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    Color, Scent and Size: Exploring Women's Preferences Around Design Characteristics of Drug-Releasing Vaginal Rings

    Steroid-releasing vaginal rings are available for contraception and estrogen replacement therapy, and a new antiretroviral-releasing ring was recently approved for HIV prevention. Marketed rings are white or t...

    **nyu Zhao, Cecilia Milford, Jenni Smit, Bongiwe Zulu, Peter Boyd in AIDS and Behavior (2022)

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    Open Access

    Examining gender and sexual orientation differences in physical intimate partner violence experienced and perpetrated by youth living in eThekwini district South Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic

    Young women and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Non-binary/no gender, or Questioning (LGBTQ+) youth in South Africa face some of the highest global levels of intimate partner violence (IPV). Given limited evide...

    Kalysha Closson, Bongiwe Zulu, Julie Jesson, Janan J. Dietrich in BMC Public Health (2023)

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    Economic hardship and perpetration of intimate partner violence by young men in South Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic (2021–2022): a cross-sectional study

    Economic hardship is a potential trigger for intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration. While higher IPV rates have been reported in low-income regions, few African studies have focused on IPV being trigger...

    Campion Zharima, Rishav Singh, Kalysha Closson, Mags Beksinska in Injury Epidemiology (2024)