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Casas Maternas in the Rural Highlands of Guatemala: A Mixed-Methods Case Study of the Introduction and Utilization of Birthing Facilities by an Indigenous Population

Ira Stollak, Mario Valdez, Karin Rivas and Henry Perry
Global Health: Science and Practice March 2016, 4(1):114-131; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-15-00266
Ira Stollak
aCuramericas Global, Raleigh, NC, USA
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bCuramericas/Guatemala, Calhuitz, Guatemala
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Karin Rivas
cCentro Universitario de Occidente, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
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dJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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vol. 4 no. 1 114-131
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-15-00266
PubMed 
27016548

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2169-575X
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  • Received: September 5, 2015
  • Accepted: January 25, 2016
  • Published online March 25, 2016.

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  1. Ira Stollaka,
  2. Mario Valdezb,
  3. Karin Rivasc,
  4. Henry Perryd
  1. aCuramericas Global, Raleigh, NC, USA
  2. bCuramericas/Guatemala, Calhuitz, Guatemala
  3. cCentro Universitario de Occidente, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
  4. dJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
  1. Correspondence to Henry Perry (heperry{at}jhsph.edu).
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