Status of women and infants in complex humanitarian emergencies

Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health

Volumn 49, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2004, Pages 7-13

  Al Gasser, Naeema ^b   Dresden, Elissa ^b   Keeney, Gwen Brumbaugh ^a   Warren, Nicole ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Disasters; Infant care; International health problems; Maternal care; Public health policy; Refugee health; Safe motherhood; Violence; War

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUNGER; HYPOTHERMIA; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDWIFE; MIGRATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REFUGEE; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SANITATION; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PROBLEM; VIOLENCE; WAR; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTERS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; RELIEF WORK; WAR; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 3242770624     PISSN: 15269523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmwh.2004.05.001     Document Type: Article

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