Child Beauty, Child Rights and the Devaluation of Women
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12440274 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul H Wise (0000-0002-7380-4347), P Wise (Institute for Reproductive Health, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 472-472 |
| Publication date | 1995-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Health and Human Rights (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1079-0969 • E-ISSN: 2150-4113 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/4065254 |
| PMID | 10393800 |
| OpenAlex | W2269777500 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 1 |
In the US existing initiatives to improve birth outcomes have been confined to fetal and infant concerns neglecting womens health. In most such programs women are not eligible for services until the moment of conception and are jettisoned from the program the moment they deliver or soon thereafter. Not only does this tight focus on fetal and infant concerns devalue womens interests but it may also prove of limited effectiveness in improving birth and infant outcomes. There is evidence indicating that a series of chronic conditions before pregnancy are important determinants of pregnancy complications and prematurity. Consequently focused prenatal care programs will have to be transformed to become a component of womens health care over a lifetime. Continued ambivalence over the social role of women and tortured political discourse over the direction of public policy in the US demand that the needs and rights of children be reframed to advance the needs and rights of women. Such a major revision will require the courage to confront deep often self- serving disciplinary isolation as well as the collective commitment to rebuild a coherent progressive agenda
Ambivalence · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Human rights · Political science · Politics · Population · Reproductive health · Reproductive rights · Social rights · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Law · Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions · Medicine · Psychology · Reproductive Health and Technologies · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.09 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2004 - 2008 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |