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Birthing life and death: women's reproductive health in early twentieth-century Rio de Janeiro / Vida e morte no parto: saúde reprodutiva das mulheres no Rio de Janeiro do início do século XX
Roth, Cassia.
  • Roth, Cassia; University of Georgia. Department of History. Athens. US
Hist. ciênc. saúde-Manguinhos ; 25(4): 921-941, Oct.-Dec. 2018. tab, graf
Article in English | LILACS | ID: biblio-975433
ABSTRACT
Abstract This article explores women's reproductive health in early twentieth-century Rio de Janeiro, showing that elevated and sustained stillbirth and maternal mortality rates marked women's reproductive years. Syphilis and obstetric complications during childbirth were the main causes of stillbirths, while puerperal fever led maternal death rates. Utilizing traditional sources such as medical dissertations and lesser-used sources including criminal investigations, this article argues that despite official efforts to medicalize childbirth and increase access to clinical healthcare, no real improvements were made to women's reproductive health in the first half of the twentieth century. This, of course, did not make pregnancy and childbirth any easier for the women who embodied these statistics in their reproductive lives.
RESUMO
Resumo O artigo aborda a saúde reprodutiva das mulheres no Rio de Janeiro do início do século XX, mostrando que taxas elevadas de mortalidade materna e de contínua natimortalidade marcavam os anos reprodutivos das mulheres. As principais causas de natimortalidade eram sífilis e complicações obstétricas, enquanto febre puerperal encabeçava as taxas de morte materna. Utilizando fontes tradicionais como teses doutorais e fontes como investigações criminais, o artigo discute que, apesar dos esforços oficiais para medicalizar o parto e aumentar o acesso aos serviços de saúde, nenhuma melhoria real foi feita na saúde reprodutiva das mulheres na primeira metade do século XX. Isso, certamente, não facilitou a gravidez e o parto das mulheres que compunham as estatísticas em suas vidas reprodutivas.
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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Maternal Mortality / Women's Health / Delivery, Obstetric / Stillbirth / Reproductive Health Limits: Female / Humans / Pregnancy Country/Region as subject: South America / Brazil Language: English Journal: Hist. ciênc. saúde-Manguinhos Journal subject: Public Health Year: 2018 Type: Article Affiliation country: United States Institution/Affiliation country: University of Georgia/US

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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Maternal Mortality / Women's Health / Delivery, Obstetric / Stillbirth / Reproductive Health Limits: Female / Humans / Pregnancy Country/Region as subject: South America / Brazil Language: English Journal: Hist. ciênc. saúde-Manguinhos Journal subject: Public Health Year: 2018 Type: Article Affiliation country: United States Institution/Affiliation country: University of Georgia/US