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GH Frameworks- Global Disease
Sexual and Repro Health (T Pierce)
16
Health Care
Graduate
09/25/2010

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Term
major causes of maternal mortality
Definition
  • severe bleeding
  • indirect causes
  • infections
  • unsafe abortions
  • eclampsia
  • obstructed labor
Term
Factors that increase maternal mortality
Definition
  • too early
  • too late
  • too close together
  • too many
Term
Discrimination against female during preganancy affecting reproductive health
Definition
  • sex selection
  • feticide
Term
lifespan profile of discrimination against women affecting reproductive health: birth
Definition
  • infanicide
  • food allocation
Term
lifespan profile of discrimination against women affecting reproductive health: girlhood
Definition
  • food restrictions
  • abuse
  • incest
  • harmful traditional practices
  • child labor
  • poor education
Term
lifespan profile of discrimination against women affecting reproductive health: adolescence
Definition
  • exploitation
  • sexual abuse
  • physical violence
  • early marriage
  • forced sex
  • poor access
    • education
    • health resources
Term
life span profile of discrimination against women affecting reproductive health: child bearing years
Definition
  • overwork
  • poor access to health services
  • marital rape
  • lack of information
  • lack of autonomy
    • financially
    • within family/country
  • commercial sex
  • lack of control over reproduction
Term
life span profile of discrimination against women affecting reproductive health: old age
Definition
  • neglect
  • violence
Term
relation between education and female genital cutting
Definition
  • increase in education level leads to lower prevalance of female genital cutting
Term
why focus on men with reproductive health?
Definition
  • engaging men leads to benifit for the entire family
  • men involvement crucial to addressing sexual and reproductive health concerns (STD's, unwanted pregnancies)
Term
compare the key milestones reached by men at different ages
Definition
  • men to be married younger and become a father younger in Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa than in USA
  • men desire no more children at a much older age in sub Saharan Africa than in Latin America and USA
Term
General sexual patterns of men age 15-24
Definition
  • most men have sex before age 20
  • many young men have more than one sexual partner
  • contraception use varies by region of the world
    • much higher in developed world
Term
men age 25-39: sexual and reproductive profile
Definition
  • most married by their late 20's
  • most are fathers by their late 30's
  • many men report discussing family planning with their partners
  • some men dont use contraceptives even though they do not want a child
Term
men 40-54: family profile
Definition
  • men in developing world desire more children
  • varyin patterns and levels of conraceptive use
  • MOST men do not have extramarital relationships
Term
Needs of men in sexual and reproductive health
Definition
  • information
  • skills
  • counseling
  • preventive health services
  • clinical dx and tx
Term
prevalance of curable UTI's
Definition
most prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America/ Caribbean
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