You're too late!"

Date Issued:: 2009
Summary:: In this thesis I explore the circumstances in which pregnant Guatemalan Mayan women in South Florida communities found themselves. A local non-profit organization, the Guatemalan Maya Center (GMC), offered assistance to pregnant Mayan women to secure biomedical prenatal care, yet many continued to underutilize these services. The decision to utilize this form of care largely depended on whether a woman received care from a traditional midwife in the community. Women receiving care from a midwife generally did not seek biomedical care until late in their pregnancies. Women unable to locate a midwife often incorporated biomedical care once they suspected pregnancy. Due to the difficulties accessing the GMC's services prior to enrollment many of these women did not obtain "timely" care. A better understanding of the ways in which Guatemalan Mayan women incorporated biomedical prenatal care into their lives is the first step towards increasing their participation in these services.

Title:	" You're too late!": prenatal health seeking behaviors of Guatemalan Mayan women in Palm Beach County.	202 views 72 downloads
Name(s):	Supanich, Colleen. Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters Department of Anthropology
Type of Resource:	text
Genre:	Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance:	monographic
Date Issued:	2009
Publisher:	Florida Atlantic University
Physical Form:	electronic
Extent:	viii, 166 p. : ill.
Language(s):	English
Summary:	In this thesis I explore the circumstances in which pregnant Guatemalan Mayan women in South Florida communities found themselves. A local non-profit organization, the Guatemalan Maya Center (GMC), offered assistance to pregnant Mayan women to secure biomedical prenatal care, yet many continued to underutilize these services. The decision to utilize this form of care largely depended on whether a woman received care from a traditional midwife in the community. Women receiving care from a midwife generally did not seek biomedical care until late in their pregnancies. Women unable to locate a midwife often incorporated biomedical care once they suspected pregnancy. Due to the difficulties accessing the GMC's services prior to enrollment many of these women did not obtain "timely" care. A better understanding of the ways in which Guatemalan Mayan women incorporated biomedical prenatal care into their lives is the first step towards increasing their participation in these services.
Identifier:	321041995 (oclc), 192990 (digitool), FADT192990 (IID), fau:2981 (fedora)
Note(s):	by Colleen Supanich. Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2009. Includes bibliography. Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 2009. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subject(s):	Maya women -- Medical care -- Florida -- Palm Beach County Prenatal care -- Florida -- Palm Beach County Maternal health services -- Florida -- Palm Beach County Midwifery -- Social aspects Migrant agricultural laborers -- Medical care -- Florida -- Palm Beach County
Held by:	FBoU FAUER
Persistent Link to This Record:	http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/192990
Use and Reproduction:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Host Institution:	FAU

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