(Yellow Pages) Index 569
Codeine, 497
for burns (pain), 539
overview, 482
for persons with AIDS, 308
Coffee (See Caffeine)
Coitus interruptus, 222
Cold sores, 305
Colostrum, 107
Colposcopy, 378
Communication
about family planning, 199
about rape, 337, 339
about safer sex, 192–193
about violence against women, 323
gender messages in the media, 195
with parents, 65
Community
changes and mental health, 417
cleanliness (sanitation), 151–152
creating picture of, 428
health projects, 16
low status of women, 7–8, 11
medicine kit, 484
men’s responsibilities, 14
mental health of, 433
preventing HIV, 310
preventing rape, 338–339
safer sex in, 280–281
services for older women, 137
sex workers and, 351
solving health problems, 28–29
values learned from, 56, 139, 182-
183
violence against women and, 320,
324
women’s health issues, 13–16
(Also see Gender roles; Support
groups; Working for change)
Community Guide to
Environmental Health, A, 152,
179
Community health workers (See
Health workers)
Condoms, 202–203
after abortion, 250
arguments for using, 189-193
disposing of, 203
effectiveness of, 201
female condoms, 190, 193, 201, 204,
279, 346
importance of using, 60, 61, 128,
189-193, 279
lubricants for, 203
oils and, 128
overview, 202–203
practice putting on, 280
sex workers and, 346, 348
STI prevention, 279
torn or slipped off, 202
using, 190, 193, 202–203
Condoms (continued)
women with disabilities and, 145
working for safer sex, 280–281
(Also see Female condoms)
Cone biopsy, 379
Constipation
during pregnancy, 70
older women’s problems passing
stools, 130
removing stool, 372
Contagion
cancer, 376
HIV, 284, 285
infectious diseases, 21
spread of germs, 150–151
tuberculosis (TB), 387, 388
(Also see STIs)
Contour ditches, 177
Contraception (See Family
planning)
Contraceptive foam (See
Spermicides)
Contractions
birth process, 80
labor too long, 85
stage one of labor, 81
(Also see Childbirth)
Contractures, 143
Cooking
fire safety, 394
food safety, 156–157
haybox cooker, 397
rocket stove, 396–397
smoke and health problems, 394–397
(Also see Cleanliness; Diet)
Cooler for food, 157
Cooperatives, food, 177
Coping skills, 422–423
Copper-T (See IUDs)
Cord
around baby’s neck, 89
care of baby after birth, 95
comes out before baby, 88
cutting baby’s at birth, 83
of placenta, 84
Cotrimoxazole, 497
allergic reaction to, 296, 300
for bladder infection, 368
for diarrhea, 296
for discharge, 24
for kidney infection, 368
for persons with HIV, 296, 304
for pneumonia, 304
Coughing
from chemicals, 402
by persons with HIV, 303–304
tuberculosis (TB) and, 388, 389
Cough syrup, 303
Counseling, for HIV-positive
people, 289
Counting days method of family
planning, 219, 221
after abortion, 250
Crafts, health problems, 406
Cramps
acupressure massage for, 546–547
after abortion, 249, 255, 258
in legs during pregnancy, 71
in monthly cycle, 50
Cream, contraceptive (See
Spermicides)
Creams, 474
(Also see Medicines)
Creative exercises for support
groups, 428
Crops
cash crops, 179
improving nutrition, 176–179
Cryotherapy, 379
Cupboard cooler, 157
Cutting baby’s cord at birth, 83
Cysts
Nabothian, 377
ovaries, 383
(Also see Growths)
D
D&C (dilation and curettage)
abortion, 38, 244, 248
Danger signs
abnormal discharge, 265
after abortion, 249, 251, 254, 255,
256, 258
after childbirth, 97
after female genital cutting, 460
allergic reactions, 300, 477
for baby at birth, 94, 95
bladder infection, 367
bladder stones, 369
bleeding from vagina, 359
blood pressure drops suddenly, 532
cancer, 376
cancer of the breast, 382
cancer of the cervix, 377
cancer of the womb, 381
chemicals and health problems, 402
dehydration, 298
depression, 419
during labor, 85–87
during pregnancy, 72–73
fast pulse, 531
hepatitis B, 277
high blood pressure, 130
infection after abortion, 255, 256
IUD problems, 217
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