Fuzzy cognitive mapping and soft models of indigenous knowledge on maternal health in Guerrero, Mexico.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Effective health care requires services that are responsive to local needs and contexts. Achieving this in indigenous settings implies communication between traditional and conventional medicine perspectives. Adequate interaction is especially relevant for maternal health because cultural practices have a notable role during pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period. Our work with indigenous communities in the Mexican state of Guerrero used fuzzy cognitive mapping to identify actionable factors for maternal health from the perspective of traditional midwives.

Methods

We worked with twenty-nine indigenous women and men whose communities recognized them as traditional midwives. A group session for each ethnicity explored risks and protective factors for matern

SUBMITTER: Sarmiento I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7238543 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature