Use and
Unmet Need in Rural Nepal
By Bharat Ban, Sujan Karki, Ashoke Shrestha and Stephen Hodgins
DIGESTS
Global Abortion Rate Stabilizes, but Unsafe Procedures Remain the
Norm in Developing Countries
HPV Tests More Sensitive Than Pap Tests for Cervical Cancer Detection
Providers' Knowledge Of Medication Abortion Is Lacking in Guatemala
Nurses and Doctors are Equally Capable Abortion Providers, Indian
Study Indicates
Rates of Unsafe Sex Vary By Gender Among HIV-Positive Hondurans
Medication Abortion Linked with Increased Risk Of Vaginal Bleeding
in Subsequent Pregnancy
A Third of Kenyans Have Genital Herpes, Including Most of Those
with HIV
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Number 2, June
In This Issue
Update
ARTICLES
Incidence of Induced Abortion by Age and State, Mexico, 2009: New
Estimates Using a Modified Methodology
Fatima Juarez and Susheela Singh
Increasing Postpartum Contraception in Rural India: Evaluation
of a Community-Based Behavior Change Communication Intervention
Mary Philip Sebastian, Mohammed Ejazduin Khan, Kaushal Kumari
and Rukma Idnani
Women’s Empowerment and Ideal Family Size: An Examination of DHS
Empowerment Measures In Sub-Saharan Africa
Ushma D. Upadhyay and Deborah Karasek
Treatment-Seeking for Symptoms of Reproductive Tract Infections
Among Young Women in India
Shagun Sabarwal and K. G. Santhya
Ethnic Inequality in Guatemalan Women’s Use of Modern Reproductive
Health Care
Kanako Ishida, Paul Stupp, Reina Turcios-Ruiz, Daniel B. William
and Evelyn Espinoza
DIGESTS
Application of Antiseptic to Umbilical Stump Reduces Risk of Neonatal
Infection and Mortality
Prevalence of Female Genital Cutting Varies Greatly in Western
Africa
Male Circumcision Reduces Risk of HIV Acquisition For as Long as
Seven Years
Prevalence of Cesarean Delivery Rising Sharply Among Poor, Rural
Women
Giving Misoprostol Before Vacuum Aspiration Lowers Risk of Complications
Remarriage, HIV Infection Linked Among Women In Sub-Saharan Africa
Young Malawi Women Who Get Payments for Schooling Are Less Likely
to Get HIV
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Number 3, September
In This Issue
Update
ARTICLES
The Incidence of Menstrual Regulation Procedures And Abortion in
Bangladesh, 2010
Susheela Singh, Altaf Hossain, Isaac Maddow-Zimet, Hadayeat Ullah
Bhuiyan, Michael Vlassoff and Rubina Hussain
Feasibility of Expanding the Medication Abortion Provider Base
in India to Include Ayurvedic Physicians and Nurses
Shireen J. Jejeebhoy, Shveta Kalyanwala, Shuchita Mundle, Jaydeep
Tank, A.J. Francis Zavier, Rajesh Kumar, Rajib Acharya and Nita
Jha
Legal Abortion Levels and Trends By Woman’s Age at Termination
Gilda Sedgh, Akinrinola Bankole, Susheela Singh and Michelle
Eilers
Attitudes and Intentions Regarding Abortion Provision Among Medical
School Students in South Africa
Stephanie B. Wheeler, Leah L. Zullig, Bryce B. Reeve, Geoffrey
A. Buga and Chelsea Morroni
COMMENT
Use of Medicines Changing the Face of Abortion
Beverly Winikoff and Wendy Sheldon
DIGESTS
Antiretroviral Therapy Given to Mother or Child Reduces Risk of
HIV Transmission from Breast-Feeding
Contraceptives Prevented A Quarter of a Million Deaths Worldwide
in 2008
As Circumcision Wound Heals, Some Men Ignore Advice to Abstain
from Sex
Voucher Program Increases Use of Maternal Health Services in Bangladesh
In Malawi, End of One’s Reproductive Years Does Not Mean End of
HIV Risk
Reproductive Health Clinicians in Southern Africa Often Counsel
Male Clients About Circumcision
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Number 4, December
In This Issue
Update
ARTICLES
The Desire for Sons and Excess Fertility: A Household-Level Analysis
of Parity Progression in India
Sanjukta Chaudhuri
Sterilization Regret Among Married Women in India: Implications
for the Indian National Family Planning Program
Abhishek Singh, Reuben Ogollah, Faujdar Ram and Saseendran Pallikadavath
The Timing of Sexual Debut Among Chinese Youth
Wei Guo, Zheng Wu, Yue Qiu, Gong Chen and Xiaoying Zheng
A Study of Refugee Maternal Mortality in 10 Countries, 2008–2010
Michelle Hynes, Ouahiba Sakani, Paul Spiegel and Nadine Cornier
SPECIAL REPORT
Community-Based Distribution of Injectable Contraceptives: Introduction
Strategies in Four Sub-Saharan African Countries
Theresa Hoke, Aurélie Brunie, Kirsten Krueger, Crystal Dreisbach,
Angela Akol, Ny Lovaniaina Rabenja, Alice Olawo and John Stanback
DIGESTS
Young Kenyan Women Are Less Likely to Finish
School if They
Have Dated or Had Sex
Cohort of Circumcised Men Shows No Evidence Of ‘Risk Compensation
Women Who Suspect They Have HIV Want a Child Soon—or Not at All
Unplanned Pregnancy Linked to Poor Child Health in India
Donor Aid For Child And Maternal Health Programs Fell in 2010
Traditional Birth Attendants Can Be Trained To Manage Hemorrhage
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