Anthropologies of Global Maternal and Reproductive Health : From Policy Spaces to Sites of Practice.
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| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing AG,
2022.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Global Maternal and Child Health Series
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Anthropologies of Global Maternal and Reproductive Health
- From Policy Spaces to Sites of Practice
- Copyright
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Editors and Contributors
- About the Editors
- Contributors
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Introduction
- The Anthropology of Global Maternal and Reproductive Health Policy
- Implementation Disconnects and Policy Rhetoric
- Policy Ambivalence
- Contesting Authoritative Knowledge and Practice
- The Rise of Evidence and Its Uses
- Conclusion
- An Agenda for Future Research on Global Maternal and Reproductive Health Policy
- References
- Part I: Implementation Disconnects and Policy Rhetoric
- Chapter 2: Baby (Not So) Friendly: Implementation of the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative in Serbia
- Introduction
- Methods
- The Global Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative
- The History of the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative in Serbia
- The 1990s
- The Early 2000s
- 2012 to the Present
- The Not-So-Baby-Friendly Maternity Hospital
- Discussion and Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 3: The Promise and Neglect of Follow-up Care in Obstetric Fistula Treatment in Uganda
- Introduction
- Obstetric Fistula in Uganda
- Methods
- Obstetric Fistula Emerges as an International Priority
- Fistula Policy in Uganda
- In Search of Follow-up Protocols
- Women's Experiences with Fistula Follow-up Care
- Unclear Diagnosis
- Barriers to Follow-up
- Surgeon's Perspectives on Follow-up
- Tracking Residual Incontinence
- Failure of Policy or Priority? Making Sense of the Neglect of Follow-up
- References
- Chapter 4: The Domestication of Misoprostol for Abortion in Burkina Faso: Interactions Between Caregivers, Drug Vendors and Women
- Introduction
- The Social, Legal and Policy Context of Misoprostol in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
- Field Site and Methods.
- Data Analysis and Ethical Issues
- How Health Providers and Drug Vendors Circumvent the Regulation of Misoprostol
- Intermediaries' Motivations
- Pharmaceutical Diversion of Misoprostol by Women
- When the Diversion of Misoprostol Reproduces Social Inequities
- Discussion and Conclusion: Safe Access to Safe Abortion
- References
- Chapter 5: The "Sustainability Doctrine" in Donor-Driven Maternal Health Programs in Tanzania
- Introduction: Unpacking the Sustainability Doctrine
- Methods
- Conceptualizations of "Sustainability" Among Policymakers in the Tanzanian NGO Community
- Paradoxical Outcomes from MDG-era Efforts to Build Sustainability: NGO-Driven Brain Drain in the Tanzanian Health Sector
- The Sustainability Doctrine in Practice: Basic Emergency Obstetric and Neonatal Care Trainings and Workshops
- Persisting Sustainability Doctrine Practices in Tanzania's Respectful Maternity Care Efforts
- Conclusion
- References
- Part II: Policy Ambivalence
- Chapter 6: The Place of Traditional Birth Attendants in Global Maternal Health: Policy Retreat, Ambivalence and Return
- A Midwife by Any Other Name
- Introduction
- The Traditional Birth Attendant: A Global Health Invention
- Critical Perspectives on the TBA Policy Shift
- A Question of Evidence
- Flaws in the Original TBA Intervention
- The Global Political and Economic Context of the Safe Motherhood Initiative
- A New Humanitarian Logic with no Room for the Figure of the Traditional Birth Attendant
- Conclusion: The Return of the Traditional Birth Attendant?
- References
- Chapter 7: Conflicted Reproductive Governance: The Co-existence of Rights-Based Approaches and Coercion in India's Family Planning Policies
- Introduction
- A Note on Methods
- The Anthropology of the State and Reproductive Governance
- India's Family Planning and Underlying Policy Rationale.
- Tracking Rights-Based Ideas in Family Planning
- The Policy Rationale for a Return to Sterilisation
- Embodying Conflicted Governance: ASHA Health-Worker Perceptions and Practices
- Concluding Discussion: Contrariness as Effective Policy
- References
- Part III: Contesting Authoritative Knowledge and Practice
- Chapter 8: Regulating Midwives: Foreclosing Alternatives in the Policymaking Process in West Java, Indonesia
- Introduction
- Methodology
- Site Selection
- Methods
- The Promotion of "Skilled Birth Attendants" in Global Health Policy
- Maternal Health Policy in the Context of Decentralization in Indonesia
- The Development of the District Regulation on Partnership Between Bidan, Paraji, and Kader: Policy Entrepreneurship, the Use of Evidence, and the Role of Numbers
- Building the Evidence Base: Partnership Pilots and Paraji Perspectives
- Alternative Views on Partnership: Perspectives of Mothers, Paraji and Bidan
- What Makes for a Successful Partnership Between Bidan and Paraji?
- Formulating the Text of the Regulation
- The District Parliamentary Meeting
- Theme 1: Mothers and Infants Should Not Be Dying
- Theme 2: Paraji Are of the Past, Not the Future
- Theme 3: Competition Between Bidan and Paraji Will Not Work
- Discussion
- References
- Chapter 9: Making Space for Qualitative Evidence in Global Maternal and Child Health Policymaking
- Introduction
- A Note on Methods
- A Primer on Qualitative Evidence Synthesis
- Origin Stories: QES in OptimizeMNH
- New Hierarchies Undone by Old Methods
- NerdWorld: Pragmatism, Innovation, and Ideology
- Show Your Work!: Transparency, Accountability, and Interpretation
- Conclusion
- References
- Part IV: The Rise of Evidence and Its Uses
- Chapter 10: The International Childbirth Initiative: An Applied Anthropologist's Account of Developing Global Guidelines.
- Introduction: A Focus on Process
- Birth Activism
- The Larger Context: A Need for a Quality-of-Care-Based Initiative
- Creating the International MotherBaby Childbirth Initiative (IMBCI): 10 Steps to Optimal MotherBaby Maternity Services
- IMBCO's Pilot Project: Disappointment and Setback
- MotherBaby Networks (MBnets)
- The FIGO Initiative
- Creating the International Childbirth Initiative: 12 Steps to Safe and Respectful MotherBaby-Family Maternity Care
- Resolving Disagreements in the Creation of the ICI
- Endorsement and Implementation
- Conclusion
- Our Ultimate Vision: Setting the Gold Standard for Optimal Maternity Care
- References
- Chapter 11: Selling Beautiful Births: The Use of Evidence by Brazil's Humanised Birth Movement
- Introduction
- Methods
- The Intervention Epidemic in Brazil
- The Movement for Humanised Care in Childbirth
- Strategies for Humanising Policy and Practice
- Obstetric Violence
- Using Evidence in Humanised Policy Design
- Contesting Evidence, Overcoming Cesaristas
- Marketing Beautiful Births
- Discussion
- References
- Index.