The effectiveness of group-based comprehensive risk-reduction and abstinence education interventions to prevent or reduce the risk of adolescent pregnancy, human …

HB Chin, TA Sipe, R Elder, SL Mercer… - American journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
CONTEXT: Adolescent pregnancy, HIV, and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are
major public health problems in the US Implementing group-based interventions that …

Maternal and neonatal herpes simplex virus infections

L Corey, A Wald - New England Journal of Medicine, 2009 - Mass Medical Soc
Whether it is caused by herpes simplex virus (HSV) type 1 or type 2, neonatal HSV infection
is a devastating disease if untreated, and more than 30% of pregnant women in the United …

Abstinence-only and comprehensive sex education and the initiation of sexual activity and teen pregnancy

PK Kohler, LE Manhart, WE Lafferty - Journal of adolescent Health, 2008 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: The role that sex education plays in the initiation of sexual activity and risk of
teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease (STD) is controversial in the United States …

Consequences of sex education on teen and young adult sexual behaviors and outcomes

LD Lindberg, I Maddow-Zimet - Journal of adolescent health, 2012 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: This study examined whether formal sex education is associated with sexual
health behaviors and outcomes using recent nationally representative survey data …

More comprehensive sex education reduced teen births: Quasi-experimental evidence

NDE Mark, LL Wu - … of the National Academy of Sciences, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Women in the United States are much more likely to become mothers as teens than those in
other rich countries. Teen births are particularly likely to be reported as unintended, leading …

Reasons or excuses for avoiding meta-analysis in forest plots

JPA Ioannidis, NA Patsopoulos, HR Rothstein - Bmj, 2008 - bmj.com
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The spread, treatment, and prevention of HIV-1: evolution of a global pandemic

MS Cohen, N Hellmann, JA Levy… - The Journal of …, 2008 - Am Soc Clin Investig
The most up-to-date estimates demonstrate very heterogeneous spread of HIV-1, and more
than 30 million people are now living with HIV-1 infection, most of them in sub-Saharan …

Programs to reduce teen pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections, and associated sexual risk behaviors: a systematic review

B Goesling, S Colman, C Trenholm, M Terzian… - Journal of Adolescent …, 2014 - Elsevier
Purpose This systematic review provides a comprehensive, updated assessment of
programs with evidence of effectiveness in reducing teen pregnancy, sexually transmitted …

Lessons learned from a decade implementing Comprehensive Sexuality Education in resource poor settings: The World Starts With Me

I Vanwesenbeeck, J Westeneng, T De Boer… - Sex …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Today, more than half of the world population is under the age of 25 years and one in four is
under age 18. The urgency of expanding access to Comprehensive Sexuality Education …

A lectin isolated from bananas is a potent inhibitor of HIV replication

MD Swanson, HC Winter, IJ Goldstein… - Journal of Biological …, 2010 - ASBMB
BanLec is a jacalin-related lectin isolated from the fruit of bananas, Musa acuminata. This
lectin binds to high mannose carbohydrate structures, including those found on viruses …