Anthropologies of Global Maternal and Reproductive Health From Policy Spaces to Sites of Practice

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer Nature 2022
• Series: Global Maternal and Child Health
• Subjects: Health systems & services; Materno-fetal medicine; Medical anthropology; Reproductive medicine; anthropology of maternal death; anthropology of pregnancy; anthropology of reproduction; ethnography global health; ethnography maternal health; ethnograpny reproductive health; global health care interventions; global health policy; global maternal health; global reproductive health policy; Maternal and Child Health; maternal health policy; maternal morbidity and mortality; medical anthropology; open access; skilled birth; women's health
• Online Access: Open Access: DOAB: description of the publication; Open Access: DOAB, download the publication
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (225 p.)
• ISBN: 978-3-030-84514-8; 9783030845148
• Access: Open Access

This open access edited book brings together new research on the mechanisms by which maternal and reproductive health policies are formed and implemented in diverse locales around the world, from global policy spaces to sites of practice. The authors - both internationally respected anthropologists and new voices - demonstrate the value of ethnography and the utility of reproduction as a lens through which to generate rich insights into professionals' and lay people's intimate encounters with policy. Authors look closely at core policy debates in the history of global maternal health across six different continents, including: Women's use of misoprostol for abortion in Burkina Faso The place of traditional birth attendants in global maternal health Donor-driven maternal health programs in Tanzania Efforts to integrate qualitative evidence in WHO maternal and child health policy-making Anthropologies of Global Maternal and Reproductive Health will engage readers interested in critical conversations about global health policy today. The broad range of foci makes it a valuable resource for teaching in medical anthropology, anthropology of reproduction, and interdisciplinary global health programs. The book will also find readership amongst critical public health scholars, health policy and systems researchers, and global public health practitioners.