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Reproductive and Sexual Health Research

RTI International has a longstanding commitment to equity, which is manifested in both the work we do and in who we are as an organization. We have conducted extensive research related to reproductive and sexual health.

The following publications by current or past RTI researchers represent our wide-ranging work on reproductive health and related issues over five decades.

Abortion and Maternal Health Research

Economic burden of unintended pregnancy in the United States

Estimates of Induced Abortion in Urban North Carolina

Global, regional, and national levels of maternal mortality, 1990-2015

Self-reported abortion-related morbidity

Estimating the proportion of all observed birth defects occurring in pregnancies terminated by a second-trimester abortion

Equality in maternal and newborn health

Iatrogenic genitourinary fistula: An 18-year retrospective review of 805 injuries

Delivery mode for prolonged, obstructed labour resulting in obstetric fistula

Factors associated with marital status of women with genital fistula after childbirth

Abortion and Public Opinion Research

Measurement error, unit nonresponse, and self-reports of abortion experiences

Men's support for abortion in Upper East and Upper West Ghana

Trends in Adolescent Males' Abortion Attitudes, 1988-1995: Differences by Race and Ethnicity

Differences in abortion-related knowledge among women involved in the criminal legal system in three US cities

The association between self-reports of abortion and breast cancer risk

Development of an international sexual and reproductive health survey instrument

Family Planning Research

End-users' hypothetical acceptability of a biodegradable implant to prevent HIV and unplanned pregnancy

Measuring pregnancy planning: An assessment of the London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy among urban, south Indian women

Determinants of contraceptive method among young women at risk for unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections

Counseling in the clinical setting to prevent unintended pregnancy: an evidence-based research agenda

Unintended pregnancy in opioid-abusing women

Direct access to emergency contraception through pharmacies and effect on unintended pregnancy and STIs: a randomized controlled

Unintended pregnancy and women's psychological well-being in Indonesia

Unintended pregnancy and women’s use of prenatal care in Ecuador

Unintended pregnancy and low birthweight in Ecuador

Quality Measures for Unintended Pregnancy Prevention in Managed Care: Opportunities and Challenges

Integrating reproductive and sexual health education and services into opioid use disorder treatment programs

Reproductive health of women veterans

How are gender equality and human rights interventions included in sexual and reproductive health programmes and policies

Perceived, anticipated and experienced stigma

Peer Education Programmes and Sexual and Reproductive Health

Contraception and Fertility Research

Treatment-independent, treatment-associated, and pregnancies after additional therapy in a program of in vitro fertilization and

Sexual partners and use of emergency contraception

Contraception insurance coverage and receipt of long-acting reversible contraception or depot medroxyprogesterone acetate on the

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