Stress and Resilience: The Social Context of Reproduction in Central Harlem

+ Facilitates more exact hypotheses about the relationship between risk factors, protective factors and reproductive health; + Furnishes a better understanding of chronic disease patterns and suggests more effective interventions to reduce rates of infant mortality; + Incorporates the voices of the community and of women themselves through their own words and actions; + Sheds light on epidemiologic research and intervention protocols; + Examines the social context in which reproductive behaviors are practiced; + Provides a holistic framework in which to understand infant mortality; + And more. Filling a large gap in the literature on the social context of reproduction this important monograph offers indispensable information for public health researchers, program planners, anthropologists, sociologists, urban planners, medical providers, policy makers, and private funders.