Ensuring intercultural maternal health care for Mayan women in Guatemala: A qualitative assessment

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL.3, 2013, Pages

  van Dijk, Marieke ^a   Ruiz, Marta Julia ^b   Letona, Diana ^b   García, Sandra G ^c  

^a Mexico Office   (Netherlands)

^b Mexico Office ^*

^c Population Council   (Mexico)

Author keywords

cultural practices; help seeking behaviours; reproductive health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; INDIANS, CENTRAL AMERICAN; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84885427284     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2013.779026     Document Type: Article

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