Child Survival - Strategies for Research

Zusammenfassung This 1985 book examines how in all poor countries! malnutrition and infectious diseases are the major biological processes leading to child deaths. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. Introduction and Conceptual Framework: 1. Child survival: research and policy W. Henry Mosley; 2. An analytical framework for the study of child survival in developing countries W. Henry Mosley and Lincoln C. Chen; Part II. Intervening Variables: Nutrition: 3. Malnutrition, morbidity, and mortality Reynaldo Martorell and Teresa J. Ho; 4. Measurement of dietary intake Kenneth H. Brown; 5. Breastfeeding performance and child survival Sandra L. Huffman and Barbara B. Lamphere; Part III. Intervening Variables: Infectious and Parasitic Diseases: 6. Immunizable and respiratory diseases and child mortality Stanley O. Foster; 7. Diarrheal diseases and child morbidity and mortality Robert E. Black; 8. Parasitic diseases: measurement and mortality impact David J. Bradley and Anne Keymer; Part IV. Socioeconomic Variables: 9. Effects of maternal education, women's roles, and child care on child mortality Helen Ware; 10. Studying the impact of household economic and community variables on child mortality T. Paul Schultz; 11. Technology and child survival: the example of sanitary engineering John Briscoe; Part V. Case Studies: 12. Determinants of child mortality: a study of squatter settlements in Jordan Belgin Tekce and Frederic C. Shorter; 13. Intervention projects and the study of socioeconomic determinants of mortality Anne R. Pebley; 14. A household survey of child mortality determinants in Malaysia Julie DaVanzo; Part VI. Analytical Methods: 15. Estimating levels, trends, and determinants of child mortality in countries with poor statistics James Trussell and Jane Menken; 16. Mathematical models of infectious diseases: seeking new tools for planning and evaluating control programs Burton Singer; 17. Modeling resource allocation for child survival Howard N. Barnum and Robin Barlow....

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• Authors: Lincoln C. Chen, Chen Lincoln C., W. Henry Mosley, W. Henry Chen Mosley, Mosley W. Henry
• Assisted by: W. Henry Mosley (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.09.2008
• EAN: 9780521072977
• ISBN: 978-0-521-07297-7
• No. of pages: 412
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, MEDICAL / Public Health, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Demography, MEDICAL / Preventive Medicine, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, Social issues & processes, Child welfare, Social and ethical issues, Population and Demography, Child welfare and youth services, Public health and preventive medicine