Indigenous Women's Perspectives on Contraception in Rural Guatemala.

ABSTRACT: In rural, Indigenous Guatemala, women's healthcare is fragmented and inadequate. Our interdisciplinary, multinational research team aimed to 1) describe reproductive health in one rural Indigenous community; 2) explore contraceptive use; and 3) learn about and prioritize Indigenous Maya women's reproductive health beliefs and needs. Our study team conducted mixed-methods surveys with 62 women, led focus groups with 20 community health workers, and analyzed data using concurrent mixed methods analysis. We found that 51% of women surveyed reported current family planning, with 33% using a biomedical method. We found high mean fertility, 6.9 live births per woman aged 40-49 (national average 4.7), with significant socioeconomic variation. We also found that poverty correlated with total ferti

SUBMITTER: Valley TM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9645464 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature