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The Health Of Women Marge Koblinsky

The Health Of Women By Marge Koblinsky

The Health Of Women by Marge Koblinsky


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Synthesizing perspectives of policymakers and practitioners, researchers and scholars, this book urges major new initiatives to understand and improve women's health, taking into account biological elements such as the life cycle of women as well as cultural constraints and socioeconomic realities.

The Health Of Women Summary

The Health Of Women: A Global Perspective by Marge Koblinsky

This book provides a state-of-the-art, comprehensive review of the many factors that affect women's health, ranging from low socioeconomic status and the impact of the debt crisis to more direct medical determinants, such as poor nutrition, hemorrhage, eclampsia, and infection. At stake are the unnecessary and preventable deaths of women and girls

About Marge Koblinsky

Marge Koblinsky, an international public health specialist, is presently director of the MotherCare Project with John Snow, Inc. Judith Timyan is director of health programs at Population Services International. Jill Gay, currently a consultant with Bass & Howes, Washington, D.C., consulted with the National Council for International Health on the 1991 conference. Marge Koblinsky, an international public health specialist, is presently director of the MotherCare Project with John Snow, Inc. Judith Timyan is director of health programs at Population Services International. Jill Gay, currently a consultant with Bass & Howes, Washington, D.C., consulted with the National Council for International Health on the 1991 conference. Marge Koblinsky, an international public health specialist, is presently director of the MotherCare Project with John Snow, Inc. Judith Timyan is director of health programs at Population Services International. Jill Gay, currently a consultant with Bass & Howes, Washington, D.C., consulted with the National Council for International Health on the 1991 conference. Marge Koblinsky, an international public health specialist, is presently director of the MotherCare Project with John Snow, Inc. Judith Timyan is director of health programs at Population Services International. Jill Gay, currently a consultant with Bass & Howes, Washington, D.C., consulted with the National Council for International Health on the 1991 conference. Marge Koblinsky, an international public health specialist, is presently director of the MotherCare Project with John Snow, Inc. Judith Timyan is director of health programs at Population Services International. Jill Gay, currently a consultant with Bass & Howes, Washington, D.C., consulted with the National Council for International Health on the 1991 conference.

Table of Contents

Women's health - the price of poverty, Jodi L. Jacobson; mother and more - a broader perspective on women's health, Marjorie A. Koblinsky et al; women's nutrition through the life cycle - social and biological vulnerabilities, Kathleen M. Merchant and Kathleen M. Kurz; infection - social and medical realities, Jeanne McDermott et al; contraception and family planning - an essential component of women's health services, Andrea Eschen and Maxine Whittaker; abortion, Francine Coeytaux et al; women's mortality - a legacy of neglect, Lynne P. Freedman and Deborah Maine; violence against women - the missing agenda, Lori Heise; women's mental health - a global perspective, Freda L. Patiel; quality of care - the forgotten dimension, Barbara S. Mensch; access to care - more than a problem of distance, Judith Timyan et al; health women's way - learning to listen, Susan Brems and Marcia Griffiths.

Additional information

NPB9780367318567
9780367318567
0367318563
The Health Of Women: A Global Perspective by Marge Koblinsky
New
Hardback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
2019-09-13
312
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