Incorporating an intersectional gender approach to improve access to maternal and child health screening services.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In the Americas, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has promoted initiatives that aim at the elimination of mother-to-child transmitted diseases for over two decades. Although Guatemala has assumed the commitment to improve access and coverage of reproductive and perinatal services, the goals have not yet been reached. Often, the implementation of these efforts is hampered by complexities rooted in social, cultural, and environmental intersections. The objective of this work is to share our experience applying gender intersectionality as a methodological and analytical tool in a participatory research project that aims to improve access to maternal and child health screening services. The study shows the novel strategy that incorporates intersectionality contrib

SUBMITTER: Arrivillaga MR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10880357 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature