Microarray patches: breaking down the barriers to contraceptive care and HIV prevention for women across the globe

AJ Paredes, IK Ramöller, PE McKenna… - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2021 - Elsevier
Despite the existence of a variety of contraceptive products for women, as well as decades
of research into the prevention and treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), there …

Rapidly separable microneedle patch for the sustained release of a contraceptive

W Li, RN Terry, J Tang, MR Feng… - Nature Biomedical …, 2019 - nature.com
Women often have limited access to contraception, and barrier methods have low
acceptance and a high failure rate, mostly due to incorrect use, which can result in …

Behavioral counseling interventions to prevent sexually transmitted infections: updated evidence report and systematic review for the US Preventive Services Task …

JT Henderson, CA Senger, M Henninger, SI Bean… - Jama, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Increasing rates of preventable sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the US
pose substantial burdens to health and well-being. Objective To update evidence for the US …

Long-acting reversible contraception by effervescent microneedle patch

W Li, J Tang, RN Terry, S Li, A Brunie, RL Callahan… - Science …, 2019 - science.org
To increase access to long-acting contraception, we developed a reversible contraceptive
microneedle patch that is simple-to-administer, slowly releases contraceptive hormone …

Bacterial vaginosis assessed by gram stain and diminished colonization resistance to incident gonococcal, chlamydial, and trichomonal genital infection

RM Brotman, MA Klebanoff, TR Nansel… - Journal of Infectious …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Background. We sought to assess the relationship between bacterial vaginosis (BV)
assessed by Gram stain and incident trichomonal, gonococcal, and/or chlamydial genital …

Core-shell microneedle patch for six-month controlled-release contraceptive delivery

W Li, JY Chen, RN Terry, J Tang, A Romanyuk… - Journal of Controlled …, 2022 - Elsevier
There is a tremendous need for simple-to-administer, long-acting contraception, which can
increase access to improved family planning. Microneedle (MN) patches enable simple self …

Nestorone nanosuspension-loaded dissolving microneedles array patch: a promising novel approach for “on-demand” hormonal female-controlled peritcoital …

E Altuntaş, IA Tekko, LK Vora, N Kumar… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract “On demand” hormonal female-controlled pericoital contraception is one strategy
which could be used to minimize the impact of unintended pregnancy. Nestorone (NES) is a …

Drivers of COVID-19 vaccine uptake amongst healthcare workers (HCWs) in Nigeria

S Agha, A Chine, M Lalika, S Pandey, A Seth, A Wiyeh… - Vaccines, 2021 - mdpi.com
This study applied a behavioral lens to understand drivers of COVID-19 vaccination uptake
among healthcare workers (HCWs) in Nigeria. The study used data from an online survey of …

Biomarker validation of reports of recent sexual activity: results of a randomized controlled study in Zimbabwe

AM Minnis, MJ Steiner, MF Gallo… - American journal of …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Challenges in the accurate measurement of sexual behavior in human immunodeficiency
virus (HIV) prevention research are well documented and have prompted discussion about …

A pooled analysis of the effect of condoms in preventing HSV-2 acquisition

ET Martin, E Krantz, SL Gottlieb… - Archives of internal …, 2009 - jamanetwork.com
Background The degree of effectiveness of condom use in preventing the transmission of
herpes simplex virus 2 (HSV-2) is uncertain. To address this issue, we performed a large …