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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.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
National Research Council (U.S.). Working Group on the Health Consequences of Contraceptive Use and Controlled Fertility.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Contraception--Health aspects--Developing countries.
Contraception.
Contraception--Social aspects--Developing countries.
Women--Health and hygiene--Developing countries.
Women.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (130 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1989.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
This book examines how changes in reproductive patterns (such as the number and timing of births and spacing between births) have affected the health of women and children in the developing world. It reviews the relationships between contraceptive use, reproductive patterns, and health; the effects of differences and changes in reproductive patterns; as well as the role of family planning in women's fertility and health.
Contents:
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
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
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
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.
Notes:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9786610214129
9781280214127
1280214120
9780309595933
0309595932
9780585143385
0585143382
OCLC:
70772901

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