What can work and how? An overview of evidence-based interventions and delivery strategies to support health and human development from before conception to …

T Vaivada, ZS Lassi, O Irfan, RA Salam, JK Das, C Oh… - The Lancet, 2022 - thelancet.com
Progress has been made globally in improving the coverage of key maternal, newborn, and
early childhood interventions in low-income and middle-income countries, which has …

Impact of social protection on gender equality in low‐and middle‐income countries: A systematic review of reviews

C Perera, S Bakrania, A Ipince… - Campbell systematic …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background More than half of the global population is not effectively covered by any type of
social protection benefit and women's coverage lags behind. Most girls and boys living in …

Can personalized digital counseling improve consumer search for modern contraceptive methods?

S Athey, K Bergstrom, V Hadad, JC Jamison… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
This paper analyzes a randomized controlled trial of a personalized digital counseling
intervention addressing informational constraints and choice architecture, cross-randomized …

Sexual and reproductive health services in universal health coverage: a review of recent evidence from low-and middle-income countries

TKS Ravindran, V Govender - Sexual and reproductive health …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
If universal health coverage (UHC) cannot be achieved without the sexual and reproductive
health (SRH) needs of the population being met, what then is the current situation vis-à-vis …

Improving the well-being of adolescent girls in developing countries

K Bergstrom, B Özler - The World Bank Research Observer, 2023 - academic.oup.com
This paper conducts a large, narrative review of interventions that might plausibly (a)
increase educational attainment,(b) delay childbearing, and/or (c) delay marriage for …

Summer weight gain and fitness loss: causes and potential solutions

RG Weaver, MW Beets, K Brazendale… - American Journal of …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Over the past 3 decades, public health professionals have worked to stem the rising
childhood obesity epidemic. Despite the field's best efforts, no progress has been made in …

[HTML][HTML] Time trends in demand for family planning satisfied: analysis of 73 countries using national health surveys over a 24-year period

F Hellwig, CVN Coll, F Ewerling… - Journal of global …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Universal access to family planning is key to extend its health and economic
benefits worldwide. Our aim was to track progress in demand for family planning satisfied …

Interventions to support contraceptive choice and use: a global systematic map of systematic reviews

P D'Souza, T Phagdol, SRB D'Souza… - … European Journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Background To review the highest level of available evidence, a systematic map identified
systematic reviews that evaluated the effectiveness of interventions to improve contraception …

[PDF][PDF] Shared Decision-Making: Can Improved Counseling Increase Willingness to Pay for Modern Contraceptives?

S Athey, K Bergstrom, V Hadad, JC Jamison, B Ozler… - 2021 - kingcenter.stanford.edu
Long-acting reversible contraceptives are highly effective in preventing unintended
pregnancies, but take-up remains low. This paper analyzes a randomized controlled trial of …

Risk factors and knowledge associated with high unintended pregnancy rates and low family planning use among pregnant women in Papua New Guinea

E Peach, C Morgan, MJL Scoullar, FJI Fowkes… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Unintended pregnancy is a major driver of poor maternal and child health in resource-
limited settings. Data on pregnancy intention and use of family planning (FP) is scarce in …