A report of a midwifery model for training traditional midwives in Guatemala

Midwifery

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 217-225

  Foster, Jennifer ^a   Anderson, Angela ^b   Houston, Jennifer ^b   Doe Simkins, Maya ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Midwives Midwives Women's Hlth I   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

Guatemala; Maternal baby; Mortality; TBA training; Traditional midwives

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GUATEMALA; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDWIFE;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDWIFERY; MODELS, NURSING; NURSE MIDWIVES; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PREGNANCY;

EID: 4344662892     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2004.01.004     Document Type: Article

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