Contraception and reproduction : health consequences for women and children in the developing world

Contraception and reproduction health consequences for women and children in the developing world

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: National Research Council (U.S.). Working Group on the Health Consequences of Contraceptive Use and Controlled Fertility (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press 1989.
Edición:1st ed
Materias:
Contraception > Health aspects > Developing countries.
Contraception > Social aspects > Developing countries.
Women > Health and hygiene > Developing countries.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009820338006719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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