Autor: |
Danny V Colombara, Bernardo Hernández, Alexandra Schaefer, Nicholas Zyznieuski, Miranda F Bryant, Sima S Desai, Marielle C Gagnier, Casey K Johanns, Claire R McNellan, Erin B Palmisano, Diego Ríos-Zertuche, Paola Zúñiga-Brenes, Emma Iriarte, Ali H Mokdad |
Jazyk: |
angličtina |
Rok vydání: |
2016 |
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Zdroj: |
PLoS ONE, Vol 11, Iss 4, p e0154388 (2016) |
Druh dokumentu: |
article |
ISSN: |
1932-6203 |
DOI: |
10.1371/journal.pone.0154388 |
Popis: |
Indigenous women in Mesoamerica experience disproportionately high maternal mortality rates and are less likely to have institutional deliveries. Identifying correlates of institutional delivery, and satisfaction with institutional deliveries, may help improve facility utilization and health outcomes in this population. We used baseline surveys from the Salud Mesoamérica Initiative to analyze data from 10,895 indigenous and non-indigenous women in Guatemala and Mexico (Chiapas State) and indigenous women in Panama. We created multivariable Poisson regression models for indigenous (Guatemala, Mexico, Panama) and non-indigenous (Guatemala, Mexico) women to identify correlates of institutional delivery and satisfaction. Compared to their non-indigenous peers, indigenous women were substantially less likely to have an institutional delivery (15.2% vs. 41.5% in Guatemala (P |
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