Download or read book The World Health Organization written by Marcos Cueto and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-04-11 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of the World Health Organization, covering major achievements in its seventy years while also highlighting the organization's internal tensions. This account by three leading historians of medicine examines how well the organization has pursued its aim of everyone, everywhere attaining the highest possible level of health.
Download or read book The Best Intentions written by Committee on Unintended Pregnancy and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1995-06-16 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experts estimate that nearly 60 percent of all U.S. pregnancies--and 81 percent of pregnancies among adolescents--are unintended. Yet the topic of preventing these unintended pregnancies has long been treated gingerly because of personal sensitivities and public controversies, especially the angry debate over abortion. Additionally, child welfare advocates long have overlooked the connection between pregnancy planning and the improved well-being of families and communities that results when children are wanted. Now, current issues--health care and welfare reform, and the new international focus on population--are drawing attention to the consequences of unintended pregnancy. In this climate The Best Intentions offers a timely exploration of family planning issues from a distinguished panel of experts. This committee sheds much-needed light on the questions and controversies surrounding unintended pregnancy. The book offers specific recommendations to put the United States on par with other developed nations in terms of contraceptive attitudes and policies, and it considers the effectiveness of over 20 pregnancy prevention programs. The Best Intentions explores problematic definitions--"unintended" versus "unwanted" versus "mistimed"--and presents data on pregnancy rates and trends. The book also summarizes the health and social consequences of unintended pregnancies, for both men and women, and for the children they bear. Why does unintended pregnancy occur? In discussions of "reasons behind the rates," the book examines Americans' ambivalence about sexuality and the many other social, cultural, religious, and economic factors that affect our approach to contraception. The committee explores the complicated web of peer pressure, life aspirations, and notions of romance that shape an individual's decisions about sex, contraception, and pregnancy. And the book looks at such practical issues as the attitudes of doctors toward birth control and the place of contraception in both health insurance and "managed care." The Best Intentions offers frank discussion, synthesis of data, and policy recommendations on one of today's most sensitive social topics. This book will be important to policymakers, health and social service personnel, foundation executives, opinion leaders, researchers, and concerned individuals. May
Download or read book Trends in Contraceptive Practice United States 1965 76 written by William D. Mosher and published by Department of Health and Human Services Public Health Servic. This book was released on 1982 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Statistical Abstract of the United States written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 1044 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Vital and Health Statistics written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Vital and Health Statistics written by National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Health United States written by and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Health United States written by National Center for Health Services Research and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every third year, 1980- includes section: Prevention profile.
Download or read book The Global Family Planning Revolution written by Warren C. Robinson and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2007 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The striking upsurge in population growth rates in developing countries at the close of World War II gained force during the next decade. From the 1950s to the 1970s, scholars and advocacy groups publicized the trend and drew troubling conclusions about its economic and ecological implications. Private educational and philanthropic organizations, government, and international organizations joined in the struggle to reduce fertility. Three decades later this movement has seen changes beyond anyone's most optimistic dreams, and global demographic stabilization is expected in this century. The Global Family Planning Revolution preserves the remarkable record of this success. Its editors and authors offer more than a historical record. They disccuss important lessons for current and future initiatives of the international community. Some programs succeeded while others initially failed, and the analyses provide valuable guidance for emerging health-related policy objectives and responses to global challenges.
Download or read book Perspectives on American Fertility written by Maurice J. Moore and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents and analyzes a wide variety of stastical information relating to the childbearing experience and prospects of American women. The main emphasis is on the most recent data available; however, the discussion of current levels and trends i.
Download or read book Village and Family in Contemporary China written by William L. Parish and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1980-08-15 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After 1949 the Chinese Communists carried out land reform, the collectivization of agriculture, and the formation of people's communes. The new economic and political organizations that emerged have made peasant life more comfortable and secure, but many economic and status differentials and traditional customs remain resistant to change. Focusing on rural Kwangtung province, William L. Parish and Martin King Whyte examine the rural work-incentive system, village equality and inequality, rural health care and education, marriage customs, and the position of women, among other topics, to determine what and how much of the traditional Chinese ways of life is left in Communist China.
Download or read book Monthly Vital Statistics Report written by and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bureau of the Census Catalog written by United States. Bureau of the Census and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 900 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Congenital Anomalies and Birth Injuries Among Live Births United States 1973 74 written by National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.) and published by National Center for Health Statistics. This book was released on 1978 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fertility and Contraception in America Domestic fertility trends and family planning services written by United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Population and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Population Index Bibliography 1975 1977 Author index subject index geographical index written by Princeton University. Office of Population Research and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Facts at Your Fingertips written by and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: Sources of statistical health information are provided for consumers. Major areas of interest are identified and kinds of data now available or in preparation are described. For each topic, National Center for Health Statistics publications are cited first, followed by other DHHS sources, other Federal agencies, and by private organizations or associations. Most of the publications listed are available free of charge while supplies last. Topics include: accidents, adoptions, alcoholism, dental health, health planning, hypertension (high blood pressure), nutrition, obesity, poisoning, working mothers, and work during pregnancy. (rkm).