Midwives for Midwives in Guatemala: Weaving Traditional and Professional Midwifery

Weaving Traditional and Professional Midwifery The Story of Midwife, Birth Center, and the Empowerment of Midwives in Guatemala

A report of a midwifery model for training traditional midwives in Guatemala.

OBJECTIVE to describe the specific characteristics of one model of training traditional birth attendants (TBAs) in Guatemala. DESIGN participant observation, unstructured and semi-structured interviews undertaken between 1997 and 2003 to gather the data to report on the characteristics of this training programme as it is evolving in the field. SETTING the birth centre site of Ixmucane in An...

Focus Group with Guatemalan Traditional Midwives about Postpartum Hemorrhage

Guatemala, midwives, postpartum, hemorrhage, childbirth, obstetrics, focus group Traditional midwives attend the majority of births in Guatemala (Maupin, 2008; Walsh 2006; Walsh 2003), yet evidence from Lang and Elkin’s landmark article (1997) shows traditional midwives in Guatemala lack basic skills to prevent and treat postpartum hemorrhage (PPH). Most traditional midwives are indigenous and ...

Mexico's midwives enter the mainstream.

News Mexico's midwives enter the mainstream Training traditional midwives to work alongside doctors offers the best of both worlds to women giving birth in Mexico, writes Theresa Braine. Professional midwifery students receiving training from a traditional midwife about the use of herbs during pregnancy and childbirth. Sidelined during the 20th century in Mexico and other parts of Latin America...

Evaluation of midwifery care: results from a survey in rural Guatemala.

In an effort to reduce infant and maternal morbidity and mortality in developing countries, the World Health Organization has promoted the training of traditional birth attendants (midwives) and their incorporation into the formal health care system. In this paper, we examine several aspects of the integration of traditional and biomedical maternity care that are likely to reflect the quality o...