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M Belsey

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PubMed1994

An international perspective on child day-care health.

If we are committed to the health and development of children, we need to recognize that the vast majority of the world's women are working women. In Africa, 80% of the women are actively engaged in economic activities outside the home. The "economic miracle" in Southeast Asia was made possible by the nimble fingers of thousands of women working in textile and electronics factories. There is need for pre-day-care advocacy for infants, through promotion of breast feeding and maternity leave. When the mother returns to work, the standard of the International Labor Organization should be applied, namely" ...the care of children while the parents are working cannot be ignored because it forms a focal point on which three main concerns of development policy--work, health, and education--converge." Several principles emerged from the presentations in the international panel: 1. Child-care programs must be community based, using the resources of the families and the community organizations themselves. 2. Programs require the active involvement of the communities, women's groups, and other partners. 3. Programs are modified by innovations created by community organizations, universities, and other groups. 4. Programs require the mobilization of trained young men and women into the field of early childhood education and development. This international panel provided an overall uniting theme, that throughout the world the hope for the survival and better life for children unites parents of every country and every creed. This is one of the most powerful and strongest motivational resources in the world.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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PubMed1977

The safety of local anesthesia and outpatient treatment: a controlled study of induced abortion by vacuum aspiration.

The safety of early vacuum aspiration performed as an outpatient procedure using local anesthesia was examined in a controlled study sponsored by the World Health Organization and undertaken in two centers in Yugoslavia and Singapore. The sample consisted of healthy women whose pregnancies were between 7 and 12 weeks in duration. Follow-up four weeks after abortion was nearly 100 percent in both centers. No important differences in complication rates were found between the different types of services and anesthesia, even though overall complication rates differed markedly between centers. Overnight postabortion observation was not associated with any decrease in complications.

Abortion, Induced↗
PubMed1977

Complications following induced abortion by vacuum aspiration: patient characteristics and procedures.

Complications following early induced abortion by vacuum aspiration were examined in a controlled study. Data were collected on healthy women 7--12 weeks pregnant at the time of abortion. No association was found between complication rates and age, marital status, or parity. However, women in their first pregnancies and those who had experienced an induced or spontaneous abortion in their previous pregnancy had a higher rate of complications following the current induced abortion.

Abortion, Induced↗