Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Background and Theoretical Development -- Chapter 3: Trends in Age at Marriage, Contraceptive Use, and Abortion -- Chapter 4: Analysis of Reproductive Health -- Chapter 5: Early Signs of Fertility Transition -- Chapter 6: Sustainability of Reproductive Health and Future Implications -- References -- Index.
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In: Journal of HIV/AIDS & social services: research, practice, and policy adopted by the National Social Work AIDS Network (NSWAN), Band 6, Heft 1-2, S. 83-99
SummaryThe present paper assesses fetal loss among currently married women in India. In addition, the effects of social, economic, demographic and health factors on fetal loss are studied. The study uses data from the second National Family Health Survey conducted in India during 1998–2000. The results show wide variations in fetal loss (induced abortion, spontaneous abortion and still-birth) measures across the country. The importance of mother's nutritional status, birth spacing, risky behaviours such as smoking, drinking and chewing tobacco and age at marriage for pregnancy outcomes in India is also discussed. The study results imply a broad understanding of reproductive health in India, and emphasize the importance of widening the scope of community-based reproductive health education programmes to improve the reproductive health of women.
Improved child health and survival are considered universal humanitarian goals. In this respect, understanding the nutritional status of children has far-reaching implications for the better development of future generations. The present study assessed, first, the nutritional status of children below 5 years using the three anthropometric measures weight-for-age, height-for-age and weight-for-height in two states of India, Kerala and Goa. Secondly, it examined the confounding factors that influence the nutritional status of children in these states. The NFHS-I data for Kerala and Goa were used. The results showed that the relative prevalence of under-weight and wasting was high in Kerala, but the prevalence of stunting was medium. In Goa, on the other hand, the relative prevalence of wasting and underweight was very high, and that of stunting was high. Both socio-economic and family planning variables were significantly associated with malnutrition in these states, but at varied levels. The study recommends more area-specific policies for the development of nutritional intervention programmes.
In: World development: the multi-disciplinary international journal devoted to the study and promotion of world development, Band 31, Heft 1, S. 149-161
