Investigating Reproductive Tract Infections and Other Gynaecological Disorders: A Multidisciplinary Research ApproachShireen Jejeebhoy, Michael Koenig, Christopher Elias Reproductive tract infections and other gynaecological disorders among women represent an enormous global health burden. This significant book will help focus research on this important though neglected area. The primary aims of the book are to provide an overview of reproductive tract infections and other gynaecological disorders, to highlight the conceptual and methodological challenges associated with undertaking research on this subject, and to serve as a reference for future research in this area. The book focuses on developing country settings, and recognizes that gathering this sort of information requires a multidisciplinary and culturally sensitive approach. Findings from the research described in this book will undoubtedly assist physicians, social scientists, epidemiologists and public health practitioners in evaluating the magnitude of this problem within the community at large and in identifying potentially effective medical and behavioural interventions to address this problem. |
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correlates consequences and health seeking behaviour | 30 |
mens roles and mens rights | 82 |
5 Study design for the measurement of gynaecological morbidity | 106 |
6 Alternatives to communitybased study designs for research on womens gynaecological morbidity | 124 |
experiences in Egypt India and Uganda | 140 |
the Giza reproductive morbidity study | 148 |
10 Laboratory methods for the diagnosis of reproductive tract infections and selected conditions in populationbased studies | 261 |
the contribution of interview surveys to the study of gynaecological ill health | 283 |
Appendix 111 | 314 |
Appendix 112 | 317 |
12 Qualitative methods in gynaecological morbidity research | 322 |
Appendix 121 Recommended manuals for the use of qualitative methods in gynaecological morbidity research | 355 |
13 Integrating qualitative and quantitative methods in research on reproductive health | 360 |
14 Interpreting results from different sources of data | 391 |
the Gadchiroli study of gynaecological diseases | 163 |
the Rakai project | 172 |
8 Definitions of clinically diagnosed gynaecological morbidity resulting from reproductive tract infection | 186 |
9 Laboratory tests for the detection of reproductive tract infections | 225 |
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