Critical Issues in Reproductive Health (The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis Book 33)

In this book, leading academics and practitioners in the field of reproductive health address topics such as contraception, abortion, sexually transmitted infections, maternal and prenatal health, sexuality and reproductive rights by examining a number of critical issues in these areas. The authors describe new research, identify gaps and priorities in policy and practice, and illustrate innovative solutions. The book further addresses such current imperatives as understanding the social meanings of emergency contraception, measuring gender-based violence, improving reproductive health governance, strengthening health systems and services, and redressing institutional barriers. The book also assesses how reproductive health programs can be reconfigured to new challenges such as those posed by climate change, vulnerable youth in fragile states, and risks from new infertility treatments. Using a rich and varied set of cases, a broad public health and social science perspective, and novel methodological approaches, this book questions common assumptions, illustrates effective solutions and sets out research, policy, and programmatic agendas for the present and future. This is a comprehensive volume which provides a valuable resource to researchers, educators, practitioners, policymakers and students, as well as anyone studying or advocating for reproductive health. Front Matter....Pages i-ix Introduction and Overview....Pages 1-18 Front Matter....Pages 19-19 The Vocabulary of Reproductive Health....Pages 21-34 Prevalence, Attitudes, Risk Factors, and Selected Health-Related Outcomes Associated with Spousal Physical Violence During Pregnancy in Egypt....Pages 35-58 Addressing Men’s Concerns About Reproductive Health Services and Fertility Regulation in a Rural Sahelian Setting of Northern Ghana: The “ Zurugelu Approach ”....Pages 59-83 Social Class and Sexual Stigma: Local Interpretations of Emergency Contraception in Egypt....Pages 85-102 Using New Data and Improved Study Designs to Examine Infertility-Service Seeking and Adverse Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes in the South-Central United States....Pages 103-126 Front Matter....Pages 127-127 The Evolution of Consensus on Population and Development: Prospects for Resurgent Policy and Program Action....Pages 129-151 How Problematic Will Liberal Abortion Policies Be for Pronatalist Countries?....Pages 153-176 Climate Change Science, Policy and Programming: Where Are Population and Reproductive Health?....Pages 177-193 Reproductive Health Aid: A Delicate Balancing Act....Pages 195-213 Looking Back and Looking Ahead to Where Are We Going: A Round-Table Symposium on the Past, Present, and Future of Reproductive Health....Pages 215-240 Front Matter....Pages 241-241 Fostering Change in Medical Settings: A Holistic Programming Approach to “Revitalizing” IUD Use in Kenya....Pages 243-264 Radical Common Sense: Community Provision of Injectable Contraception in Africa....Pages 265-284 Global Introduction of a Low-Cost Contraceptive Implant....Pages 285-306 An Integrated Approach to Targeted, Evidence-Based Livelihood and Sexual and Reproductive Health Programs for Vulnerable Young People in Fragile States: The Case of Liberia....Pages 307-327 Back Matter....Pages 329-351