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1 online resource : illustrations |
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Oxford textbooks in public health |
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Oxford textbooks in public health.
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| Contents |
Cover; Series; Oxford Textbook of Global Health of Women, Newborns, Children, and Adolescents; Copyright; Contents; Abbreviations; Glossary and definitions; Contributors; SECTION 1 Introduction; 1 Women's, children's, and adolescents' health in a changing world; 2 Strategies through the lifecourse to improve maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health; 3 Agencies and actors in women's, children's, and adolescents' health; SECTION 2 Research methods; 4 Research methods and evidence-based medicine; 5 Economic evaluation in global health; SECTION 3 Important concepts across the lifecourse |
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6 Social determinants of health7 Developmental origins of health and disease; 8 Health workers and health systems; 9 The environment and health; 10 Conflict, disasters, and humanitarian response; SECTION 4 Adolescent health; 11 Introduction to adolescent health; 12 Adolescent sexual and reproductive health; 13 Adolescent non-communicable diseases; 14 Adolescent mental health; 15 Adolescent HIV and infection; 16 Adolescent injuries; 17 Strategies to improve adolescent health; SECTION 5 Women's reproductive and maternal health; 18 Introduction to maternal and reproductive health |
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19 Sexual and reproductive health20 Contraception and abortion; 21 Direct maternal deaths; 22 Indirect maternal deaths; 23 Maternal morbidity; 24 Maternal nutrition; 25 Maternal mental health; 26 Strategies to improve maternal and reproductive health; SECTION 6 Newborn health; 27 Introduction to newborn health; 28 Stillbirths; 29 Preterm births; 30 Intrapartum-related events affecting the newborn; 31 Neonatal infection; 32 Congenital disorders; 33 Low birthweight and poor foetal growth; 34 Strategies to improve newborn health and prevent stillbirths; SECTION 7 Child health |
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35 Introduction to child health36 Child infection; 37 Child nutrition; 38 Child development and disability; 39 Non-communicable diseases in childhood; 40 Children in difficult circumstances; 41 Child injury, maltreatment, and safeguarding; 42 Strategies to improve child health; SECTION 8 Influencing policy; 43 Ethics and rights; 44 Translating research into policy; 45 Advocacy to improve health; 46 Current challenges and debates for women's, children's, and adolescents' health; Index |
| Summary |
The aim of this book is to provide a summary of the current concepts and challenges in global maternal and child health in a format that appeals to students of the subject, the general public, and current practitioners in the field. It also provides study exercises that may inform tutors on undergraduate and postgraduate courses |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Maternal and infant welfare.
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Mother and child -- Health aspects
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
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Maternal and infant welfare
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Devakumar, Delan, editor
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Hall, Jennifer (Social researcher), editor.
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Qureshi, Zeshan, editor.
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Lawn, Joy, editor.
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| ISBN |
9780192513625 |
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0192513621 |
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9780191836145 |
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0191836141 |
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