Research Catalog

Title

Maternal and child health : global challenges, programs, and policies / John Ehiri, editor.

Publication

New York : Springer-Verlag, 2009.

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Details

Additional Authors

Ehiri, John.

Description

xxvi, 580 p. : ill.; 27 cm.

Subjects

• Medical policy
• Maternal and infant welfare
• Teenagers > Medical care

Additional Formats (note)

• Available in electronic form via the Internet as viewed 7 January 2010.

Contents

A history of international cooperation in maternal and child health -- Global burden of disease among women, children, and adolescents -- Promotion of global perinatal health -- Maternal and child health in the organization for economic cooperation and development (OECD) countries -- Health system impacts on maternal and child health -- The environment and maternal child health -- Impact of wars and conflict on maternal and child health -- The impact of globalization on maternal and child health -- Gender equity: perspectives on maternal and child health -- Harmful traditional practices and women's health: female genital mutilation -- Abortion and postabortion care -- Malaria in women and children -- The global burden of childhood diarrhea -- Tuberculosis in childhood and pregnancy -- Impact of HIV on the health of women, children, and families in less developed countries -- Malnutrition and maternal and child health -- The global burden of obstetric fistulas -- Health challenges for women, children, and adolescents with disabilities -- Unintentional injuries in children -- Evidence-based maternal and child health -- A global perspective on teen pregnancy -- Progress and challenges in making pregnancy safer: a global perspective -- Global immunization challenge: progress and opportunities -- Adolescent health -- The global burden of child maltreatment -- Children in difficult circumstances -- Integrated management of childhood illness -- Planning, development, and maintenance of the MCH workforce -- An agenda for child health policy in developing countries.

ISBN

• 9780387892443
• 9780387892450 (electronic)
• 0387892451 (electronic)
• 0387892443

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library