Saving newborns, defining livebirth: The struggle to reduce infant mortality in East-Central Europe in comparative and transnational perspectives, 1945–1965

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<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F67985963%3A_____%2F23%3A00576397" target="_blank" >RIV/67985963:_____/23:00576397 - isvavai.cz</a>

Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/00216275:25210/23:39921318

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.1177/00732753231187486" target="_blank" >https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.1177/00732753231187486</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00732753231187486" target="_blank" >10.1177/00732753231187486</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Saving newborns, defining livebirth: The struggle to reduce infant mortality in East-Central Europe in comparative and transnational perspectives, 1945–1965

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

After World War II, infant mortality rates started dropping steeply. We show how this was accomplished in socialist countries in East-Central Europe. Focusing on the two postwar decades, we explore comparatively how medical experts in Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and East Germany saved fragile newborns. Based on an analysis of medical journals, we argue that the Soviet Union and its medical practices had only a marginal influence, the four countries followed the recommendations of the World Health Organization instead, despite not being members. Importantly, we analyze the expert clashes over definitions of livebirth, which impact infant mortality statistics. We analyze the divergent practices and negotiations between countries: since the infant mortality rate came to represent the level of socioeconomic advancement, its political significance was paramount. Analyzing the struggle to reduce infant mortality thus helps us understand how socialist countries positioned themselves within the transnational framework while being members of the „socialist bloc.“

Název v anglickém jazyce

Saving newborns, defining livebirth: The struggle to reduce infant mortality in East-Central Europe in comparative and transnational perspectives, 1945–1965

Popis výsledku anglicky

After World War II, infant mortality rates started dropping steeply. We show how this was accomplished in socialist countries in East-Central Europe. Focusing on the two postwar decades, we explore comparatively how medical experts in Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and East Germany saved fragile newborns. Based on an analysis of medical journals, we argue that the Soviet Union and its medical practices had only a marginal influence, the four countries followed the recommendations of the World Health Organization instead, despite not being members. Importantly, we analyze the expert clashes over definitions of livebirth, which impact infant mortality statistics. We analyze the divergent practices and negotiations between countries: since the infant mortality rate came to represent the level of socioeconomic advancement, its political significance was paramount. Analyzing the struggle to reduce infant mortality thus helps us understand how socialist countries positioned themselves within the transnational framework while being members of the „socialist bloc.“

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60101 - History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings)

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GX21-28766X" target="_blank" >GX21-28766X: Expertíza v autoritářských společnostech. Vědy o člověku v socialistických zemích středovýchodní Evropy</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2023

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

History of Science

ISSN

0073-2753

e-ISSN

1753-8564

Svazek periodika

neuveden

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

September 12

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

26

Strana od-do

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Kód UT WoS článku

001068206700001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85170833686