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Journal articles on the topic "Male birth support"
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Walsh, Kate, Clare A. McCormack, Rachel Webster, Anita Pinto, Seonjoo Lee, Tianshu Feng, H. Sloan Krakovsky, et al. "Maternal prenatal stress phenotypes associate with fetal neurodevelopment and birth outcomes." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116, no. 48 (October 14, 2019): 23996–4005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1905890116.
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Maternal prenatal stress influences offspring neurodevelopment and birth outcomes including the ratio of males to females born; however, there is limited understanding of what types of stress matter, and for whom. Using a data-driven approach with 27 variables from questionnaires, ambulatory diaries, and physical assessments collected early in the singleton pregnancies of 187 women, 3 latent profiles of maternal prenatal stress emerged that were differentially associated with sex at birth, birth outcomes, and fetal neurodevelopment. Most women (66.8%) were in the healthy group (HG); 17.1% were in the psychologically stressed group (PSYG), evidencing clinically meaningful elevations in perceived stress, depression, and anxiety; and 16% were in the physically stressed group (PHSG) with relatively higher ambulatory blood pressure and increased caloric intake. The population normative male:female secondary sex ratio (105:100) was lower in the PSYG (2:3) and PHSG (4:9), and higher in the HG (23:18), consistent with research showing diminished male births in maternal stress contexts. PHSG versus HG infants were born 1.5 wk earlier (P < 0.05) with 22% compared to 5% born preterm. PHSG versus HG fetuses had decreased fetal heart rate–movement coupling (P < 0.05), which may indicate slower central nervous system development, and PSYG versus PHSG fetuses had more birth complications, consistent with previous findings among offspring of women with psychiatric illness. Social support most strongly differentiated the HG, PSYG, and PHSG groups, and higher social support was associated with increased odds of male versus female births. Stress phenotypes in pregnant women are associated with male vulnerability and poor fetal outcomes.
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Vanderlaan, Doug P., Ray Blanchard, Kenneth J. Zucker, Raffael Massuda, Anna Martha Vaitses Fontanari, André Oliveira Borba, Angelo Bradelli Costa, et al. "BIRTH ORDER AND ANDROPHILIC MALE-TO-FEMALE TRANSSEXUALISM IN BRAZIL." Journal of Biosocial Science 49, no. 4 (November 7, 2016): 527–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0021932016000584.
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SummaryPrevious research has indicated that biological older brothers increase the odds of androphilia in males. This finding has been termed thefraternal birth order effect. Thematernal immune hypothesissuggests that this effect reflects the progressive immunization of some mothers to male-specific antigens involved in fetal male brain masculinization. Exposure to these antigens, as a result of carrying earlier-born sons, is hypothesized to produce maternal immune responses towards later-born sons, thus leading to female-typical neural development of brain regions underlying sexual orientation. Because this hypothesis posits mechanisms that have the potential to be active in any situation where a mother gestates repeated male fetuses, a key prediction is that the fraternal birth order effect should be observable in diverse populations. The present study assessed the association between sexual orientation and birth order in androphilic male-to-female transsexuals in Brazil, a previously unexamined population. Male-to-female transsexuals who reported attraction to males were recruited from a specialty gender identity service in southern Brazil (n=118) and a comparison group of gynephilic non-transsexual men (n=143) was recruited at the same hospital. Logistic regression showed that the transsexual group had significantly more older brothers and other siblings. These effects were independent of one another and consistent with previous studies of birth order and male sexual orientation. The presence of the fraternal birth order effect in the present sample provides further evidence of the ubiquity of this effect and, therefore, lends support to the maternal immune hypothesis as an explanation of androphilic sexual orientation in some male-to-female transsexuals.
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Edvardsson, Kristina, Mary-Ann Davey, Rhonda Powell, and Anna Axmon. "Sex ratios at birth in Australia according to mother’s country of birth: A national study of all 5 614 847 reported live births 1997–2016." PLOS ONE 16, no. 6 (June 25, 2021): e0251588. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0251588.
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Objectives Son preference and sex selective practices have resulted in a deficit of girls in several countries, primarily across Asia. Emerging evidence indicates that son preference survives migration to Western high-income countries. The objective of this study was to assess male-to-female (M/F) ratios at birth per mother’s country of birth in Australia 1997–2016, in total and by parity, and by states/territories and over time. Methods Data for this national population-based cross-sectional study were obtained from the National Perinatal Data Collection (NPDC) and included all live births in Australia 1997–2016 (N = 5 614 847). M/F ratios with 95% Confidence Intervals were estimated. Results The M/F ratio for births to Australian-born mothers was within the expected range (1.03–1.07) regardless of parity and time period. M/F ratios were elevated above the expected range for births to mothers born in China in the total sample (M/F ratio 1.084, 95% confidence interval 1.071–1.097) and at parity 2 (1.175, 1.120–1.231), and for births to mothers born in India at parity 2 (1.146, 1.090–1.204). Parity 2 births were the most consistently male-biased across time. Across states, elevated M/F ratios were identified for both groups in New South Wales (China parity 2: 1.182, 1.108–1.260; India parity 2: 1.182, 1.088–1.285), for births to Chinese-born mothers in Victoria (total births: 1.097, 1.072–1.123; parity 1: 1.115, 1.072–1.159) and Australian Capital Territory (total births: 1.189, 1.085–1.302) and births to Indian-born mothers Western Australia (parity 2: 1.307, 1.122–1.523). Conclusions Son preference persists in some immigrant communities after migration to Australia. The consistent pattern of elevated M/F ratios across the larger states indicates that sex imbalances at birth are largely independent of restrictiveness of local abortion laws. Drivers and consequences of son preference in Western high-income settings should be explored to further promote gender equality, and to strengthen support for women who may be vulnerable to reproductive coercion.
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Fellman, Johan, and Aldur W. Eriksson. "Sex Ratio in Sibships With Twins." Twin Research and Human Genetics 11, no. 2 (April 1, 2008): 204–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1375/twin.11.2.204.
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AbstractIn national birth registers of Caucasians, the secondary sex ratio, that is, the number of boys per 100 girls at birth, is almost constant at 106. Variations other than random variation have been noted, and attention is being paid to identifying presumptive influential factors. Studies of the influence of different factors have, however, yielded meagre results. An effective means of identifying discrepancies is to investigate birth data compiled into sibships of different sizes. Assuming no inter- or intra-maternal variations, the distributions of the sex composition are binomial. Varying parental tendencies for a specific sex result in discrepancies from the binomial distribution. Over a century ago, the German scientists Geissler and Lommatzsch analyzed the vital statistics of Saxony, including twin maternities, for the last quarter of the 19th century. They considered sibships ending with twin sets. Their hypothesis was that in sibships ending with male–male twin pairs, the sex ratio among previous births is higher than normal, while in sibships with female–female twin pairs, the sex ratio is lower than normal. If the sibship ended with a male-female pair, then the sex ratio is almost normal. Consequently, a same-sex twin set indicated, in general, deviations in the sex ratio among the sibs within the sibship. Our analyzes of their data yielded statistically significant results that support their statements.
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McCann, Stewart J. H. "Birth Order of past Presidents and Schlesinger's History Cycles: Support for Stewart's Leadership Theory." Psychological Reports 88, no. 2 (April 2001): 375–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pr0.2001.88.2.375.
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Stewart's hypothesis (1992) that adults who were only-children and first-born children are most suited to lead communities in more turbulent times while adults who were later-born children are most suited to lead in more tranquil times was tested by relating the male birth order of elected presidents to Schlesinger's 1986 public purpose and private interest periods. Consistent with Stewart's hypothesis, candidates who were only-children and first-born children tended to win during public purpose phases, which are characterized by the turbulence of greater political commitment, idealism, and broad social change.
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Chittle, Laura, Sean Horton, Patricia Weir, and Jess C. Dixon. "Investigating the relationship between the relative age effect and leadership behaviors among male ice hockey players." International Review for the Sociology of Sport 52, no. 6 (November 30, 2015): 751–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1012690215616271.
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This study examined the role of relative age on leadership behaviors among male house league ice hockey players. Athletes completed an online survey that solicited their birthdate along with their responses to the leadership scale for sport. As expected, the results of our analyses revealed no relative age effects. Captains scored significantly higher on the training and instruction, democratic behavior and social support dimensions of the leadership scale for sport. While there were significant multivariate differences between birth quartile and the dimensions of leadership, a relative weight analysis revealed that quartile of birth did not differ significantly on any of these dimensions. Thus, male house league hockey players are not (dis)advantaged in terms of their leadership behaviors as a consequence of relative age.
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Phillips, Gregory, Anand Raman, Dylan Felt, Ying Han, and Brian Mustanski. "Factors Associated with PrEP Support and Disclosure Among YMSM and Transgender Individuals Assigned Male at Birth in Chicago." AIDS and Behavior 23, no. 10 (June 21, 2019): 2749–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10461-019-02561-1.
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Blanchard, Ray, Jurian Krupp, Doug P. VanderLaan, Paul L. Vasey, and Kenneth J. Zucker. "A method yielding comparable estimates of the fraternal birth order and female fecundity effects in male homosexuality." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 287, no. 1923 (March 18, 2020): 20192907. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.2907.
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The fraternal birth order effect (FBOE) is the finding that older brothers increase the probability of homosexuality in later-born males, and the female fecundity effect (FFE) is the finding that the mothers of homosexual males produce more offspring than the mothers of heterosexual males. In a recent paper, Khovanova proposed a novel method for computing independent estimates of these effects on the same samples and expressing the magnitude and direction of the effects in the same metric. In her procedure, only families with one or two sons are examined, and daughters are ignored. The present study investigated the performance of Khovanova's method using archived data from 10 studies, comprising 14 samples totalling 5390 homosexual and heterosexual subjects. The effect estimate for the FBOE showed that an increase from zero older brothers to one older brother is associated with a 38% increase in the odds of homosexuality. By contrast, the effect estimate for the FFE showed that the increase from zero younger brothers to one younger brother is not associated with any increase in the odds of homosexuality. The former result supports the maternal immune hypothesis of male homosexuality; the latter result does not support the balancing selection hypothesis.
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Kim, Joeun, and Nancy Luke. "Lowest-Low Fertility in South Korea: Policy and Domestic Labor Supports and the Transition to Second Birth." Social Forces 99, no. 2 (April 30, 2020): 700–731. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/sf/soz159.
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Abstract Scholars and policymakers contend that severe work-family constraints for women are a key contributor to lowest-low fertility in industrialized countries. Two separate areas of research have examined supports that could alleviate these constraints and potentially increase fertility: institutional support in the form of public policies and domestic labor support from male partners. There are few studies considering the influence of both policy and domestic labor supports and no investigations of the interplay between these two support mechanisms. We develop and test a theoretical framework that considers how the combination of these supports could alleviate women’s work-family constraints and increase fertility. Using the case of South Korea, a country with one of the most sustained lowest-low fertility rates in history, we examined the relationship between women’s eligibility for parental leave and husbands’ share of domestic labor and the transition to a second birth. Our analyses revealed that both supports, independently, had positive effects on the likelihood of a second birth. More importantly, we found that husbands’ domestic labor had a positive influence on fertility only when women’s access to parental leave was limited, suggesting that policy and domestic labor supports are substitutes and alleviate the same underlying work-family constraint in the Korean context. Our study underscores the importance of understanding the nature of work-family conflict across countries and how various supports―alone or in combination―could relieve women’s constraints on childbearing and upturn lowest-low fertility.
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Jose, Cristina San, Francisco Braza, and Xenia Casanova. "Reproductive Status of Mothers Affects Sex-Biased Parental Investment in Humans." Perceptual and Motor Skills 85, no. 3 (December 1997): 917–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pms.1997.85.3.917.
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An analysis of the sexual differences in birth weights of 381 children showed that boys are heavier than girls for multiparous mothers but not for primiparous ones. The results support the current hypotheses that predict sex biases in parental investment, with higher costs of producing male offspring in some mammals.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Male birth support"
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Chandler, Neale Anthony, and N/A. "Men's involvement in childbirth: implications for paternal identity." La Trobe University. School of Health and Human Sciences, 1999. http://www.lib.latrobe.edu.au./thesis/public/adt-LTU20050527.145459.
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This research analyses the first paternal experience of childbirth and its affects on how men experience themselves as fathers. The study adopts a moral and philosophical standpoint, to ensure that the experiences of other key stakeholders in the childbirth realm are considered. This recognises that childbirth is women�s business, and how, as a male researcher, I have the potential to impose my views from a position of social dominance.
Qualitative data were collected from twenty four participants who described their experiences of childbirth, in five focus groups. Participants were men whose first experience of childbirth occurred from as recently as one month to five years ago. Twelve participants were then involved in individual interviews to discuss, in depth, their experiences of fathering. An interview was also conducted with a midwife to illuminate her experiences of men and childbirth.
Using interpretive interactionism as the chosen method for data analysis, I have identified the first paternal experience of childbirth as an epiphany in its major form. Epiphanies of which there are four types; the major, the cumulative, the minor illuminative and the relived, are those experiences that have the potential to transform and even radically alter peoples lives, and how they define themselves and their relations with others (Denzin,1989b:15). Data were phenomenologically analysed and six primary childbirth and fathering themes have been identified.
Men�s first experience of childbirth entails emotions that range from fear and anger to awe and amazement. The reason that this life experience constitutes an epiphany for men, is that it affects how they experience themselves as fathers. The memory of their partner�s labour and birth pain is significant in how men construct their paternal identity. Important to men is the ability to biologically sire a child, and in particular a son, the need to create the child in men�s own likeness and responsibility for financial provision and discipline of the child.
Books on the topic "Male birth support"
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Sundstrom, Beth L., and Cara Delay. Birth Control. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/wentk/9780190069674.001.0001.
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Birth control offers women the opportunity to prevent pregnancy, plan and space their births, or have no births at all. And yet, in the United States, half of all pregnancies remain unintended, and access to birth control is beset by inequities in education, access, and coverage. Research indicates that women are familiar with the range of contraceptive methods available today. But the persistently high rates of unintended pregnancy, combined with common dissatisfaction and discontinuation, suggest that women’s contraceptive needs continue to be unmet. Birth Control: What Everyone Needs to Know will offer more than a user’s guide to available means of contraception: it will examine how supported family-planning infrastructure impacts society as a whole. Through reviews of policy, scientific literature, and supplemental interviews with women, it will uncover women’s concerns and apprehensions about contraception, as well as the ways birth control empowers women and increases access to educational and professional opportunities. It will provide an overview the history of birth control, the risks and benefits of contraception, the role of menstruation, and the future of birth control. The goal of this book is to provide accurate, unbiased scientific information about contraception in the context of women’s lived experiences and the realities of how individuals make decisions about birth control.
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Present and Future of Birth Defects Surveillance in the Americas. Organización Panamericana de la Salud, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.37774/9789275121924.
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Birth defects contribute substantially to the burden of morbidity and mortality in the Region of the Americas. Numerous efforts exist to raise awareness of this problem and to implement surveillance in health and government sectors. However, there is still a long way to go. In this regard, for several years, countries have been taking actions to coordinate efforts, while strengthening and establishing strategic alliances to achieve significant results. The extensive history of efforts aimed at responding to the situation of birth defects in the Region includes actions in health care, epidemiology, legislation, and investigation, with participation from the scientific and technical community, government, and civil society. After taking into account all these aspects, the Pan American Health Organization/Latin American Center for Perinatology, Women, and Reproductive Health (PAHO/CLAP/WR), together with the World Bank, decided to create a document summarizing the regional situation of birth defects from an epidemiological and programmatic perspective, to analyze the challenges and offer countries guidance to address birth defects, their determinants, and consequences, with the ultimate goal of helping to “leave no one behind.” This publication was made possible by financial support from the United States Agency for International Development—USAID.
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Mathiesen, Amber, and Kali Roy. Pregnancy Management. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780190681098.003.0007.
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This chapter describes a patient’s pregnancy options and subsequent care after a pregnancy becomes “high risk” due to a known genetic condition or birth defect. It reviews the reproductive options available, including continuation of pregnancy, adoption, and pregnancy termination. The timing of pregnancy termination is described, including methods used during the first and second trimesters, as well as later term. This chapter also reviews the possible management referrals that may be made if the patient chooses to continue the pregnancy, including perinatology, specialized imaging, cardiology, neonatology, fetal surgery and interventions, pediatric surgery, pediatric subspecialties, pathology, and palliative care. It also discusses referrals for further support.
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Delafield-Butt, Jonathan. The emotional and embodied nature of human understanding: Sharing narratives of meaning. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198747109.003.0004.
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This chapter explores the emotional and embodied nature of children’s learning to discover biological principles of social awareness, affective contact, and shared sense-making before school. From mid-gestation, the fetus learns to anticipate the sensory effects of simple, self-generated actions. Actions generate a small ‘story’ that progresses through time, giving meaningful satisfaction on their successful completion. Self-made stories become organized after birth into complex projects requiring greater appreciation of their consequences, which are communicated. They are mediated first by brainstem conscious control made with vital feelings, which motivates a more abstract, cortically mediated cognitive and cultural intelligence in later life. By tracing the development of meaning-making from simple projects of the infant to complex shared projects in early childhood, we appreciate the embodied narrative form of human understanding in healthy affective contact, how it may be disrupted in children with clinical disorders or educational difficulties, and how it responds in joyful projects to an understanding teacher’s support for learning.
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Diemer, Andrew. The Quaker and the Colonist. University of Illinois Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.5406/illinois/9780252038266.003.0010.
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This chapter examines the correspondence between Samuel McGill, a black emigrant to Liberia, and Moses Sheppard, a white Quaker supporter of the American Colonization Society (ACS). It casts light on the vexed role of the ACS in abolitionist thought of the 1850s, as well as on Quaker notions of interracial communication and friendship. The ACS was founded in 1816 by a coalition of northern reformers and southern slaveholders. Its stated goal was to establish a colony in Africa that was to be populated by American free blacks. The ACS would also help to promote the growth of that colony by assisting free blacks who consented to become colonists. Many of its northern supporters (and some of its southern supporters as well) hoped that these efforts would help make possible the gradual end of slavery in the United States. However, the majority of northern free blacks vigorously opposed the ACS and African colonization, denouncing it as a proslavery plot to remove American free blacks from the land of their birth.
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Greenberg, Danna, and Jamie J. Ladge. Maternal Optimism. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190944094.001.0001.
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Every working mother’s path is unique and should be celebrated, not lamented. Yet all too frequently, working mothers are presented with advice, rules to follow, or guidelines as if all our experiences are the same. The goal of this book is to provide readers with stories and research that support the notion of owning and feeling confident in the choices they make as they navigate a series of work and family transitions. Furthermore, we often reduce work/life challenges to a single point in time, such as the decision to return to work after the birth of a child. However, work and family decisions are anything but stagnant. They shift as life and careers shift and are often filled with unpredictable events. By understanding and anticipating these shifts, working mothers can develop the resiliency they need at home and at work. We hope women will pick up this book at times when they may not be feeling confident, when they may regret a choice, or when they are stepping into an unknown situation, so that they can reframe any negative emotions they may be feeling in a more positive light. We believe that if women approach uncertainty about their current or future state with hope, rather than fear, they will have a greater likelihood of living life with maternal optimism.
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Woo, Susie. Framed by War. NYU Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9781479889914.001.0001.
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Korean women and children have become the forgotten population of a forgotten war. Framed by War traces how the Korean orphan, GI baby, adoptee, birth mother, prostitute, and bride—figures produced by the US military—were made to disappear. Strained embodiments of war, they brought Americans into Korea and Koreans into America, intimate crossings that defined, and at times defied, US empire in the Pacific. The book looks to US and South Korean government documents and military correspondence; US aid organization records; Korean orphanage registers; US and South Korean newspapers and magazines; as well as photographs, interviews, films, and performances to suture a fragmented past. Integrating history with visual and cultural analysis, Framed by War reveals how what unfolded in Korea set the stage for US power in the postwar era. US destruction and humanitarianism, violence and care played out upon the bodies of Korean women and children, enabling US intervention and fortifying transnational connections with symbolic and material outcomes. In the 1950s Americans went from knowing very little about Koreans to making them family, and the Cold War scripts needed to support these internationalist efforts required the erasure of those who could not fit the family frame. These were the geographies to which Korean women and children were bound, but found ways to navigate in South Korea, the United States, and spaces in between, reconfiguring notions of race and kinship along the way.
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Edmondson, Brad. A Wild Idea. Cornell University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.7591/cornell/9781501759017.001.0001.
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This book shares the complete story of the difficult birth of the Adirondack Park Agency (APA). The Adirondack region of New York's rural North Country forms the nation's largest state park, with a territory as large as Vermont. Planning experts view the APA as a triumph of sustainability that balances human activity with the preservation of wild ecosystems. The truth isn't as pretty. The story of the APA, told here for the first time, is a complex, troubled tale of political dueling and communities pushed to the brink of violence. The North Country's environmental movement started among a small group of hunters and hikers, rose on a huge wave of public concern about pollution that crested in the early 1970s, and overcame multiple obstacles to “save” the Adirondacks. The book shows how the movement's leaders persuaded a powerful governor to recruit planners, naturalists, and advisors and assign a task that had never been attempted before. The team and the politicians who supported them worked around the clock to draft two visionary land-use plans and turn them into law. But they also made mistakes, and their strict regulations were met with determined opposition from local landowners who insisted that private property is private. The book is based on in-depth interviews with five dozen insiders who are central to the story. Their observations contain many surprising and shocking revelations. This is a rich narrative about state power and how it was imposed on rural residents. It shows how the Adirondacks were “saved,” and also why that campaign sparked a passionate rebellion.
Book chapters on the topic "Male birth support"
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Chambre, Dany, Bernard Jeune, and Michel Poulain. "Geert Adriaans Boomgaard, the First Supercentenarian in History?" In Demographic Research Monographs, 211–32. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49970-9_15.
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AbstractThis contribution presents the validation of the age at death of Geert Adriaans BOOMGAARD (GAB), a seaman who reached the age of 110. He was born in Groningen on 21 September 1788 and died in the same city on 3 February 1899. A remarkable number of documents have been found that cover the full span of GAB’s life, and thus make it possible to validate his reported exceptional age. In the first step of the validation, a comparison of the baptism and death records shows that the information provided is consistent, even if the spelling of the surnames of his parents reported in the two records is not identical. The reconstitution of GAB’s family and the dates of birth of his siblings also support the validity of GAB’s reported age at death. The demographic information covers the period between 1818 (the year of his first marriage) and 1837 (the year of birth of his last child). We found few documents that mention him during his early life before his first marriage, including a document from 1791 indicating that his father named his new boat De Jonge Geert as well as a list of conscripts from 1811 where his name appeared. By contrast, we found numerous documents covering the period from 1837 to 1899 that are related to his career as a seaman; the marriages of children; his entry into a nursing home; and various interviews, photos, and articles on his life that appeared in the press. All of these documents support the validity of GAB’s reported year of birth and age at death. Thus, GAB might be considered the first thoroughly validated supercentenarian in the history of humankind.
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Poulain, Michel, Dany Chambre, and Bernard Jeune. "Margaret Ann Harvey Neve – 110 Years Old in 1903. The First Documented Female Supercentenarian." In Demographic Research Monographs, 233–40. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49970-9_16.
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AbstractMargaret Ann Harvey was born on 18 May 1792 in St Peter Port, which is the capital city of Guernsey, the second-largest of the Channel Islands; and died there on 4 April 1903 at the reported age of 110. In this contribution, her exceptional age is thoroughly validated. Considering the data collected on her parents and siblings, there is no possibility of an erroneous linkage, as the name of Margaret and Ann appears only once in the birth records, her family’s birth intervals were narrow, and the dates of death of her siblings have been checked. As she did not have children, her name was not found in civil registration records after her marriage in 1823 until her death in 1903. This lack of records might have made it difficult to prove that the person who died at age 110 in 1903 was the same person who married in 1823 at age 30. Fortunately, she was enumerated in six successive censuses from 1851 to 1901, and a comparison of the ages reported in these censuses and her exact ages shows only minor deviations. Moreover, numerous letters and her numerous diaries help us to follow her life during that long period. Upon reaching age 100, she became famous in Guernsey. Thus, there are many photos of her and press articles about her life. These data support the reliability of the reported chronology of her life events, and thus allow us to validate this exceptional case. Accordingly, we can state that Margaret Ann Harvey Neve is the first documented female supercentenarian. As in the case of recently deceased supercentenarian Emma Morano, her life spanned three successive centuries – albeit one century earlier.
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Ledger, William. "Assisted reproduction." In Oxford Textbook of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, edited by Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, William Ledger, Lynette Denny, and Stergios Doumouchtsis, 655–62. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198766360.003.0052.
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In vitro fertilization (IVF) has become the predominant treatment for almost all forms of male and female infertility and has resulted in the birth of more than 7 million children. IVF leads to more than 3% of all births in some developed countries although access to this technology is mainly restricted to the West. Although the basic principles of ovarian stimulation, oocyte collection, fertilization in vitro, embryo transfer, and luteal phase support remain the same, modern technology and improved laboratory and clinical practices have led to significant improvements in the likelihood of pregnancy after IVF for many couples. Advanced female age remains the main factor that reduces chances of pregnancy after IVF although oocyte and embryo freezing offer solutions for some. The science of assisted reproductive technology continues to advance rapidly and is increasingly applied to couples who are not infertile but who wish to access the DNA of their potential offspring for advanced genetic testing. This technology will be more widely applied in years to come.
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VanSickle-Ward, Rachel, and Kevin Wallsten. "Experiment." In The Politics of the Pill, 182–212. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190675349.003.0009.
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Chapter 9 assesses the effects of exposure to different author bylines and frames in news coverage of birth control policy. Using a series of survey experiments, this chapter identifies how exposure to the kinds of articles typically produced by male and female reporters influences media trust, political cynicism, and opinions about contraception. The results show that women asked to read articles on the contraceptive mandate written by other women viewed the media as more credible than women asked to read articles written by men. In addition, the results demonstrate that exposure to strategic game coverage significantly decreased perceptions of media credibility, enhanced feelings of political cynicism, reduced issue-specific information retention, and encouraged more frequent expressions of negativity among experimental participants. In line with previous research, the experimental results also show that support for the contraceptive mandate increased after reading an article framed around women’s health, reproductive rights, and sexual morality.
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Holloway, Alexandra. "Teaching Childbirth Support Techniques Using the Prepared Partner and Digital Birth." In Innovations in Global Maternal Health, 109–46. IGI Global, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2351-3.ch005.
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In today's California, a mother's primary social support person in childbirth is her partner, guiding her through a multidimensional experience, helping her make sense of unforgettable emotions and sensations. Preparing the partner is an integral step to making sure that the mother is well-supported in her birth. Because the mother's experience is influenced by the support she receives, and because birth partners need more support than is recognized, we target birth partners with a learning intervention. We investigate video games as a vehicle for knowledge transfer to the birth partner, both as currently available and as a positive learning tool. To address the problem of limited access to childbirth preparation methods, we investigated, designed, and evaluated two games: The Prepared Partner, an online Flash game, and Digital Birth, an iPhone application. Both games allow the user to practice various supportive actions in the realm of childbirth support for a mother in labor. We found that players of The Prepared Partner met learning goals while enjoying the game.
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Roth, Louise Marie. "Reproductive Regimes." In The Business of Birth, 214–32. NYU Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9781479812257.003.0009.
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This chapter argues that defensive medicine is not a significant problem in American obstetrics, despite strong myths about it. Maternity care providers intervene into labor and birth more than is optimal for maternal and infant health, but they do not do so primarily for legal reasons. An analysis of weekend births reveals that births are less likely to occur on the weekend in tort reform states. This suggests the opposite of defensive medicine: providers intervene more in the timing of births when they face less liability risk. Weekend births are also less likely in states with fetus-centered laws, so providers intervene more when women have fewer choices during pregnancy. This chapter then explores two cases as examples of a woman-centered and a fetus-centered regime: Oregon and Mississippi. From a policy perspective, laws that support women’s ability to make decisions for themselves and their fetuses encourage more evidence-based maternity care practices. Reproductive justice would also benefit from universal healthcare that covers all aspects of reproductive health.
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Shagan, Ethan H. "The Unbearable Weight of Believing." In The Birth of Modern Belief, 129–65. Princeton University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.23943/princeton/9780691174747.003.0005.
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This chapter details how the tale of Francesco Spiera represents a crack in the facade of Reformation belief and an early warning sign that belief could not support the vast new weight that both Catholics and Protestants had placed upon it. The crisis of belief that beset Europe in the later sixteenth and seventeenth centuries was the harvest of what the confessional project of belief had sowed. Protestants and Catholics alike had conspired to make belief hard. Rebelling against the debased epistemology of the world, they determined that only particular doctrines, and only particular ways of holding those doctrines, and only particular sources of assurance of those doctrines, constituted Christian belief.
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"Child health promotion." In Oxford Handbook of Primary Care and Community Nursing, edited by Judy Brook, Caroline McGraw, and Val Thurtle, 151–256. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198831822.003.0006.
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The Children Act (2004) places a responsibility on health practitioners to work together to help a child be healthy, stay safe, enjoy and achieve, make a positive contribution, and achieve economic well-being. This chapter covers the assessment of children, screening tests for vision and hearing, the immunization schedule, and accident prevention. It includes information for working with parents, providing support to new parents, and new birth visits. It then covers pre-term infants, new babies (including twins and multiple births), breast and bottle feeding, and weaning. Growth and development milestones are explained for different age ranges. The promotion of development, toilet training, good food habits, speech and language acquisition, and communication are all covered. The chapter also covers puberty and adolescence, health promotion in schools, sex and relationship education, and child and adolescent mental health. Separately, the care of children with complex health needs, disabilities, and special educational needs is described. Safeguarding children, identifying at-risk individuals, child protection processes, and the care of looked-after children are all included.
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"Puerperal Disorders." In Advances in Medical Diagnosis, Treatment, and Care, 159–76. IGI Global, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-4357-3.ch007.
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Unfortunately, the complexities of human pregnancy and birth make it a risky endeavor. The most vulnerable time for maternal death is the post-partum period during which 60% deaths and 65% deaths are reported. Around 62.3% deaths are estimated to occur in post-partum period. Unfortunately, post-partum period is the most neglected period. In the developing world, while 65% of all women have some form of antenatal care, 53% get intra-natal care; only 30% get post-partum care. Women continue to need care and support after childbirth. Postpartum checkups can make all the difference for an abnormal bleeding or infection. Living away from services or being unable to afford those services prevents a woman from acquiring the knowledge needed after birth to look after herself or to receive the life-saving antibiotics and the attention she may need after delivery.
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Haughton, Tim, and Kevin Deegan-Krause. "Puzzles of Party Politics." In The New Party Challenge, 1–27. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198812920.003.0001.
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Scholars seeking to explain the patterns of party politics in Central Europe since 1989 have drawn on accounts that stress the role of cleavages, economic performance, legacies, populism, and European Union accession and membership. Although they offer insights, these accounts in themselves do not provide a compelling explanation. More attention needs to be focused on individual parties and the choices they make, and the raw materials at their disposal. New parties make much of their newness, while their success is also fuelled by appeals of celebrity and promises of anti-corruption. Existing accounts of party formation and breakthrough, however, overlook the increasingly strong institutional links between party birth and party death. A more nuanced understanding of today’s party politics must also attend to the role of time, both diachronically and synchronically, in shaping the organizational choices made by parties and the appeals they use to win voter support.
Conference papers on the topic "Male birth support"
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Fitrianti, Y. "“I AM NOT FULLY MEDICALIZED.”: A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF POST-NATAL CARE AMONG MALAYSIAN CHILD-BIRTHING WOMEN IN THE UNITED KINGDOM." In Global Public Health Conference. The International Institute of Knowledge Management, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.17501/26138417.2021.4102.
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Obstetric medicine and reproductive technology have been spread out worldwide and become the symbol of modernization. Its expansion might displace the traditional treatments which mostly are practiced by the people in developing countries. However, the Malaysian women who lived in a Western country and had a well-educated background still practiced the traditional treatments after giving birth. The study was conducted in 2016 at Durham, a county in the United Kingdom, and it utilized qualitative research by interviewing five Malaysian women who had a birth experience in the United Kingdom. The result of the study revealed that heating the body with hot stone has still mostly practiced by Malaysian women even living in the United Kingdom, where there were optional sophisticated technology and qualified medical professional. In addition, some of them still obeyed the recommended and prohibited foods ruled by the origin culture during the postpartum period. The treatment was conducted at home supported by the family and colleagues whose the same ethnicity and nationality. In conclusion, the national boundaries, high education, and the existence of sophisticated health technology and qualified medical professional are irrelated to why people still undertake traditional treatments. The treatment was primarily chosen because of its health effects on the body after treatments. Therefore, health policymakers have to know and consider the migrant‟s cultural values in order to make the health system convenient and appropriate to either the migrants‟ health. In addition, the study needs further research to find the effectiveness and efficacy of traditional treatments to women‟s health. Keywords: traditional treatments, postpartum period, humoral system, heat therapy, cultural value, Malaysian culture