Oxford Textbook of Global Health of Women, Newborns, Children, and Adolescents

Each year there are 10 million deaths among newborns (including stillbirths), children, and adolescents, as well as from maternal causes. These deaths are mostly preventable with existing interventions - a major injustice in todays world. The vast majority happen in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, yet the dangers facing women and children are relevant everywhere. While middle- and high-income countries have lower mortality rates overall, there are still major inequalities in outcomes within these countries. To improve health outcomes for women and children around the world, more data on the burden of disease and evidence of intervention effectiveness are crucial. The Oxford Textbook of Global Health of Women, Newborns, Children, and Adolescents is the first comprehensive book on this topic. Written by experts in the field, this invaluable source takes a lifecourse approach to health. Following women from adolescence to motherhood, it covers sexual and reproductive health, HIV, pregnancy, mental health, and much more. Child development is traced from conception through to pregnancy, the newborn period, and into childhood and adolescence, with topics including newborn care, nutrition, infections, and injuries. This comprehensive resource asks uncomfortable but necessary questions about the determinants of health, such as maltreatment, injury, and malnutrition, and looks at how to influence policy and inspire change. Divided into eight sections and following the lifecourse, the Oxford Textbook of Global Health of Women, Newborns, Children, and Adolescents has a clear structure, helpful illustrations, and study questions in each chapter. Easy to use, it is the ideal textbook for students and practitioners in health care or global health. Looking to the future, it is also an invaluable starting point for policymakers and anyone with a general interest in the subject area. With practical case studies and examples from high and low-resource settings, this book is a unique resource for those involved in women's and children's health everywhere.

Delan Devakumar is a Clinical Associate Professor in Child and Adolescent Health at the Institute for Global Health in University College London. With a Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, he worked with Medecins Sans Frontieres as a paediatrician in Pakistan in 2006 (Kashmir earthquake), in South Sudan (cholera outbreak) in 2007 and Myanmar (post-cyclone Nargis) in 2008. He also has a master degree in public health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and a PhD from UCL. He is a commissioner and steering group member of the UCL-Lancet Commission on Migration and Health.
Jennifer Hall, Principal Clinical Researcher at the Institute for Women's Health in University College London, is a public health doctor with a PhD in Maternal Health and Epidemiology and a long-standing interest in reproductive and women's health. A mixed-methods researcher, she works with quantitative, qualitative and psychometric methodologies. She has worked with clinical public health nationally and internationally. She is particularly interested in the measurement of pregnancy intention, preconception care and the detection and management of unplanned pregnancies. Her work aims to improve health and social outcomes for women of reproductive age around the world.
Zeshan Qureshi is an academic and clinical paediatrician, with a special interest in global health and medical education. Since graduating from the University of Southampton in 2009, he has published and presented research in the fields of pharmacology, global health, and medical education. He is also the chief editor of the Unofficial Guide to Medicine series.
Joy Lawn has worked at the WHO Collaborating Center, CDC Atlanta, USA, and the Institute of Child Health, London. She has a Masters of Public Health from Emory University, Atlanta, and a PhD in perinatal epidemiology at University College London, UK. She has been Director Global Evidence and Policy for Gates Foundation funded Saving Newborn Lives (SNL) programme of Save the Children for ten years. She has also published over 200 peer reviewed papers, as well as a range of chapters, books and policy relevant reports. She co-led several Lancet series on newborn survival and stillbirths.
Front cover image illustrated by the artist Joanna Lawn. For more information see instagram @nothing.bettertodo

- Section 1: Introduction - 1: Mike Rowson: Women's and children's health in a changing world - 2: Joy Lawn, Samantha Sadoo,: Strategies through the lifecycle to improve maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health - 3: Mike Rowson: Agencies and actors in women's and children's health - Section 2: Research Methods - 4: Tim Colbourn: Research Methods and Evidence Based Medicine - 5: Catherine Pitt, Josephine Borghi, Kara Hanson: Economic evaluation in global health - Section 3: Important concepts across the life course - 6: Bernadette O'Hare, Sebastian Taylor: Social determinants of child health - 7: Caroline Fall, Kalyanaraman Kumaran: Developmental origins of health and disease - 8: Kate Mandeville, Ingrid Wolfe: Health Workers and Health Systems - 9: Nicholas Watts: The environment and health - 10: Miriam Orcutt, Clare Shortall, Aula Abarra: Conflict, Natural Disaster and the Humanitarian Response - Section 4: Adolescent health - 11: Susan Sawyer, Suraya Abdul-Razak, George Patton: Introduction to Adolescent health - 12: Saiqa Mullick: Adolescent sexual and reproductive health - 13: Jackie Pitchforth, Dougal Hargreaves: Adolescent Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) - 14: Kelly Clarke, Silvia Yasuda, Atif Rahman: Adolescent mental health - 15: Rashida Ferrand: Adolescent HIV and infection - 16: Qingfeng Li, Adnan Hyder: Adolescent Injuries - 17: Samantha Sadoo, David Ross: Strategies to improve adolescent health - Section 5: Women's health - 18: Address Malata: Introduction to Maternal Health - 19: Mags Beksinska, Jenni Smit, Chelsea Morroni Lavanya Pillay: Sexual and reproductive health - 20: Jennifer Hall: Contraception and abortion - 21: Abi Merriel, Raymond Kanthit, David Lissauer: Direct maternal Deaths - 22: Heather Lytle, Beatrice Chikaphonya-Phiri, Abi Merriel: Indirect maternal deaths - 23: Nynke van de Broek, Mary McCauley: Maternal morbidity - 24: Delanjathan Devakumar, Patricia Rondo: Maternal nutrition - 25: Rob Stewart, Selena Gleadow-Ware: Maternal mental health - 26: Address Malata: Strategies to improve maternal health - Section 6: Newborn health - 27: Samantha Sadoo, Hannah Blencowe, Shefali Oza, Joy Lawn: Introduction to newborn health - 28: Hannah Blencowe, Samantha Sadoo, Joy Lawn: Stillbirth - 29: Sarah Moxon, Samantha Sadoo , Tom Lissauer: Preterm births - 30: Anne CC Lee, Saima Aftab, Lian Folger, Lauren Schaeffer: Intrapartum related events affecting the newborn - 31: Anna Seale, Helen Brotherton: Neonatal Infection - 32: Sowmi Moorthie: Congenital disorders - 33: Gabriela Cormick, Nicole Minckas, José Belizán: Low Birth weight and poor fetal growth - 34: Samantha Sadoo, Hannah Blencowe, Joy Lawn, Cally Tann: Strategies to improve newborn health and prevent stillbirths - Section 7: Child health - 35: Dan Magnus, Sebastian Taylor, Bhanu Williams: Introduction to child health - 36: Mark Lee, Bhanu Williams, Anupam Goenka: Child infection - 37: Jonathan Wells: Child nutrition - 38: Richard Rosch, Michelle Heyes, Hannah Kuper: Child development and disability - 39: Jessica Mvula, Takondwa Chimowa, Elizabeth Molyneux, Bernadette O'Hare: Non-communicable diseases and childhood - 40: Therese Hesketh: Children in difficult circumstances - 41: Geoff Debelle, Qingfeng Li, Delan Devakumar: Child injury, maltreatment and safeguarding - 42: Fred Martineau: Strategies to improve child health - Section 8: Influencing policy - 43: Elizabeth Mason, Blerta Maliqi: Converting research into policy - 44: Maureen Kelly: Ethics and rights - 45: Tony Waterston: Advocacy in maternal and child health - 46: David Osrin: Current challenges and debates for women's and children's health