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Maternal and Child Health around the World

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Table of contents (44 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Demography and the health situation

      • William A. M. Cutting
      Pages 50-67
  3. Maternal Health

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 69-69
    2. Social background, customs and traditions

      • Paul C. Y. Chen
      Pages 71-75
    3. Maternity care

      • K. Bhasker Rao
      Pages 76-81
    4. Maternal malnutrition

      • Leela Raman
      Pages 82-88
  4. Family Planning

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 99-99
    2. Family planning

      • Donald H. Minkler
      Pages 101-107
    3. A programme for the integration of family planning with maternal and child health services

      • Howard C. Taylor, Robert J. Lapham, William A. Van Wie
      Pages 115-121
    4. The role of lactation in delaying conception

      • Pramilla Senanayake
      Pages 127-133
  5. Infancy and the Young Child

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 135-135
    2. Growth and development of the infant and young child

      • Phyllis B. Eveleth
      Pages 137-146
    3. Feeding infants and young children

      • Margaret E. Cameron
      Pages 155-161

Editors and Affiliations

  • Section on Maternal and Child Health, Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, USA

    Helen M. Wallace

  • Tropical Child Health Unit, Institute of Child Health, University of London, London, England

    G. J. Ebrahim

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Maternal and Child Health around the World

  • Editors: Helen M. Wallace, G. J. Ebrahim

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-05386-5

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Macmillan Publishers Limited 1981

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 379

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: Sociology, general