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Online Reproductive Health Journals
Updated August 23, 2004
Advances in Contraception
www.wkap.nl/journalhome.htm/0267-4874
Publisher: Society for the Advancement of Contraception (SAC)
Content: Original, peer reviewed papers concerned with reproductive research
and clinical aspects of contraception, as well as review papers.
Published four times per year. Table of contents online.
BJOG: An International
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (formerly British Journal
of Obstetrics and Gynaecology)
www.elsevier.com/locate/bjog
Publisher: Elsevier Science (as of January 2001; formerly published by Blackwell)
Content: Original, peer-reviewed work in all areas of obstetrics and gynaecology,
including contraception, uro-gynaecology, fertility, oncology, and clinical
practice. Monthly. Table of contents and some full text online.
Bulletin of the World Health
Organization
www.who.int/bulletin/
Publisher: WHO
Content: Original research findings on new laboratory, clinical, and epidemiological
data drawn from a broad range of fields. Published 6 times per year. Full
text online 1999–present.
Contraception
www.elsevier.nl/inca/publications/store/5/2/5/0/0/2/
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Content: The rapid communication of advances and new knowledge in all areas
of contraception including chemistry, biochemistry, physiology, endocrinology,
biology, the medical sciences, and demography. Monthly. Tables of contents
online. Free tables of contents available by email.
Health Policy and Planning
http://heapol.oupjournals.org/
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Content: Articles on epidemiology, health and development economics, management
and social policy, planning, and social anthropology. Four issues per year.
Free table of contents available by email.
International
Family Planning Perspectives
www.agi-usa.org/journals/aboutper.html#ifpp
Publisher: Alan Guttmacher Institute
Content: Articles on aspects of international family planning research and
program reports. Full text online.
International
Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics
www.elsevier.nl/inca/publications/store/5/0/6/0/3/7/
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Content: Official publication of the International Federation of Gynaecology
and Obstetrics. Articles on all aspects of basic and clinical research in
the fields of obstetrics and gynecology and related subjects, with emphasis
on matters of worldwide interest. Table of contents online. Free tables
of contents available by email.
IPPF - Medical
Bulletin
www.ippf.org/pubs/medical/index.htm
Publisher: International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF)
Content: Up-to-date information on clinical, service-delivery, and managerial
aspects in family planning and sexual and reproductive health. Six issues
per year. Full text online. Available in English, French, and Spanish.
IPPF Publications
www.ippf.org/pubs/prdcals.htm
Publisher: International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF)
Content: Site lists regional and international publications available from
IPPF.
Journal of the American Medical
Association (JAMA)
http://jama.ama-assn.org/
Publisher: American Medical Association
Content: Peer-reviewed clinical science, disease prevention, and health
policy information. Many full text articles, excellent abstracts, tables
of contents. Weekly. Some full text online.
Journal of the American Medical Women's
Association (JAMWA)
www.jamwa.org/
Publisher: American Medical Women's Association
Content: Peer-reviewed journal dedicated to women's health. All issues from
1994 to 1998 are available in full-text on the site. The site also includes
a question-of-the-month forum and the Women's
Health Link Library (www.jamwa.org/link_library/womenslink_top.htm),
which provides links to more than 300 organizations and more than 1,000
resources relevant to women's health.
The Lancet
www.thelancet.com
Publisher: Lancet
Content: General articles that are likely to contribute to a change in medical
practice or thinking about a disease. Weekly. Tables of contents, some articles
online. Access to full text articles online for print subscribers. Access
to limited text online with free registration.
MotherCare
Matters
www.jsi.com/intl/mothercare/PUBS/mcmatt.htm
Publisher: John Snow, Inc.
Content: Newsletter and literature review on maternal and neonatal health
and nutrition. Published quarterly. Recent issues of the newsletter (from
1996 onward) are available online in full text.
Network
www.fhi.org/en/fp/fppubs/network/ntgroupng.html
Publisher: Family Health International (FHI)
Content: Each edition of FHI's Network includes articles on a specific
reproductive health topic. Recent topics have included: emergency contraception,
family planning and STIs, adolescent reproductive health, and female barrier
methods. Four issues per year. Full text online.
Outlook
www.path.org/outlook/html/issue_archive.htm
Publisher: Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH)
Content: Features reviews of research findings and other news related to
reproductive health. Recent issues have dealt with contraceptive supply
security, cervical barrier devices, breast cancer, preventing postpartum
hemorrhage, and HIV/AIDS. Four issues per year. Available in English. Selected
issues available in Chinese, French, Indonesian, Portuguese, Russian, and
Spanish. Full text of English-language editions available online.
Population
Council Publications
www.popcouncil.org/pubasps/publications.asp
Includes Population Briefs, Studies in Family Planning,
Quality/Calidad/Qualité. The site has a search engine for
all Population Council publications.
Population Reports
www.jhuccp.org/pr/fulltext.stm
Publisher: Population Information Program (PIP) at the Center for Communication
Programs (CCP) of the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health.
Content: Each edition is on a single topic and is designed to provide an
accurate and authoritative overview of important developments in family
planning and related health issues. Four issues per year. Full text online.
Progress in Human Reproduction
Research
www.who.int/hrp/index.html
Publisher: World Health Organization (WHO)/HRP
Content: Disseminates information on the activities of the Programme. Four
issues per year. Full text online.
Reproductive Health Matters
www.rhmjournal.org.uk/
Publisher: Elsevier Science (formerly published by Reproductive Health Matters
charityand by Blackwell)
Content: In-depth analysis of reproductive health matters from a women-centered
perspective. Its aim is to promote laws, policies, research, and services
that meet women's reproductive health needs and support women's right to
decide whether, when, and how to have children. Published twice per year
in English, with summaries available in French and Spanish.
Safe Motherhood
Newsletter
www.who.int/rht/msm/newsletter_page_1.htm
Publisher: World Health Organization (WHO)/HRP
Content: Safe motherhood issues and activities. Published twice per year.
Free newsletter.
Sexually
Transmitted Infections (formerly Genitourinary Medicine)
www.bmjpg.com/template.cfm?name=specjou_se
Publisher: British Medical Journal (BMJ) Publishing Group
Content: Original articles on the clinical, microbiological, behavioral,
epidemiological, social, and historical aspects of sexually transmitted
infections, including viral infections such as HIV and AIDS, human papillomavirus,
herpes simplex virus, and the sexually transmissible hepatitis viruses.
Six issues per year. Table of contents
and selected text available online
at http://sti.bmjjournals.com/.
Social
Science and Medicine
www.elsevier.com/inca/publications/store/3/1/5/
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Content: Research findings, reviews, and theory in all areas of common interest
to social scientists and health practitioners and policy makers.
Published twice per month. Table of contents online. Table of contents available
by email.
Studies
in Family Planning
www.popcouncil.org/publications/sfp/sfptoc.html
Publisher: the Population Council
Content: Peer-reviewed articles concerned with all aspects of reproductive
health, fertility regulation, and family planning programs in both developing
and developed countries. Original research articles, reports, commentary,
book reviews, and a data section with findings for individual countries
from the Demographic and Health Surveys. Four issues per year. Table of
contents and abstracts online.
Note: All scope descriptions are based on descriptions on each journal's webpage.
Major bibliographic databases
BVS Virtual Health Library
www.bireme.br/bvs/I/ihome.htm
The Virtual Health Library is an important resource for Spanish- and Portuguese-language
scientific literature and health terminology. In the Scientific Literature
section there are fourteen databases, including the Latin American and Caribbean
Health Sciences Literature (LILAC) database and the Adolescent Health (ADOLEC)
database. The site is managed by the Latin American and Caribbean Center
of Health Science Information. (BIREME)
(www.bireme.br/bvs/I/imiss.htm).
National Library of Medicine
(NLM) Gateway
http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/gw/Cmd<
The NLM Gateway provides users with "one-stop shopping" for many of NLM's
information resources. It allows searching in multiple retrieval systems
at the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM). The current Gateway searches
MEDLINE/PubMed, OLDMEDLINE, LOCATORplus, MEDLINEplus, DIRLINE, AIDS Meetings,
Health Services Research Meetings, Space Life Sciences Meetings, and HSRProj.
Book chapters, audiovisual materials and meeting abstracts are cataloged
in addition to journal articles. The Gateway is a work-in-progress, with
many updates and improvements planned for the future.
POPLINE
http://db.jhuccp.org/popinform/index.stm
POPLINE is the first place to search for literature the field of population,
family planning, and related health issues. The database includes more than
280,000 records representing published and unpublished literature. POPLINE
is updated twice each month; approximately 10,000 records are added annually.
POPLINE is maintained by the Johns Hopkins Population Information Program.
POPLINE will continue to distribute POPLINE on CD-ROM for those in developing
countries with limited Internet access. For more details about this service,
go to http://www.jhuccp.org/popline/popcd.stm.
PubMed
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/
PubMed is the U.S. National Library of Medicine's free online search service.
A simple search screen makes it easy to search over nine million citations
from the Medline and PreMedline databases.
Major RH resources
Development
Gateway: Data and Statistics
www.developmentgateway.org/node/244175/
The Development Gateway's Data and Statistics page provides easy access
to many statistical databases, including UN Statistics and Population Division,
the Bureau of the Census, DHS, FAO, UNICEF, and other UN agencies.
Development Gateway:
Population and Reproductive Health
www.developmentgateway.org/pop
The Development Gateway's Population & Reproductive Health (POP/RH)
Portal is an interactive website for information and knowledge sharing on
population issues. The portal provides a community-built database of shared
data, research, publications, projects, ideas and dialogue. Notable features
include a news service; an events calendar; population/reproductive health
and development project information from donor agencies such as USAID, UNFPA,
the World Bank and DFID. Visitors to the website are able to sign up for
free membership, which entitles them to receive regular updates on new resources
that are added. The Portal is managed by UNFPA.
The Drum Beat
www.comminit.com/drum_beat.html
The email and web network from THE COMMUNICATION INITIATIVE partnership—tThe
Rockefeller Foundation, UNICEF, USAID [HIV/AIDS, CHANGE], WHO, BBC, World
Service, CIDA, Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs,
the European Union, Soul City, the Panos Institute, and UNAIDS—provides
information, ideas, linkages and dialogue on communication, development,
and change.
E-Library
www.prb.org/elibrary
E-Library is an online service from the Population Reference Bureau that
enables users to request and obtain publications and website material by
e-mail. E-Library is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as
part of an initiative to heighten awareness and use of population and health
information. The service is also available in French
(www.prb.org/ebibli) and Spanish
(www.prb.org/biblioteca).
Global
Reproductive Health Forum
www.hsph.harvard.edu/Organizations/healthnet/index.html The Global Reproductive
Health Forum @ Harvard (GRHF) is an internet networking project that provides
interactive electronic forums and global discussions, and distributes reproductive
health and rights materials from a variety of perspectives through its clearinghouse.
The project also maintains an extensive, up-to-date research library. This
gateway site provides an extensive collection of links to organizations
and information as well as many interactive opportunities. Available in
English and Spanish.
Healthnet
www.healthnet.org/whatishn.php
HealthNet is SatelLife's computer-based telecommunications system that links
health care workers around the world. HealthNet provides access to the latest
medical information, email connectivity, electronic conferencing, and other
services tailored to meet the current demands of its users. Includes a directory
of members.
Listservs Relevant
to Health, Population, Nutrition
www.med.jhu.edu/ccp/listsrv.html
An annotated collection of listservs with instructions for subscribing.
Manager's Electronic Resource
Center
http://erc.msh.org/index.cfm
This website offers a wide range of resources including The Provider's
Guide to Quality & Culture, The Health Manager's Toolkit, The
Guide to Managing for Quality, the International Drug Price Indicator
Guide, and The Manager Online. The site also includes extensive
information about ten management topics. Available in English, French, and
Spanish.
Media/Materials Clearinghouse
www.jhuccp.org/mmc/
Produced by the Johns Hopkins Population Information Program, the Media/Materials
Clearinghouse (M/MC) is an international resource for health professionals
who seek samples of pamphlets, posters, videos, and many other media/materials
designed to promote public health. The M/MC is the largest collection of
health communication materials in the world, and each of the databases contains
a search engine.
Ob/gyn.net
www.obgyn.net/
Ob/gyn.net is a commercially sponsored site that provides information on
obstetrics and gynecology to professionals and the industry. The site includes
a search engine, links to related sites, and features information on breast
care, nursing, chronic pelvic pain, osteoporosis, endometriosis, physicians-in-training,
fetal monitoring, pregnancy and birth, hysterectomy and alternatives, technology,
infertility, ultrasound, laparoscopy and hysteroscopy, urogynecology, menopause
and perimenopause,and young woman. It has international sections in Spanish
and Portuguese (Latina), Dutch and German (Europe), and some country-specific
information.
Planet
www.familyplanet.org
The Planet public education campaign is the work of several organizations,
including CARE, the National Audubon Society, Save the Children, Planned
Parenthood Federation of America, Population Action International, Communications
Consortium Media Center, and DDB Issues & Advocacy. Their website is
a rich source of information, discussion, and opportunities for action regarding
international family planning. Aimed primarily at U.S. readers, the site
provides overviews and discussions of key issues in international family
planning, gender issues, environmental issues, and related topics.
Programme for the Enhancement
of Research Information (PERI)
www.inasp.info/peri/index.html
The PERI website offers resources on a broad range of scientific subjects.
The site includes The Cochrane Library, which is offered through
a partnership with the International Network for the Availability of Scientific
Publications (INASP). As part of the PERI initiative, The Cochrane Libary
is available free or at minimal cost to countries in UNDP-defined Low
and Middle Human Development groups. The library is published quarterly
on CD-ROM and the Internet, and contains full-text reviews, abstracts, registers
of controlled trials and of methodology, economic evaluations, and technology
assessments.
Reproductive Health Gateway
www.rhgateway.org
The USAID Population and Health Materials Working Group (PHMWG) has developed
the Reproductive Health Gateway, a powerful one-stop search site that searches
through nearly 60 websites selected for information on reproductive health.
Search results are hot-linked to the specific pages containing your search
terms. The site allows searches in Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French,
German, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Swedish.
ReproLine
www.reproline.jhu.edu/
Presentation Graphics and Reference Material
ReproLine is free source of up-to-date information on selected
reproductive health topics, including family planning. It is designed for
policy makers with technical or clinical background involved in setting
policy for service delivery. ReproLine is managed by JHPIEGO,
and is available in English, French, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.
RHI
Database for Reproductive Health Materials
www.asia-initiative.org/cgi-bin/RHIDatabase.pl
This database gives you direct access to selected EC/UNFPA-funded IEC-materials
produced in the more than 40 projects of the EC/UNFPA
Initiative for Reproductive Health in Asia (RHI) (www.asia-initiative.org/index.html).
Scientists for Health and Research for
Development (SHARED)
www.shared.de
A very useful tool for all scientists and organizations interested incooperation
and networking. The SHARED database offers structured information on approximately
2,500 reproductive health projects in over 160 countries. It also provides
information on initiatives related to international health issues with focus
on socioeconomic development. The information is customized to allow quick
overviews for scientists, health workers, and policy makers. SHARED also
offers general information on health related issues and links to other health-concerned
bodies or other coordinating activities. The site is managed by GTZ. Available
in English, French, and Portuguese.
United Nations Population Information
Network (POPIN)
www.un.org/popin/
POPIN is a decentralized community of population institutions organized
into regional and national networks in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin
America and the Caribbean, Europe, and Northern America. The site contains
extensive information and links on world population trends, regional population
information and networking, and the ICPD+5. The POPIN electronic library
includes a worldwide directory of population institutions and a multilingual
dictionary of demographic and reproductive heath terminology.
The WHO Reproductive
Health Library (RHL)
Providing information on evidence-based reproductive health care through
systematic reviews.
The RHL is based on a reproductive health subset of The Cochrane
Library. The focus is on evidence-based solutions to reproductive health
problems in developing countries. Cochrane reviews concerning reproductive
health interventions are included together with peer-reviewed commentaries
from experts in developing countries. The commentaries discuss the relevance
and feasibility of implementing those interventions in low-resource settings,
and include a section on practical aspects of using these interventions.
The library is available on CD-ROM from the WHO/HRP program to health workers
in developing countries on a free-subscription basis. RHL is currently published
in English and Spanish. To order the current issue of RHL and subscribe,
send an email with your mailing address to RHL@who.int.
World
Resources Institute (WRI) Project Clearinghouse
http://wriws1.digitaldividend.org/wri/app/index.jsp
The Clearinghouse provides information about a broad range of projects in
developing countries. It is designed to provide a means of helping such
projects find partners, financial resources, technology advice and help,
and media coverage; promote sharing experience and new ideas; and stimulate
innovation and investment in digital dividend approaches. Registration is
free.
Worldwide Directory of Population
Institutions
www.popin.org/~unpopdir/
Contact Information Database
This database is managed by United Nations Population Information Network
(POPIN). It is searchable by organization name, region, or organization
type and includes detailed instructions for downloading mailing lists. Contact
information for developing country organizations including email and website
URLs is available.
Reproductive health organizations
Net Links: Guide to Population,
Health and Development Resources
www.jhuccp.org/netlinks/
Net Links is a database of more than 800 Internet resources useful to people
working in the areas of health, population, and international development.
Because these are interdisciplinary fields that include public health, health
education, demography, environment, communication, public policy and others,
links are made to a wide variety of organizations and government agencies.
Organizations not included in the list below may be found in Net Links above. Additional organizations are listed in the topic sections. If you know of an organization to include in this list please send the URL and a description to: rho@path.org
Alan Guttmacher Institute
(AGI)
www.agi-usa.org/index.html
Assocation of Reproductive Health Professionals
(ARHP)
www.arhp.org/
Center for Development and Population
Activities (CEDPA)
www.cedpa.org/
EC/UNFPA Initiative for Reproductive
Health in Asia (RHI)
www.asia-initiative.org/
EC/UNFPA Initiative provides financial support over a period of four years
to reproductive health activities and services in Asia. Its main strategy
is to involve international, regional, and local nonprofit organizations
in its implementation and have these partners work together toward a common
goal. With this approach, the Initiative hopes to bring reproductive health
services within reach of populations in South and Southeast Asia that are
unserved or under-served. The website is a good resource for descriptions
of projects, country information, and news.
EngenderHealth (formerly AVSC
International)
www.engenderhealth.org
Family Care International
www.familycareintl.org
Family Health International (FHI)
www.fhi.org/
Fundacion Mexicana Para La Planeacion
Familiar (MEXFAM)
English and Spanish
www.mexfam.org.mx/
Johns Hopkins University Center for
Communication Programs (CCP)
www.jhuccp.org/
JHPIEGO
www.jhpiego.org/
International Council on Management
of Population Programmes (ICOMP)
www.icomp.org.my/
ICOMP was founded on the premise that population program managers in developing
countries need to share their experiences and learn from each other in view
of emerging expanded population programs and concerns. It is the only developing-country
international NGO dedicated to the mission of improving population program
management, serving the needs of both public-sector and NGO programs. The
website is a great resource for descriptions of programs in developing countries.
The Inventory of Reproductive Health Practices includes descriptions of
programs in Africa and Asia. ICOMP online publications include: Upscaling
Innovations in Reproductive Health and South-south NGO Networks.
The website includes full text articles from ICOMP "Feedback," which includes
summaries of innovative reproductive health programs
International Women's Health Coalition
(IWHC)
www.iwhc.org
International Planned Parenthood (IPPF)
www.ippf.org/
INTRAH (Program for International
Training in Health)
www.intrah.org/index.html
Management Sciences for Health (MSH)
www.msh.org
NGO Network Alliance Project
www.kubatana.net
This site brings together a significant number of Zimbabwean NGOs, CSOs,
and social justice organizations, and is a useful resource for Zimbabwean
activities.
NGO Networks for Health
www.ngonetworks.org
Partners in Population and Development:
A South-South Initiative
www.south-south.org/
Partners in Population and Development is an alliance of 16 developing countries
established during the International Conference on Population and Development
(Cairo, 1994). The alliance works to expand south-to-south collaboration
to improve the quality and accessibility of reproductive health and family
planning programs, and to speed effective implementation of the Cairo Program
of Action.
Program for Appropriate Technology in
Health (PATH)
www.path.org
PATHFINDER
www.pathfind.org
Population Action International
(PAI)
www.populationaction.org
Population Council
www.popcouncil.org
Q Web: A Women's
Empowerment Base
www.qweb.kvinnoforum.se/main.html
Q Web is a worldwide network for exchange of knowledge, experience, and
ideas on women's health and gender issues. The site includes resources on
gender equality, society and women's health, sexuality and reproduction,
violence and abuse, adolescents, and trafficking. Available in English and
Swedish.
Quality Assurance Project (QAP)
www.qaproject.org
The QAP website features downloadable products and tools on quality assurance
and provides extensive information to strengthen health service delivery
at the national, regional, and local levels. The site describes QAP interventions
in quality design, improvement, and control; performance support interventions;
standards development and communication; and regulatory approaches for quality.
It also details QAP work in child health, maternal health, reproductive
health, and infectious diseases.
Sexuality Information and Education
Council of the U.S. (SIECUS)
www.siecus.org
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
www.unfpa.org
U.S. Committee for UN Population
Fund
www.uscommittee.org
WHO Division of Reproductive Health
(Technical Support) (RHT)
www.who.int/rht/
WHO HRP Online
www.who.int/hrp
