Maternal and Child Health: Global Challenges, Programs, and Policies / Edition 1

by John Ehiri

Overview

Our current era of globalization, war, and socioeconomic unrest has revealed public health as a worldwide concern and a major frontier for social justice with maternal and child health at its epicenter. Yet, there has been a relative scarcity of training resources specifically dedicated to this crucial area. Maternal and Child Health: Global Challenges, Programs, and Policies addresses this gap in current knowledge by analyzing the range of socioeconomic and environmental factors, health care disparities, politics, policies, and cultural practices that impact the health and safety of mothers, as well as the well-being and optimum development of their children.

Individual sections focus on unequal distribution of the world's resources, politics and power, specific disease concerns, programs, policies and emerging concerns with a focus on what is currently being done, and what needs to be done to improve the health status of women, children, and adolescents. The book's contributors are some of the world's most respected experts, carefully selected to represent different global geographic regions and diverse professional disciplines related to maternal and child health from both academic and field practice perspectives.

Among the topics in this authoritative volume:

The impact of war, globalization, gender inequity, and harmful traditional practices (e.g., female genital mutilation)

Specific health concerns, including tuberculosis, malaria, HIV, and malnutrition.

Child and adolescent health issues, from abuse and neglect to children in difficult circumstances

Pregnancy-related issues: safety, abortion and post-abortion care, teen pregnancy andmore.

Strategies for planning, developing, and maintaining maternal and child health systems in developing countries.

The status of global initiatives, such as Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses and the Millennium Development Goals.

The status of evidence-based maternal and child health in the developing world.

With such a wealth of information on both practical and conceptual levels, Maternal and Child Health: Global Challenges, Programs, and Policies is as relevant to students and researchers in the field as it is to policy makers and those working for global health and development organizations. It also makes an excellent stand-alone text for courses in global health in general and global maternal and child health in particular

Product Details

ISBN-13:	2900387892442
Publication date:	11/05/2009
Pages:	582
Product dimensions:	7.70(w) x 10.40(h) x 1.80(d)

About the Author

John Ehiri, MSc (Econ.), MPH, PhD, is Professor and Director, Division of Health Promotion Sciences at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health (MEZCOPH), University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona. The Division of Health Promotion Sciences has a vibrant program of study in domestic and global maternal and child health, in addition to a unique new undergraduate program in public health. Dr. Ehiri’s research and teaching focus on social and behavioral aspects of disease prevention, and on global maternal, child and adolescent health - all linked by program intervention design, evaluation methodology and evidence-based policy/practice. He has over 20 years of research, teaching and service experience in global health.

Prior to joining the University of Arizona College of Public Health, Dr. Ehiri was Associate Professor in the Department of Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). He was Principal Investigator and Chair, Executive Committee, UAB Framework Program for Global Health, an initiative funded by the Fogarty International Center of the US National Institutes of Health that builds global health education and research capacity in the United States and in low- and middle-income countries by supporting the development of innovative, multidisciplinary global health programs. At UAB, Dr. Ehiri taught core courses in the University’s Global Health Studies Program and was the recipient of the President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching (School of Public Health) in 2006. Prior to joining UAB, he was a Lecturer in International Health and Director of the Master of Community Health (MCommH) Program at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, England, United Kingdom. Dr. Ehiri has provided technical assistance on various aspects of maternal and child health to United Nations and bilateral agencies, and has supervised students’ field projects in over 20 countries.

Dr. Ehiri obtained his PhD and MPH degrees from the University of Glasgow, Scotland and also holds an MSc (Econ) in health policy and planning from the University of Wales, Swansea, UK. He has authored/co-authored over 60 peer-reviewed articles on critical issues in global maternal, child and adolescent health.

Table of Contents

Part I The World's Heterogeneity 1

1 A History of International Cooperation in Maternal and Child Health Allan Rosenfield Caroline J. Min 3

2 Global Burden of Disease Among Women, Children, and Adolescents Colin Mathers 19

3 Promotion of Global Perinatal Health Victor Y.H. Yu 43

4 Maternal and Child Health in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Countries Ian G. Child John E. Ehiri 53

5 Health System Impacts on Maternal and Child Health Nancy Gerein Andrew Green Tolib Mirzoev Stephen Pearson 83

6 The Environment and Maternal and Child Health Mary Ann Pass Rebecca Pass 99

Part II Politics, Power, and Maternal and Child Health 119

7 Impact of Wars and Conflict on Maternal and Child Health Emmanuel d'Harcourt Susan Purdin 121

8 The Impact of Globalization on Maternal and Child Health Sarah Wamala 135

9 Gender Equity: Perspectives on Maternal and Child Health Rachel Tolhurst Joanna Raven Sally Theobald 151

10 Harmful Traditional Practices and Women's Health: Female Genital Mutilation Sarah Windle Chuks Kamanu Ebere Anyanwu John E. Ehiri 167

11 Abortion and Postabortion Care Andrzej Kulczycki 191

Part III Specific Disease Concerns 203

12 Malaria in Women and Children Martin Meremikwu Emmanuel Ezedinachi John E. Ehiri 205

13 The Global Burden of Childhood Diarrhea Cynthia Boschi-Pinto Claudio F. Lanata Robert E. Black 225

14 Tuberculosis in Childhood and Pregnancy Krishna Reddy David Moore Robert Gilman 245

15 Impact of HIV on the Health of Women, Children, and Families in Less Developed Countries Hoosen M. Coovadia Nigel C. Rollins 271

16 Malnutrition and Maternal and Child Health Olaf Müller Aibrecht Jahn 287

17The Global Burden of Obstetric Fistulas L. Lewis Wall 311

18 Health Challenges for Women, Children, and Adolescents with Disabilities Amy T. Wilson 323

19 Unintentional Injuries in Children William Pickett Marianne Nichol John E. Ehiri 341

Part IV Programs, Policies, and Emerging Concerns 359

20 Evidence-Based Maternal and Child Health Alan Tita John E. Ehiri 361

21 A Global Perspective on Teen Pregnancy Andrew L. Cherry Lisa Byers Mary Dillon 375

22 Progress and Challenges in Making Pregnancy Safer: A Global Perspective Monir Islam 399

23 Global Immunization Challenge: Progress and Opportunities Rebecca Affolder Michel Zaffran Julian Lob-Levyt 417

24 Adolescent Health Elizabeth Lule James Rosen 435

25 The Global Burden of Child Maltreatment Andrea Gottsegen Asnes John M. Leventhal 463

26 Children in Difficult Circumstances Nancy Mock Elke de Buhr 479

27 Integrated Management of Childhood Illness Martin Meremikwu John E. Ehiri 497

28 Planning, Development, and Maintenance of the MCH Workforce Jeffrey M. Smith Anne Hyre 515

29 An Agenda for Child Health Policy in Developing Countries John E. Ehiri 533

About the Editor 543

About the Contributors 545

Index 561