Global case studies in maternal and child health

White, Ruth C. (Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9780763781538 (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
xxvi, 335 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Publisher: Burlington, Mass. : Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2014.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Foreward -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Introduction -- PART I. TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANTS/TRADITIONAL MIDWIVES: 1. The local, the Global, the NGO-ization of Birth in Southern Belize -- Weaving Traditional and Professional Midwifery -- PART II. SAFE MOTHERHOOD: 3. Sing Safe Motherhood: A Story of the Woman of Chiwamba, Malawi -- 4. Maama Omwaana: Community Building for Safe Motherhood in Njeru, Uganda -- 5. Behavior Change Initiative in an Integrated Community Health Project -- PART III. THE IMPACT OF WAR: 6. Integrating Child Spacing with Maternal Care in Postconflict Timor-Leste -- 7. LifeLine Community Healthcare Program: Reducing Maternal and Infant Mortality in Liberia -- 8. Rape as a Weapon of War: Stories from the Democratic Republic of Congo -- PART IV. SUPPORT GROUPS: 9. Enhancing Outcomes for At-Risk Moms: The Moms Mentoring Moms Program -- PART V. BIRTHING CENTERS: Chapter 10. Maison de Naissance: A Community Building Home in Haiti -- 11. Providing a Safe Space for Birth in Warkworth, New Zealand -- PART VI. THE CULTURE OF MATERNITY: 12. Maternal-Infant Care in the Brazilian Amazon -- 13. Myba Grandmothers, Mothers, and Granddaughters -- 14. Introducing Nursing Students to Childbearing Practices in Rual Guatemala -- PART VII. MEDICAL INTERVENTIONS IN BIRTH: 15. Saving Newborns at the Community Level -- 16. The Nonpneumatic Anti-Shock Garment in Nigeria: The Tension Between Research and Implementation -- Index