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YEAR: 1975

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Family planning for better maternal and child health.

AUTHORS

Mubasher M

SOURCE

Mother and Child 12(1): 19-21. January-March 1975.

ABSTRACT

The effects of family size, pregnancy, childbirth, increasing age and parity upon maternal and child health are

reviewed. An unmanageably large family results in the subjection of its members to deprivation leading to

substandard health and higher mortality. The risks to the health of the mother from childbearing increase when the

mother is below 19 years of age or above 30, with the best age for having the first child being between 19 and 25

years of age. The rate of induced abortion in married women is promoted by increasing age and parity. Research

results are cited to support the claim that there is an inverse ratio between the size of the family and the child's

physical and mental development. Poor nutritional intake of children in large families promotes disease because a

diet deficient in protein reduces the body's defensive mechanisms. Too many pregnancies reduce reproductive

efficiency and are connected with higher mortality among the newborn. Mortality and morbidity in mothers and

children can be substantially reduced by the practice of preventive medicine. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT7T

2578-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Family planning for better maternal and child health.",

is(are) Mubasher M. The source of this article is "Mother and Child 12(1): 19-21. January-March 1975.". This article

was published in 1975 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT7T 2578-06. All rights reserved

with PubHealth.info) PIN: 32578

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