Maternal health and Indigenous traditional midwives in southern Mexico: contextualisation of a scoping review

I Sarmiento, S Paredes-Solís, A Dion, H Silver… - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives Collate published evidence of factors that affect maternal health in Indigenous
communities and contextualise the findings with stakeholder perspectives in the Mexican …

[HTML][HTML] Caliata: an Indigenous Community in Ecuador offers lessons on food sovereignty and sustainable diets

CA Gallegos-Riofrío, WF Waters, A Carrasco… - Current Developments …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background To achieve a healthy sustainable food system globally, it is imperative to
understand how local food systems can provide healthy and sustainable conditions …

Intercultural Childbirth: impact on the maternal health of the Ecuadorian Kichwa and mestizo people of the Otavalo region

SED Matute, EZ Martinez… - Revista Brasileira de …, 2021 - thieme-connect.com
Objective Considering the increased frequency of maternal deaths reported from 2001 to
2005 for Indigenous and mestizo women from the Ecuadorian rural area of Otavalo, where …

[HTML][HTML] “Five hundred years of medicine gone to waste”? Negotiating the implementation of an intercultural health policy in the Ecuadorian Andes

A Llamas, S Mayhew - BMC public health, 2018 - Springer
In Ecuador, indigenous women have poorer maternal health outcomes and access to
maternity services. This is partly due to cultural barriers. A hospital in Ecuador implemented …

Maternal and neonatal variables associated with premature birth and low birth weight in a tertiary hospital in Ecuador

SED Matute, CAS Pinos, SM Tupiza, MAA Brunherotti… - Midwifery, 2022 - Elsevier
Objective To explore the maternal and neonatal factors associated with premature birth and
low birth weight in an Ecuadorian tertiary hospital. Design Cross-sectional study. Setting The …

Ecological community: Heterarchical organization in a contemporary agri-food system in Northern Andes

CA Gallegos-Riofrío, WF Waters… - Geoforum, 2021 - Elsevier
Andean-based archeological evidence suggests the existence of heterarchical pre-
Columbian societies organized as egalitarian and resource-specialized communities with …

Healthcare professionals' experiences and perceptions regarding health care of indigenous pregnant women in Ecuador

TV Carpio-Arias, N Verdezoto, M Guijarro-Garvi… - BMC Pregnancy and …, 2022 - Springer
Background Pregnancy is an important life experience that requires uniquely tailored
approach to health care. The socio-cultural care practices of indigenous pregnant women …

Indigenous women managing pregnancy complications in rural ecuador: Barriers and opportunities to enhance antenatal care

N Verdezoto, F Carpio-Arias, V Carpio-Arias… - Proceedings of the 11th …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
Previous research has explored the potential use of digital health to support maternal health
in the Global South highlighting the importance of understanding the socio-cultural context …

Socioeconomic inequalities in women's access to health care: has Ecuadorian health reform been successful?

E Quizhpe, MS Sebastian, E Teran… - International Journal for …, 2020 - Springer
Background Over the last 12 years, Ecuador has implemented comprehensive health sector
reform to ensure equitable access to health care services according to need. While there …

Social inequalities in healthcare utilization during Ecuadorian healthcare reform (2007–2017): a before-and-after cross-sectional study

E Quizhpe, E Teran, AM Pulkki-Brännström… - BMC Public Health, 2022 - Springer
Background Limited research is available about the impact of healthcare reforms on
healthcare utilization according to socioeconomic group. Although most health reforms in …