Investigating Reproductive Tract Infections and Other Gynaecological Disorders: A Multidisciplinary Research Approach

by Edited by Shireen Jejeebhoy , Michael Koenig , Christopher Elias

• ISBN13: 9780521818124
• ISBN10: 0521818125
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-03-17
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Reproductive tract infections and other gynaecological disorders among women represent an enormous global health burden. This significant book will help focus research on this important though neglected area. The primary aims of the book are to provide an overview of reproductive tract infections and other gynaecological disorders, to highlight the conceptual and methodological challenges associated with undertaking research on this subject, and to serve as a reference for future research in this area. The book focuses on developing country settings, and recognizes that gathering this sort of information requires a multidisciplinary and culturally sensitive approach. Findings from the research described in this book will undoubtedly assist physicians, social scientists, epidemiologists and public health practitioners in evaluating the magnitude of this problem within the community at large and in identifying potentially effective medical and behavioural interventions to address this problem.

Table of Contents

List of contributors	vii
Foreword	xi
Paul F.A. Van Look
Acknowledgements	xv
Introduction and overview	1	(10)
Shireen Jejeebhoy
Michael Koenig
Christopher Elias
Defining reproductive tract infections and other gynaecological morbidities	11	(19)
Janneke van de Wijgert
Christopher Elias
The social context of gynaecological morbidity: correlates, consequences and health seeking behaviour	30	(52)
Shireen Jejeebhoy
Michael Koenig
Reproductive health: men's roles and men's rights	82	(24)
Sarah Hawkes
Graham Hart
Study design for the measurement of gynaecological morbidity	106	(18)
Huda Zurayk
Alternatives to community-based study designs for research on women's gynaecological morbidity	124	(16)
Michael Koenig
Mary Shepherd
Community interaction in studies of gynaecological morbidity: experiences in Egypt, India and Uganda	140	(46)
Shireen Jejeebhoy
Michael Koenig
Christopher Elias
Egypt: the Giza reproductive morbidity study	148	(15)
Hind Khattab
India: the Gadchiroli study of gynaecological diseases	163	(9)
Rani Bang
Abhay Bang
Uganda: the Rakai project	172	(14)
David Serwadda
Maria Wawer
Definitions of clinically diagnosed gynaecological morbidity resulting from reproductive tract infection	186	(39)
Christopher Elias
Nicola Low
Sarah Hawkes
Laboratory tests for the detection of reproductive tract infections	225	(36)
Jane Kuypers
Laboratory methods for the diagnosis of reproductive tract infections and selected conditions in population-based studies	261	(22)
Mary Meehan
Maria Wawer
David Serwadda
Ronald Gray
Thomas Quinn
The value of the imperfect: the contribution of interview surveys to the study of gynaecological ill health	283	(39)
John Cleland
Sioban Harlow
Qualitative methods in gynaecological morbidity research	322	(38)
Nandini Oomman
Joel Gittelsohn
Integrating qualitative and quantitative methods in research on reproductive health	360	(31)
Pertti Pelto
John Cleland
Interpreting results from different sources of data	391	(28)
Tom Marshall
Veronique Filippi
Andre Meheus
Aysen Bulut
Turning research into action	419	(24)
Ruth Dixon-Mueller
Appendix A Notes on contributors	443	(8)
Index	451