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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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Ira Stollak, Mario Valdez, Karin Rivas, Henry Perry
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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, Henry Perry
Global Health: Science and Practice Mar 2016, 4 (1) 114-131; DOI: 10.9745/GHSP-D-15-00266
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