Index Catalog // GW ScholarSpace

Start Over

Filtering by: Date created tesim 2008 Advisor Newcomer, Kathryn Committee Member Kirkhart, Karen E Degree Ph.D.

Cultural Competence in Childbirth in Multicultural Ecuador: Lessons for Evaluation

Description:

Despite Ecuador’s increased public health spending and improvement in health outcomes, the Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) in the country is high and has been increasing in tendency in the past decade. Furthermore, there is a clear gap in the proportions of institutional births between indigenous...

Author:

Arevalo, Cinthia Josette

Keyword:

cultural competence, Ecuador, childbirth, evaluation, Maternal mortality, and intercultural

GW Unit:

Public Policy & Administration

Degree:

Ph.D.

Advisor:

Newcomer, Kathryn

Committee Member(s):

Kirkhart, Karen E and Ortega, Fernando

Resource Type:

Thesis or Dissertation