Maternal health and Indigenous traditional midwives in southern Mexico: contextualisation of a scoping review.
Iván SarmientoSergio Paredes-SolísAnna DionHilah SilverEmily VargasPaloma CruzJuan Pablo PimentelGermán ZuluagaAnne CockcroftNeil AnderssonPublished in: BMJ open (2021)
The literature and stakeholder maps showed maternal health resulting from complex interacting factors in which promotion of cultural practices was compatible with a protective effect on Indigenous maternal health. Future research challenges include traditional concepts of diseases and the impact on maternal health of gender norms, self-care practices and authentic traditional midwifery.