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Improving Maternity Care Where Home Births Are Still the Norm: Establishing Local Birthing Centers in Guatemala That Incorporate Traditional Midwives

Breanne Lievense, Kaitlin Leach, Nina Modanlo, Ira Stollak, Jaqueline Wallace, Alma Dominguez, Juany Valdez, Mario Valdez and Henry B. Perry
Global Health: Science and Practice October 2024, 12(5):e2400057; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-24-00057
Breanne Lievense
aAVAC, New York, NY, USA.
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Kaitlin Leach
bOptum, SeaTac, WA, USA.
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Nina Modanlo
cDavid Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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Ira Stollak
dCuramericas Global, Raleigh, NC, USA.
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Jaqueline Wallace
eIndependent consultant, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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Alma Dominguez
fCuramericas/Guatemala, Calhuitz, Guatemala.
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Juany Valdez
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Mario Valdez
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Henry B. Perry
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  • A comadrona at a casa materna, Calhuitz, Huehuetenago, Guatemala. ©2013 Ira Stollak/Curamericas Global
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    A comadrona at a casa materna, Calhuitz, Huehuetenago, Guatemala. ©2013 Ira Stollak/Curamericas Global

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    Data Collection Methodology, Casa Maternas, Three Municipalities, Guatemala

    YearApproachNo.Location
    2013Individual interviews with comadronas
    20San Sebastián Coatán
    10San Miguel Acatán
    6Santa Eulalia
    2015Group interviews with comadronas
    18San Sebastián Coatán
    10San Miguel Acatán
    2018Group interviews
    10San Sebastián Coatán
    10San Miguel Acatán
    2018Individual interviews with casa maternas clientsa
    8San Sebastian Coatán
    4San Miguel Acatán
    2023Individual interviews with casa maternas clients
    6San Sebastián Coatán
    3San Miguel Acatán
    3Santa Eulalia
    2023Written questionnaire for casa maternas staff b
    10San Sebastián Coatán
    4San Miguel Acatán
    4Santa Eulalia
    • a Casa clients are those who gave birth at a casa materna.

    • b Casa staff include nurses, trained midwives, and support women.

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