Alejandra Munguía
Biographic Data
| ID | 7561691 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alejandra Munguía |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alejandra |
| FAMILY NAME | Munguía |
| SIGNATURE | MUNGUÍA A |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| 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…
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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…
Child Nutrition and Water Access (1 work) · Citizen journalism (1 work) · Family medicine (1 work) · Global Maternal and Child Health (1 work) · Indigenous (1 work) · Medicine (1 work) · Migration, Health and Trauma (1 work) · Nursing (1 work) · Political science (1 work) · Qualitative research (1 work)