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PubMed1982

A reexamination of integrated population activities.

The term integrated population activities came into style at the World Population Conference at Bucharest in 1974, where it was used to refer to national planning that recognizes the integral role of population in development, the use of socioeconomic change to solve a nation's population problem, or the implementation of population activities along with health or agricultural projects. In this paper, Laurel Files calls for a more precise definition of the word integrated and the use of different terminology for other types of coordinating activities. She argues that integrated is meaningful only when it refers to planning or implementation of population activities by several ministries, or to the combination of population activities with related services. Beyond restricting the definition, Files calls into question the habit of appending integrated onto population activities as a kind of halo. "Unintegrated" family planning does not deserve a pejorative connotation, for in some situations it may be more effective than integrated family planning.

Family Planning Services↗
PubMed1981

The clinical trial.

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Clinical Trials as Topic↗
PubMed1980

Abortion: why the arguments fail.

Christians have so far failed to show why abortion is an affront to Christian convictions. Rather than arguing when life begins, Christians must show that Christianity as a way of life which recognizes God as Lord of life makes abortion unthinkable.

Abortion, Legal↗
PubMed1994

Double think and double talk.

The public health debate on population growth and child mortality continues, fuelled by the hypothesis that in allowing more children to survive until reproductive age, programmes such as the Diarrhoeal Diseases Control Programme of the World Health Organization contribute to long-term human misery by overburdening the carrying capacity of the planet. A significant part of the solution put forward is to withhold public health services to children in developing countries. This argument is here refuted on socioeconomic, ethical and humanitarian grounds. An alternative approach is offered, which takes into account the economic and social obligations of the industrialized nations.

Child Health Services↗
PubMed1993

Reproductive autonomy and evolutionary biology: a regulatory framework for trait-selection technologies.

The Constitution protects, in some measure, each person's autonomy in making basic decisions about family, parenthood, and procreation. This Article examines the extent to which courts should protect from government intrusions a parent's access to technologies that influence specific characteristics of offspring. Beginning with Supreme Court opinions that articulate constitutional and social values regarding reproductive autonomy, the Article explores how important new insights from evolutionary biology may supplement an understanding of human procreation. Specifically, the Article explains how trait selection can constitute an important part of larger "reproductive strategies" that powerfully affect an individual's "inclusive fitness" (itself a measure of reproductive success). It concludes that access to trait-selection technologies should receive the same federal protection from government intrusions as that afforded access to abortion. It proposes the first limit to that protection, however, when a parent seeks to select for a trait, or to use a technique, that would be clearly and significantly damaging to the future child. The Article subsequently divides the use of trait-selection technologies (TSTs) into eight contexts and proposes a preliminary framework by which a regulatory system could legitimately distinguish among them.

Biological Evolution↗
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[Research in tropical medicine and primary health care in Peru].

Tropical medicine's fundamental task is to improve health in the tropics. By adopting primary health care strategies, it satisfies the real needs of the population while doing research, improving its effectiveness and social impact. We illustrate this with some examples drawn from our experience, where this potentiation is evident. A sanitary dermatology study, based on health auxiliaries and promoters, encompassed a whole jungle province, with 68,977 km2 and 103,681 inhabitants. It resulted in an excellent relationship with the populations, and findings of significance for early diagnosis and control of hanseniasis and other diseases. It also facilitated an extension of activities to include the entire Amazonian Region, with specific concentration on training of the health personnel. Clinico-epidemiological studies on leishmaniasis in Andean valleys incorporated activities of sanitary education, health care, aspects of community development, etc., and extended into other geographic areas. Migrant workers from high-altitude communities in Cusco who have been to the jungle and acquired cutaneous or mucocutaneous leishmaniasis formed Patient Associations. The latter now receive support for their health and development needs from health authorities and many institutions; our Institute contributes with improved therapeutic procedures and further epidemiologic studies to orient preventive and control measures.

Humans↗