Indigenous Revolts in Chiapas and the Andean Highlands
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Labor and delivery service use: indigenous women’s preference and the health sector response in the Chiapas Highlands of Mexico
BACKGROUND Mexico has undertaken important efforts to decrease maternal mortality. Health authorities have introduced intercultural innovations to address barriersfaced by indigenous women accessing professional maternal and delivery services. This study examines, from the perspective of indigenous women, the barriers andfacilitators of labor and delivery care services in a context of intercult...
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A case-control study was conducted in the highlands of Chiapas, Mexico, to identify factors associated with acute diarrhea in children less than six years old. The study found that the diarrhea attack rate among the children surveyed during three weeks in the month of August (the peak diarrhea season) was approximately 30%, and that children whose mothers had diarrhea were especially likely to ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Hispanic American Historical Review
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0018-2168,1527-1900
DOI: 10.1215/00182168-77.4.760