Contraception and reproduction : health consequences for women and children in the developing world / / Working Group on the Health Consequences of Contraceptive Use and Controlled Fertility, Committee on Population, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1989
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (130 pages)
• Disciplina: 613.9/4/091724
• Soggetto topico: Contraception - Health aspects - Developing countries; Contraception - Social aspects - Developing countries; Women - Health and hygiene - Developing countries
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Contraception and Reproduction -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- REPRODUCTIVE PATTERNS AND MATERNAL HEALTH -- CONTRACEPTIVE RISKS AND BENEFITS -- REPRODUCTIVE PATTERNS AND CHILDREN'S HEALTH -- HEALTH CONSEQUENCES OF CHANGING REPRODUCTIVE PATTERNS FOR COUNTRIES -- 1 Introduction -- THE DEMOGRAPHIC CONTEXT -- FAMILY PLANNING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES -- ORGANIZATION OF THE REPORT -- 2 Hypotheses about Reproductive Patterns and Women's and Children's Health -- DIRECT EFFECTS OF REPRODUCTIVE PATTERNS ON HEALTH -- Reproductive Patterns and Women's Health -- Reproductive Patterns and Children's Health -- Birth Order -- Maternal Age -- Birth Spacing -- Unwanted Births -- Maternal Illness and Death and Effects on Child Health -- INDIRECT EFFECTS OF REPRODUCTIVE PATTERNS ON HEALTH -- OTHER POSSIBLE EXPLANATIONS -- AVAILABLE EVIDENCE -- 3 Reproductive Patterns and Women's Health -- SOURCES OF EVIDENCE -- Measurement and Data -- Methodological Issues -- EFFECTS OF YOUNG MATERNAL AGE AND PRIMIPARITY -- EFFECTS OF OLDER MATERNAL AGE, HIGH PARITY, OR BOTH -- EFFECTS OF SHORT INTERVALS BETWEEN BIRTHS -- EFFECTS OF PREGNANCY IN INCREASING MORTALITY FROM OTHER CONDITIONS -- EFFECTS OF UNSAFE INDUCED ABORTION -- CONCLUSION -- 4 Contraceptive Benefits and Risks -- ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES -- Health Benefits -- Adverse Health Effects: Cardiovascular Diseases -- Other Possible Health Effects -- Metabolic Effects -- Neoplastic Diseases -- Other Effects -- INTRAUTERINE DEVICES -- BARRIER METHODS -- LONG-ACTING CONTRACEPTIVES -- Injectables -- Implants -- STERILIZATION -- TRADITIONAL METHODS -- DIMENSIONS OF NEW RESEARCH -- 5 Reproductive Patterns and Children's Health -- SOURCES OF EVIDENCE -- EFFECTS OF BEING FIRSTBORN AND YOUNG MATERNAL AGE -- First Births -- Young Maternal Age -- Summary -- EFFECTS OF HIGH BIRTH ORDER AND OLDER MATERNAL AGE. ; EFFECTS OF SHORT BIRTH INTERVALS -- Possible Factors -- Summary -- EFFECTS OF UNWANTED PREGNANCY -- EFFECTS OF MATERNAL HEALTH CONDITIONS -- MINIMIZING THE RISKS OF CHILD DEATH -- Risks to Individual Children -- Risks to Families -- KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS -- 6 Changes in Reproductive Patterns -- FERTILITY DECLINES AND BIRTH ORDER DISTRIBUTION -- MATERNAL AGES AT CHILDBEARING -- SPACING OF BIRTHS -- CONTRACEPTIVE USE AND INDUCED ABORTION -- EFFECTS OF CHANGES IN REPRODUCTIVE PATTERNS ON MORTALITY RATES -- CONCLUSION -- 7 Conclusions -- REPRODUCTIVE PATTERNS AND WOMEN'S HEALTH: RISKS FOR INDIVIDUAL WOMEN -- Risks Associated With Induced Abortion -- Contraceptive Risks and Benefits -- REPRODUCTIVE RISKS AND CHILDREN'S HEALTH: RISKS FOR INDIVIDUAL CHILDREN -- AGGREGATE-LEVEL EFFECTS -- INDIRECT EFFECTS OF REPRODUCTIVE CHANGE ON THE HEALTH OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN -- FAMILY PLANNING AND THE HEALTH OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN -- References -- Appendix Background Papers -- Glossary A.
• Titolo autorizzato: Contraception and reproduction
• ISBN: 1-280-21412-0; 9786610214129; 0-309-59593-2; 0-585-14338-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910818459703321
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