Engaging the capacity of comadronas as HIV prevention providers in rural Guatemala

In this study the author address rural Guatemala's poor maternal health and HIV status by integrating an effective evidence-based HIV intervention (SEPA), with local implementing health partners to extend the capacity of comadronas (traditional Mayan birth attendants) to encompass HIV prevention. I employed a multi-method design consisting of a focus group, an interview, and participant observation to identify important factors surrounding comadrona receptivity towards expanding their capacity to HIV prevention. I analyzed data using thematic analysis and identified four categories: Project logistics, HIV knowledge and risk assessment, condom perceptions, and HIV testing perceptions. I affirm comadrona receptivity toward HIV prevention, and that will guide future cultural adaptation and tailoring of SEPA for comadrona training. I will use my results to create a prototype intervention that could be applied to other similarly underserved indigenous communities

Behavior change communication · Business · Capacity building · Condom · Environmental health · Family medicine · Focus group · Health services · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Indigenous · Intervention (counseling · Political science · Population · Qualitative research · Sociology · Thematic analysis · Global Maternal and Child Health · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Sex work and related issues

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