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Family Health Research Newsletters
Family Health Research is a newsletter designed to promote the use of evidence-based practices in reproductive health programs. Each issue examines a key topic in reproductive health care — offering the latest updates on innovative research and the programs that help to put that research into practice.
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Eliminate Dengue Program Brochure 2010
October 2010 — Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne viral disease that occurs in more than 100 tropical and subtropical countries worldwide. The Eliminate Dengue project is an international collaboration, pioneered by an Australian-led research team, that has the potential to provide a real solution to reduce the global burden of dengue fever. Our brochure provides a…
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Development of Assays to Estimate HIV Incidence: Meeting Proceedings
May 2009 — Fifty leading HIV-prevention experts gathered on May 13–14, 2009 to advance the development and validation of HIV incidence assays — tests that are used to identify the number of recent HIV infections in a population within a given time period. Virologists, immunologists, assay developers, industry representatives, public health scientists and epidemiologists from around the…
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Comparison of Hormonal Implants
2010 — This chart provides a side-by-side comparison of the most prominent hormonal contraceptive implants on the market.
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Injectables Consultation Brief: Expanded Endorsements
June 2009 — A technical consultation held at the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva concluded that evidence supports the introduction, continuation and scale-up of community-based provision of progestin-only injectable contraceptives. The group of 30 technical and program experts reviewed scientific and programmatic experience, which largely focused on the progestin-only injectable, depot-medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA). The experts…
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Community Counselor Training Toolkit
September 2006 — FHI 360 has developed a novel, client-centered approach to training community counselors that enables them to focus on the whole person. This means that counselors put HIV infection in the context of clients’ lives, rather than isolating their sexual behaviors, risk patterns or treatment needs. This approach provides a universal framework that is…
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Communications Handbook for Clinical Trials: Strategies, Tips, and Tools to Manage Controversy, Convey Your Message, and Disseminate Results
2014 — First published in 2010, this handbook is now available online. With nine easy-to-navigate chapters plus videos, slide presentations and other resources not included in the original version, the online edition provides practical guidance to clinical trial staff and research partners on how to anticipate and respond to the special communications challenges posed by…
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Training Curriculum on Drug Addiction Counseling
2010 – This training curriculum is designed to provide drug counselors with the knowledge, basic counseling skills, and techniques needed to help both active and recovering drug users to minimize risk associated with drug use by reducing risky behaviors and reducing or stopping drug use.
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Building Novel Clinical Research Capacity in Resource-Limited Settings: Lessons Learned at Three Mozambique Sites
2012 — There are striking disparities in clinical research capabilities worldwide, particularly across regions of sub-Saharan Africa, where disease burden is high. Establishment of novel, indigenous research capabilities is difficult, and evaluations of capacity-building efforts remain scarce. We share our lessons learned from establishing three new clinical research sites in Mozambique.
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Behavior Change: A Summary of Four Major Theories
1996 — This document presents and explains four of the most commonly cited theories used in HIV/AIDS prevention on how behavior change is believed to occur.