Maternal, Child, Reproductive and Sexual Health in Context

A critical overview of public health issues, approaches and concerns in the area of Maternal, Child, Reproductive and Sexual Health. Topics will include the medicalization of maternity care and infancy/childhood; the consequences of 'risk' as a dominant ideology for Maternal, Child, Reproductive and Sexual Health care; issues in reproductive justice, with particular attention to race and class, and the historic and contemporary influence of eugenics in public health; the history of midwifery and global trends in midwifery care; and the role of public health interventions in infant care; sexual health and gender identity.

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