Inequities in the continuum of maternal care in Mexico
Trends before and after Covid-19
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15394271 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Edson Serván-Mori (0000-0001-9820-8325, corresponding author), Rocio Garcia-Diaz (0000-0003-1726-2456), Sergio Meneses-Navarro (0000-0002-6542-6454, Secretaría de Ciencia, Humanidades, Tecnología e Innovación), Octavio Gómez-Dantés (0000-0002-9602-3498), Diego Cerecero-Garcia (0000-0001-5368-9241, Public Health England), A Castro (0000-0003-0428-9174, Tulane University), R Lozano (0000-0002-7356-8823, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 178-178 |
| Publication date | 2025-06-17 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal for Equity in Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1475-9276 • E-ISSN: 1475-9276 |
| Publisher | BioMed Central (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1186/s12939-025-02470-x |
| PMID | 40528188 |
| OpenAlex | W4411382280 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 50 |
Despite efforts to improve maternal care, comprehensive antenatal services reach only 61.8% of women in Mexico. This stresses not only the need for targeted policies to enhance antenatal, delivery, and postnatal coverage at critical stages of care, but also the need to continue strengthening strategies that have rendered good results, and not to eliminate them simply for political-ideological reasons. It is imperative to prioritize reducing existing inequalities within the population, as horizontal inequity reveals significant barriers preventing equitable access to maternal health services among women with similar needs. The most pronounced disparities exist in timely healthcare access, skilled deliveries, and institutional postnatal care, where systemic issues and financial constraints are particularly impactful. Addressing these inequities is essential not only to improve overall maternal health outcomes but also to ensure that all women can benefit from the full spectrum of maternal care, particularly in situations of health crisis, such as pandemics
2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Continuum of care · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Health care · Health services research · Infectious disease (medical specialty · Medical sociology · Outbreak · Pandemic · Political science · Public health · Quality of Life Research · Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2 · Social policy · Global Health Care Issues · Global Maternal and Child Health · Healthcare Systems and Reforms · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Health Policy · Virology
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| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |