- Examines and reflects on a wide range of contemporary and emerging concerns
- Applies novel and varied methodological approaches to study multiple aspects of reproductive health status and care
- Offers broad regional coverage and in-depth analysis
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- About this book
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In this book, leading academics and practitioners in the field of reproductive health address topics such as contraception, abortion, sexually transmitted infections, maternal and prenatal health, sexuality and reproductive rights by examining a number of critical issues in these areas. The authors describe new research, identify gaps and priorities in policy and practice, and illustrate innovative solutions.
The book further addresses such current imperatives as understanding the social meanings of emergency contraception, measuring gender-based violence, improving reproductive health governance, strengthening health systems and services, and redressing institutional barriers.
The book also assesses how reproductive health programs can be reconfigured to new challenges such as those posed by climate change, vulnerable youth in fragile states, and risks from new infertility treatments.
Using a rich and varied set of cases, a broad public health and social science perspective, and novel methodological approaches, this book questions common assumptions, illustrates effective solutions and sets out research, policy, and programmatic agendas for the present and future.
This is a comprehensive volume which provides a valuable resource to researchers, educators, practitioners, policymakers and students, as well as anyone studying or advocating for reproductive health.
- Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Introduction and Overview
Pages 1-18
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The Vocabulary of Reproductive Health
Pages 21-34
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Prevalence, Attitudes, Risk Factors, and Selected Health-Related Outcomes Associated with Spousal Physical Violence During Pregnancy in Egypt
Pages 35-58
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Addressing Men’s Concerns About Reproductive Health Services and Fertility Regulation in a Rural Sahelian Setting of Northern Ghana: The “Zurugelu Approach”
Pages 59-83
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Social Class and Sexual Stigma: Local Interpretations of Emergency Contraception in Egypt
Pages 85-102
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Critical Issues in Reproductive Health
- Editors
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- Andrzej Kulczycki
- Series Title
- The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis
- Series Volume
- 33
- Copyright
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht
- eBook ISBN
- 978-94-007-6722-5
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-94-007-6722-5
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-94-007-6721-8
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-94-007-9670-6
- Series ISSN
- 1389-6784
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- IX, 351
- Topics
