Calhoun Calhoun
Biographic Data
| ID | 5604054 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Calhoun Calhoun |
| GIVEN NAMES | Calhoun |
| FAMILY NAME | Calhoun |
| SIGNATURE | CALHOUN C |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
(Im)possible Inscriptions
This essay examines the tensions between inscription and voice, silence and servitude, that are staged in Ousmane Sembène’s novella La Noire de... (1962) and its eponymous film adaptation (1966). In contrast to existing scholarship on La Noire de..., I center my reading on the space of suicide itself—the bathtub and the interior space of the bathroom—which I show to be a highly symbolic site, charged with meanings. Taking up Gayatri Spivak’s char…
Longitudinal Evaluation of the Tupange Urban Family Planning Program in Kenya
CONTEXT: Levels of fertility and contraceptive use have long fluctuated in Kenya. The multicomponent Tupange program, part of the Urban Reproductive Health Initiative, was initiated in 2011 to increase use of modern family planning methods. METHODS: Women aged 15-49 in the five Kenyan cities where Tupange was implemented were interviewed in 2010 and reinterviewed in 2014 to obtain information on their contraceptive use and exposure to components …
Counseling During Maternal and Infant Health Visits and Postpartum Contraceptive Use in Uttar Pradesh, India
CONTEXT: Postpartum family planning is a compelling concern of global significance due to its salience to unplanned pregnancies, and to maternal and infant health in developing countries. Yet, women face the highest level of unmet need for contraception in the year following a birth. A cost-effective way to inform women about their risk of becoming pregnant after the birth of a child is to integrate family planning counseling and services with ma…
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Counseling During Maternal and Infant Health Visits and Postpartum Contraceptive Use in Uttar Pradesh, India
CONTEXT: Postpartum family planning is a compelling concern of global significance due to its salience to unplanned pregnancies, and to maternal and infant health in developing countries. Yet, women face the highest level of unmet need for contraception in the year following a birth. A cost-effective way to inform women about their risk of becoming pregnant after the birth of a child is to integrate family planning counseling and services with ma…
Longitudinal Evaluation of the Tupange Urban Family Planning Program in Kenya
CONTEXT: Levels of fertility and contraceptive use have long fluctuated in Kenya. The multicomponent Tupange program, part of the Urban Reproductive Health Initiative, was initiated in 2011 to increase use of modern family planning methods. METHODS: Women aged 15-49 in the five Kenyan cities where Tupange was implemented were interviewed in 2010 and reinterviewed in 2014 to obtain information on their contraceptive use and exposure to components …
(Im)possible Inscriptions
This essay examines the tensions between inscription and voice, silence and servitude, that are staged in Ousmane Sembène’s novella La Noire de... (1962) and its eponymous film adaptation (1966). In contrast to existing scholarship on La Noire de..., I center my reading on the space of suicide itself—the bathtub and the interior space of the bathroom—which I show to be a highly symbolic site, charged with meanings. Taking up Gayatri Spivak’s char…
Demography (2 works) · Developing country (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Environmental health (2 works) · Family planning (2 works) · Fertility (2 works) · Global Maternal and Child Health (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Population (2 works) · Reproductive Health and Contraception (2 works)