(Yellow Pages) Index 565
Inde x
The index lists topics covered in this book in the order of the alphabet:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R ST UVW XY Z
Medicines included in the Green Pages are in the List of Medicines, page 487.
A
AA (Alcoholics Anonymous), 440
Abdomen pain, 352–357
after abortion, 255–257, 258, 355
after childbirth, 355
after passing urine, 367
with bleeding from vagina, 354, 355,
359
brief, during middle of monthly cycle,
356
during monthly bleeding, 50, 354
during pregnancy, 73, 355
during sex, 189, 272, 356
examining the abdomen, 534
with fever, 355
fibroids, 129, 231, 354, 380
hunger and, 357
with IUD, 217, 354, 356
kinds of pain, 354–356
miscarriage, 98, 234–235, 354, 355
monthly bleeding late, 354
overview, 352, 353
pelvic inflammatory disease (PID),
274–275
questions about, 357
severe, 354, 355, 357
STIs, 263, 267, 355
sudden and severe, 354
tubal pregnancy, 73, 249, 354, 355
with urine system problems, 355
when moving, walking, or lifting, 356
without other signs, 356
womb infection, 97
Abortion, 38, 238–259
bleeding from vagina after, 251–253,
363, 483
complications, 251–258
danger signs after, 249
dangers of, 64
death from, 241
deciding about, 243
emergency methods of family
planning, 224–225
fainting after, 258
family planning after, 250
illegal, 242
incomplete, 251
infection from, 255–257
internal injury, 258
preventing unsafe abortion, 259
rape and, 336
Abortion (continued)
reasons for, 239–240
refugees and displaced women, 452
safe methods, 241, 242, 244–245
shock after, 254
tetanus infection after, 256
unsafe, 3, 241, 246–247, 259
what to expect after, 249
what to expect during, 248
Abscesses
in breasts during breastfeeding, 382
in persons with HIV, 307
Abuse (See Rape;Violence against
women)
Access to health care, 1, 2, 35
Acetaminophen, 490
Activated charcoal, 495
Active listening exercise, 426
Activities, ideas for
about division of work, 411
analyzing root causes, 26, 27
avoiding work-related health
problems, 404–406, 410–411
building a chain of causes that
contribute to poor health, 10
building stoves that make less smoke,
395-397
carrying out a plan, 28
expressing feelings, 422, 427-428
gender roles and sexual health,
184–185, 194–195
girls to plan a better future, 57–58
improve nutrition, 176–179
improving health services, 40–41
making a safety plan, 322
men about violence against women,
325
negotiating condom use, 193, 280
preventing HIV, 195, 310
promoting family planning, 227
reducing maternal deaths, 103
sex workers, 348–351
support groups, 424–426
supporting breast feeding, 121
teaching self-defense, 332, 146
violence against women, 315
women with disabilities, 147
young people to avoid drug and
alcohol abuse, 445
Acupressure massage, 546–547
Acyclovir, for cold sores or fever
blisters, 301, 305, 490
Addiction (See Alcohol; Drugs;
Tobacco)
Adolescents (See Girls)
Adopting a child, 236
Adrenaline, 490
AIDS (See HIV and AIDS)
Alcohol, 434–445
addiction, 437, 441
dependence, 437
during breastfeeding, 109, 438
fertility and, 232
health problems, 163, 438–439
hepatitis B and, 277
HIV and, 291
living with person misusing, 444
menopause and, 125
mental health and, 418
misuse of, 436–437
overview, 435
pregnancy and, 68, 438
preventing misuse, 445
quitting, 440–441
reasons for misuse, 437
reasons to begin using, 436
sex and, 62
staying free of, 442
violence and, 315, 318
withdrawal, 441
women and, 439
Alcoholics Anonymous, 440
Allergic reactions
to cotrimoxazole, 296, 300
from injections, 545
to medicines, 477
medicines for, 483
in persons with HIV, 296, 300
Aminoglycosides, 481
Amoxicillin, 490
for chlamydia, 268
for deinfibulation, 465
for infection from female genital
cutting, 462
for infection prevention after
abortion, 249
overview, 480
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