Safe Motherhood in a Globalized World

ISBN-13: 9780415488167 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 288 str.

Wejnert Barbara

Opis

This book provides cutting edge information on safe motherhood in a global context. The chapters focus on research, program development and implementation, and policy dealing with various aspects of pregnancy, labor and delivery. Safe motherhood is a critical issue since healthy, safe motherhood is the prerequisite for a healthy, productive society. Writing about the situation in their countries, the authors are from Eastern Europe, America, Asia and Africa and are academic scholars and health practitioners. The book is multidisciplinary with scholars from sociology, gender studies, economics, social policy, social geography, population management and political science.

O autorze

Barbara Wejnert is Professor and Chair of the Department of Global Gender Studies at the University at Buffalo, SUNY.

Suzanne K. Steinmetz is Professor of Sociology at Indiana University-Purdue University - Indianapolis (IUPUI) and editor of Marriage & Family Review.

Nirupama Prakash is Chief of the Women Studies & Societal Development Unit at the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, India.