Long‐acting reversible contraceptive (LARC) methods are highly effective against
pregnancy. A barrier to their widespread promotion can include the concern they will lead …

Objective: To examine different scenarios through which confounding by condom use may
lead to inaccurate conclusions about the effect of hormonal contraception on HIV acquisition …

Aims: To study the sociodemographic characteristics and sexual behaviours in
contraception choices of injecting drug users (IDUs) and to compare the contraceptive …

STUDY OBJECTIVE: Topical microbicides are being developed to provide an alternative
method of prevention of HIV and sexually transmitted infections. Although topical …

Background Integrating family planning interventions with HIV studies in developing
countries has been shown to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission and simultaneously …

Objective/Goal: The objective of this study was to investigate potential predictors of
consistent condom use (CCU), including the influence of hormonal contraception/surgical …

Background and purpose: The dual problems of unintended pregnancies and sexually
transmitted infections/Human Immunodeficiency virus together represent one of the most …

Objectives. Lack of access to public sector condoms still presents a fundamentalbarrier to
condom use in most of South Africa. This study investigated the determinants of condom …

Background: There remain high rates of unintended pregnancy around the world. Adding an
effective contraceptive to those who currently only use male condoms may reduce these …

There are a number of people who have made significant contributions to this doctoral thesis
in terms of support and guidance that deserve my thanks. I would like to thank Associate …