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Childbirth in Developing Countries

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Editors:
  1. M. Potts

    1. Family Health International, Research Triangle Park, USA

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  2. B. Janowitz

    1. Family Health International, Research Triangle Park, USA

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  3. J. A. Fortney

    1. Family Health International, Research Triangle Park, USA

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. High-Risk Pregnancy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Childbearing after age 35: its effect on early perinatal outcomes

      • J. A. Fortney, J. E. Higgins, A. Diaz-Infante Jr, F. Hefnawi, L. G. Lampe, I. Batar
      Pages 3-15

    3. The development of an index of high-risk pregnancy

      • J. A. Fortney, E. W. Whitehorne
      Pages 16-28

    4. Improving obstetric care by training traditional birth attendants, Fortaleza, Brazil

      • G. Araujo, L. Araujo, B. Janowitz, S. L. Wallace, M. Potts
      Pages 29-40

  3. Cesarean Delivery

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 41-41
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    2. Cesarean delivery in selected Latin American hospitals

      • B. Janowitz, D. Covington, J. E. Higgins, L. F. Moreno, M. S. Nakamura, J. A. Nunez et al.
      Pages 43-55

    3. Deliveries after cesarean birth in two Asian university hospitals

      • I. Chi, A. B. Saifuddin, D. E. Gunatilake, S. L. Wallace
      Pages 56-63

    4. Management of breech presentations: vaginal or abdominal delivery?

      • J. A. Fortney, K. I. Kennedy, L. E. Laufe
      Pages 64-80

  4. Birth Spacing: Determinants and Consequences

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 81-81
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    2. Child survivorship and pregnancy spacing in Iran

      • B. Janowitz, D. J. Nichols
      Pages 83-97

    3. Infant and child survival and contraceptive use in the closed pregnancy interval

      • B. Janowitz, D. J. Nichols
      Pages 98-111

    4. The effect of birth interval on perinatal survival and birth weight

      • J. A. Fortney, J. E. Higgins
      Pages 112-126

  5. Family Planning Services in the Maternity Hospital

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 127-127
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    2. Desire for additional children and contraceptive plans

      • D. J. Nichols, B. Janowitz
      Pages 129-138

    3. Postpartum sterilization in São Paulo State, Brazil

      • B. Janowitz, J. Lewis, D. Covington, M. S. Nakamura
      Pages 139-149

    4. Access to sterilization in two hospitals in Honduras

      • B. Janowitz, J. Nunez
      Pages 150-155

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 157-162
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Keywords

About this book

The need to improve maternal and child health care may be the most important global health need of the remaining years of the twentieth century. It is central to the World Health Organization's (WHO) goal of Health for All by the Year 2000. The vast majority of births occur in developing countries, where maternity care is often rudimentary. The rates of maternal and infant morbidity and death for these countries are extremely high but much of the morbidity and death is preventable, even with the limited resources available for health care in many parts of the world. The resources devoted to maternal and child care should be greatly expanded, but even the most hopeful projections will leave a wide gap between human needs and available services. WHO estimates that two billion deliveries in the remaining two decades of this century will not be attended by a trained person. At a minimum, it is probable that two million of these women will die in childbirth. There were approximately 130 million births in the world in 1980.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Family Health International, Research Triangle Park, USA

    M. Potts, B. Janowitz, J. A. Fortney

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Childbirth in Developing Countries

  • Editors: M. Potts, B. Janowitz, J. A. Fortney

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-7265-3

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: MTP Press Limited 1983

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-011-7267-7Published: 09 March 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-7265-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXI, 162

  • Topics: Gynecology, Public Health

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