Marta Julia Ruiz
Biographic Data
| ID | 7561026 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marta Julia Ruiz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marta Julia |
| FAMILY NAME | Ruiz |
| SIGNATURE | RUIZ M J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Probigua |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Barriers to the use of maternity waiting homes in indigenous regions of Guatemala
Maternal mortality among indigenous women in Guatemala is high. To reduce deaths during transport from far-away rural communities to the hospital, maternity waiting homes (MWH) were established near to hospitals where women with high-risk pregnancies await their delivery before being transferred for labour to the hospital. However, the homes are under-utilised. We conducted a qualitative study with 48 stakeholders (MWH users, family members, comm…
Ensuring intercultural maternal health care for Mayan women in Guatemala
Indigenous (Mayan) women in Guatemala experience a disproportionate burden of maternal mortality and morbidity, as well as institutional failures to respect their rights. The Guatemalan Ministry of Health has started to offer 'intercultural' services that respect Mayan obstetric practices and integrate them with biomedical care. We purposefully selected 19 secondary-level public health facilities of 9 departments that provided maternal healthcare…
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Barriers to the use of maternity waiting homes in indigenous regions of Guatemala
Maternal mortality among indigenous women in Guatemala is high. To reduce deaths during transport from far-away rural communities to the hospital, maternity waiting homes (MWH) were established near to hospitals where women with high-risk pregnancies await their delivery before being transferred for labour to the hospital. However, the homes are under-utilised. We conducted a qualitative study with 48 stakeholders (MWH users, family members, comm…
Ensuring intercultural maternal health care for Mayan women in Guatemala
Indigenous (Mayan) women in Guatemala experience a disproportionate burden of maternal mortality and morbidity, as well as institutional failures to respect their rights. The Guatemalan Ministry of Health has started to offer 'intercultural' services that respect Mayan obstetric practices and integrate them with biomedical care. We purposefully selected 19 secondary-level public health facilities of 9 departments that provided maternal healthcare…
Child Nutrition and Water Access (2 works) · Family medicine (2 works) · Global Maternal and Child Health (2 works) · Indigenous (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Nursing (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Qualitative research (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Business (1 work)