Domestic Environment and Health of Women and Children

"This book is an assessment of the state of knowledge, contemporary situation, and status of scientific data that links domestic environmental paremeters to the health of women and children. It aims to identify critical knowledge gaps and needed research. Policy options, guidelines, possible interventions, and regulatory tools to improve women and child health have been provided. Housing, fuel shortage and indoor pollution, water supply and sanitation, and nutritional status have been reviewed in this book. Given that the health problems associated with the domestic environment mainly affect women and children, gender issues are a strong component of this study. The book provides examples of how social and political backgrounds determine women’s activity patterns at home and at work, and how this consequently affects their health."