Maternal Health/Family Planning

Guenther Dietz

• 28 september 1993
• 9780333587591

Samenvatting:

This handbook provides a collation of information on a wide variety of topics, including: determinant of fertility, maternal health, risk factors to pregnancy, different contraceptive methods and the setting up of primary health care in developing countries.



Giving a collation of information for those in health and family planning projects, this book: provides essential information on determinants of fertility, maternal health and the main risk factors in pregnancy; explains all the different contraceptive methods, their efficiency, their side-effects, how to select the right contraceptive method (including details of the pill), plus practical guidance about the groups of at-risk clients; and summarizes issues for setting up and integrating family planning into primary health care in developing countries. Non-medical personnel in the field with family planning services and community health care workers should find this handbook helpful in solving their day-to-day problems. Teachers, students and qualified medics and para-medics should also find it useful for reference purposes.