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Author : Samuel Agyei-Mensah
Release : 2003
Genre : Birth control
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Book Synopsis Reproduction and Social Context in Sub-Saharan Africa by : Samuel Agyei-Mensah
Download or read book Reproduction and Social Context in Sub-Saharan Africa written by Samuel Agyei-Mensah. This book was released on 2003. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Samuel Agyei-Mensah
Release : 2003-06-30
Genre : Medical
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Book Synopsis Reproduction and Social Context in Sub-Saharan Africa by : Samuel Agyei-Mensah
Download or read book Reproduction and Social Context in Sub-Saharan Africa written by Samuel Agyei-Mensah. This book was released on 2003-06-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perhaps no region matches sub-Saharan Africa in its social and cultural diversity. In this collection of micro-demographic studies, the authors examine how the diversity of this region influences reproductive behavior. The empirical studies, distributed throughout the continent, are localized, in-depth studies that give special attention to contextual effects of social structure and social organization. A diverse range of topics is addressed including, adolescent sexuality and the effects of early childbearing on later fertility, the impact of development programs on fertility and the association between social organization, social diffusion, and reproductive regime. Highly revealing of the determinants of reproduction in Africa, these studies serve as a model for a new mode of demographic research. The chapters are arranged by geographical regions of the continent, with an introductory chapter outlining the editors' vision of a micro-demographic enterprise and a concluding chapter placing the African fertility transition in the context of the global fertility transition. This volume inspires fresh thinking and theorizing about demographic change, not only in sub-Saharan Africa, but also in all low-income settings.
Author : National Research Council
Release : 1993-02-01
Genre : Social Science
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Book Synopsis Social Dynamics of Adolescent Fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa by : National Research Council
Download or read book Social Dynamics of Adolescent Fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa written by National Research Council. This book was released on 1993-02-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This examination of changes in adolescent fertility emphasizes the changing social context within which adolescent childbearing takes place.
Author : Nana K. Poku
Release : 2021-02-03
Genre : Social Science
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Book Synopsis Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa by : Nana K. Poku
Download or read book Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa written by Nana K. Poku. This book was released on 2021-02-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a clear and detailed examination of why it is so difficult to secure comprehensive political engagement and actionable, effective policy on sexual and reproductive health rights in sub-Saharan Africa. In an engaging analysis, Nana Poku employs expert knowledge to examine the prospects for large-scale improvements. He explores not only the full range of normative sensitivities, but also conceptual misunderstandings, legal difficulties and complex challenges of securing and maintaining adequate funding while AIDS remains a pandemic in the region. Up-to-date, succinct yet highly detailed, lucid and compelling in its diagnoses of highly complex issues, this book is a valuable, accessible study of a topic that is regional in focus but with clear global implications.
Author : Caroline H. Bledsoe
Release : 1993-01-15
Genre : Social Science
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Book Synopsis Social Dynamics of Adolescent Fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa by : Caroline H. Bledsoe
Download or read book Social Dynamics of Adolescent Fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa written by Caroline H. Bledsoe. This book was released on 1993-01-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adolescent fertility tends to be valued and sanctioned in the countries of sub-Saharan Africa when parents have had adequate ritual or training preparation for adulthood and the child has a recognized father. Young women and adolescents who conceive and bear children within this context are widely accepted by society; those who conceive outside of marriage, however, are strongly condemned by society. Over the past 2-3 decades, most African countries have successfully raised their levels of education. Girls and women are increasingly privy to formal school education and training in trade apprenticeships, domestic service, and ritual initiation which had otherwise been denied in the past. These factors, combined with declining menarche in a few areas, and changing economic opportunities, law, and religion make it more difficult to define the exact date of entry into marriage. Many girls are taking advantage of these changing circumstances and their opportunities to obtain educations and resist early marriage and cildbearing. While defying the traditional entry into early marriage, many young women do not, however, refrain from engaging in sexual activities. Pregnancies to unwed mothers are thereby on the rise and may constitute the most profound change observed in the social context of adolescent fertility on the continent. Once pregnant, many women find themselves shut out by family planning programs and prenatal clinics which serve only married women. This paper ultimately concludes that the social context of adolescent childbearing has an effect on the outcome for mother and child which is as important as the physiological maturity of the mother.
