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Clean Water’s Historic Effect on U.S. Mortality Rates Provides Hope for Developing Countries
The introduction of water filtration and chlorination in major U.S. cities between 1900 and 1940 accounted for about one-half of the 30 percent decline in urban death rates during those years, according to research published in the February 2005 issue of the journal Demography.
Project: Center for Public Information on Population Research (CPIPR)
Married Women With Children and Male Partners Do More Housework Than Single Moms
Specifically, married and cohabiting mothers report more housework than never-married or divorced/separated mothers, but all mothers report about the same amount of child-care time.
Project: Demography and Economics of Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease
Coronavirus Stress and Fear
Stress and fear during coronavirus social isolation can alter gene activity in ways that affect your immune system, but doing good deeds can bolster health.
Project: Middle East and North Africa Program (MENA)
Ending Child Marriage in the Arab Region
(2013) This policy brief presents the latest data on child marriage in the Arab region, which includes members of the League of Arab States (stretching from Morocco to Oman). Arabic and English versions.
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[caption] => Ending Child Marriage in the Arab Region (Arabic Version) -This policy brief presents the latest data on child marriage in the Arab region, which includes members of the League of Arab States (stretching from Morocco to Oman). It explains how ending child marriage would help countries achieve their Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) that aim to combat poverty and improve health and quality of life for all. The brief emphasizes the importance of taking a broad approach to end child marriage, including mandating more years of compulsory education, setting and enforcing the legal minimum age of marriage, raising community awareness about the harm caused by early marriage, and involving families to find ways to prevent child marriage.
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Jamaica Reproductive Health Survey 1997: Main Findings
(August 1998) This summary of the 1997 Jamaica Reproductive Health Survey reports on recent trends in fertility, trends in contraceptive use, fertility intentions, fertility and contraception among teenagers, and contraceptive supplies and services.
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[caption] => (August 1998) This summary of the 1997 Jamaica Reproductive Health Survey reports on recent trends in fertility, trends in contraceptive use, fertility intentions, fertility and contraception among teenagers, and contraceptive supplies and services.
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Reproductive Health in Policy and Practice: Uganda
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[caption] => September 1998) The objective of this study was to determine how central elements of the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development have been implemented in Uganda, and to identify achievements and obstacles. Within the broad framework adopted at the ICPD, the Uganda Ministry of Health is focusing on the major priority programs that most affect the population: safe motherhood and child survival; family planning; prevention and management of STDs and HIV/AIDS; capacity building; adolescent health; infrastructure development; and information education and communication.
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Reproductive Health in Policy and Practice: Brazil
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