mHealth intervention to improve the continuum of maternal and perinatal care in rural Guatemala: a pragmatic, randomized controlled feasibility trial

• Main Authors: Boris Martinez (Author), Enma Coyote Ixen (Author), Rachel Hall-Clifford (Author), Michel Juarez (Author), Ann C. Miller (Author), Aaron Francis (Author), Camilo E. Valderrama (Author), Lisa Stroux (Author), Gari D. Clifford (Author), Peter Rohloff (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Abstract Background/objective Guatemala's indigenous Maya population has one of the highest perinatal and maternal mortality rates in Latin America. In this population most births are delivered at home by traditional birth attendants (TBAs), who have limited support and linkages to public hospi...