1st Edition
Maternal and Child Health in Rural Kenya An Epidemiological Study
Part 1. Introduction 1. Study Design and Methodology Part 2. Characteristics of the Study Area 2. Agricultural and Economic Characteristics 3. Household Activities and Dietary Patterns 4. Temporal Changes in Economic, Social and Hygiene Conditions 5. Population Growth, Fertility, Mortality and Migration Part 3. Communicable Childhood Diseases 6. The Epidemiology of Measles 7. The Epidemiology of Pertussis and Results of a Vaccine Trial 8. The Incidence of Diarrhoeal Disease 9. The Human Ecology of Schistosomiasis and its Cost-Effective Control Part 4. Nutritional Status of Mothers and Children 10. Food Consumption in Pregnancy and Lactation 11. Anthropometric Results in Pregnancy and Lactation 12. Lactation Performance 13. Food Consumption of Pre-school Children 14. Growth Pattern of Pre-school Children 15. Growth of Infants of Low and Normal Birthweight 16. Overview of the Nutrition Studies Part 5. Perinatal, Infant and Childhood Mortality 17. Age-Specific Infant and Childhood Mortality and Causes of Death 18. The Outcome of Pregnancy 19. Use of Perinatal Mortality Data in Antenatal Screening 20. Factors Related to Infant Mortality 21. Household Status Differentials and Childhood Mortality Part 6. Modern and Traditional Medical Care 22. The Utilization of Modern and Traditional Medical Care 23. Modern and Traditional Antenatal and Delivery Care 24. Beliefs and Practices Related to Measles and Acute Diarrhoea Part 7. Summary and Conclusions 25. Summary of Findings and Implications for Public Health 26. The Implementation of a Longitudinal, Population-Based Study: An Appraisal
Biography
J.K. van Ginneken and A.S. Muller
