394 Index
accessibility suggestions, 36–40
combining appointments, 36
HIV testing, 172–173
physical accessibility
improvements, 38–40
privacy and, 42, 294
sign language capability in, 36–37
sterilization procedures in, 203
visit by support group, 47–48
also see Exams and tests;
Health workers; Hospital
Health workers
abortion procedures by, 208
abuse signs, watching for, 326
caregivers supported by, 316, 326
childbirth conditions, 251
exams, guidelines for, 128, 137–138
family planning needs and, 186, 205
female, need for, 35
helping women with particular
disabilities, 43
implants, placed or removed,
198–199
injectable contraceptives, 198
IUD placement, 195
learning from disabled women,
34, 41–42, 326
pregnancy support by, 233–234, 236
privacy needs and, 42, 174, 184,
198, 294
providing care, 37
puberty support by, 77
rape, support for woman, 302, 304
respect for disabled women, 42,
174, 184
sexual health support by, 156, 184
sterilization by, 203, 204
also see Attitudes of health
workers, as barrier;
Midwives
Hearing aids, 363–365
Hearing impairments, women with
baby of, keeping close, 251, 267
health worker helping, 43, 138
relationship with baby, 267
also see Deaf women
Heartbeat, fast
allergy to medicine, 329
anemia, 87
anxiety, 56
dysreflexia, 153
stress, 50
Heartbeat, of baby, 217, 218
Heart disease
hormonal methods of family
planning and, 196
HRT and, 283
syphilis and, 163
Heat therapy
for arthritis, 152
back pain, 227
before stretching muscles, 91
breast infection (mastitis), 261
childbirth and, 237, 243
for monthly bleeding
discomfort, 110
for muscle cramps, 225, 243
overview, 120
for painful joints, 228
pregnancy and, 226, 227, 228
for spastic muscles, 92, 226
Helper foods (high energy), 87
first foods for baby and, 265, 266
Helping relationships, 62
also see Support groups
Hemorrhage see Bleeding
Hemorrhoids, 108
Hepatitis, 167–168
hormonal methods of family
planning and, 196
injections spreading, 13
prevention, 110, 168, 179
signs, 167, 168
vaccines for, 168
HepB immunization, 276
Herbal remedies see Traditional
medicines
Herpes see Genital herpes
Herpes zoster (shingles), 175
Hib immunization, 276
High blood pressure
early detection, 126
stress and, 50, 51
toxemia and, 232, 246
also see Dysreflexia
High dose pills, 356
Hips, uneven hip bones, 79
HIV/AIDS, 169–179
AIDS, described, 169
breastfeeding and, 170, 199, 261–262
care program for, 358
as cause of birth defects, 12
combination drugs best for, 328
cotrimoxazole and, 177
cough, 175
counseling, 173
diarrhea, 175
diet and, 176, 177–178
dry sex and, 151, 182, 284
early detection, 126
fever, 174, 233
harmful beliefs about cause and
cure, 15, 171, 299
HIV, described, 169
infections prevented with
medicines, 177
injections spreading, 13
living positively with, 178
monthly bleeding and
caregivers, 110
monthly bleeding, sex during, 182
mouth and throat problems, 175
nausea and vomiting, 175
pregnancy and, 169, 170, 233
prevention of, 110, 179–182
prevention of, family planning
methods and, 189, 191, 193, 203
privacy and, 174
rape and, 303
safer sex, 180–182
sign language for, 369, 370
signs, 169
skin rashes and itching, 175
spread of, 170–171
stigma and, 179
test for, 172–173
treatment, 176–178, 358–362
tuberculosis (TB), 175, 177
weight loss and malnutrition, 175
women and girls more easily
infected by, 80, 171
working for change, 182–184
also see ART (antiretroviral
therapy)
Holding baby during
breastfeeding, 256–257
Home
accidents as source of disability, 14
older women and changes to,
280, 286
preventing HIV and hepatitis
infection, 179–180
services in, not institutions, 307
also see Cleanliness; Equipment
Home remedies see Traditional
medicines
Home visits, 35
Homosexuality, 145, 147, 148
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