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Addison Wesley Longman, California, USA, 1990. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 889 pages. B/W photos. At the moment a child is born, the quality of his or her future … Mehr…

Addison Wesley Longman, California, USA, 1990. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 889 pages. B/W photos. At the moment a child is born, the quality of his or her future depends on many genetic and environmental factors. Some of these factors are present at the time of conception, others become apparent as the child develops. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Health; Parenting; Medicine & Health; Family & Relationships::Relationships. ISBN: 0201132389. ISBN/EAN: 9780201132380. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 107138. . 9780201132380 This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries., Addison Wesley Longman, 1990, RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 24 pages. Original publisher: Rockville, Md. : National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 2001 OCLC Number: (OCoLC)52983789 Subject: Reproductive health -- Research. Excerpt: . . . F R O M C E L L S T O S E L V E S Examine the extent to which pregnancies either are, or relatively little to the goal of improving the use of are not, wanted by men: most of the data now contraception. Changes in the delivery of health available record womens reactions. services and the increasing diversity of our population have prompted the need to reexamine individual, Study the incidence of STDs and infertility among institutional, and cultural barriers to accessing and males. effectively using contraceptive methods. Recent national surveys conducted both in the United States and in developing countries have demonstrated behavioral Identify New Strategies for changes, including increased acceptance of Improving Contraceptive Use contraceptive use, based on the availability of newly One of every two pregnancies in U. S. women is introduced contraceptive technologies. unintended. About one-half of these unintended pregnancies result from contraceptive nonuse, and the Research Areas other half from the ineffective use of contraception or contraceptive failure. Rates of unintended pregnancy Examine the effects on contraceptive experience of are highest among women who are young, poor, of individual risk-taking, partner relationships, STD risk, African American or Hispanic origin, or a combination and male involvement in pregnancy prevention, across of these factors. The NICHD has supported substantial the reproductive lifespan. research on individual, family, and societal factors that are associated with higher risks of unintended Research the delivery of family planning services, pregnancy. This body of research has contributed including observational studies, clinical trials for new greatly to our basic understanding of these issues but intervention approaches, an. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub<