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Responses to the systemic limitations of health care in Mexico have included public policies for universal access implemented through inter-institutional agreements. Those focused on emergency obstetric care are a vivid example of these efforts. Based on a case study, this article describes a general picture of the ways in which healthservice networks operate in the state of Chiapas. We review their infrastructure and analyze their capacity to respond to obstetric emergencies. We also assess the current condition of these networks in terms of being able to function as a collaborative network. Our findings demonstrate that public institutions in the Mexican health sector have made little or no use of the benefits offered by inter-institutional agreements, and identify the strengths and obstacles in their utilization. The results of our research can help optimize obstetric care for women in Chiapas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Justification: The existence of ethnic groups in Mexico, gives an important cultural significance for the care of pregnant women. In Sitalá, Chiapas, Mexico, midwives have built their trajectory through traditional generational knowledge, with a different way of treating maternal and child health problems with respect to the biomedical care system. Objectives: Understand the cultural practices of midwives in the care of the pregnant woman of the Tseltal ethnic group. Methodology: Ethnographic study of 8 participants, content analysis until saturation. Theoretical references of the Model Rachel Spector and Model of Cultural Competence of Larry Purnell. Results and discussion: The sobada, is a manipulation of the traditional midwife used by the traditional health care system in indigenous communities of the Tzeltal ethnic group, they cure, accompany and advise in the primordial moments of family development. Conclusion: Living midwifery provides accompanied care during pregnancy with safety, physical and emotional comfort. They are non-formal leaders of the communities and a means to generate changes in health; so the communication of the nursing professional is paramount in the conservation of health or self-care that can be achieved in these communities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: There is a high rate of deliveries in adolescents in Mexico. This age group is vulnerable to obstetric complications, including lacerations of the anal sphincter. Objective: To determine the prevalence of third and fourth degree perineal tears in adolescents during childbirth, and to evaluate risk factors in comparison with deliveries with lacerations of adult women. Methods: All obstetric care episodes were reviewed from a public tertiary hospital data in Monterrey, Mexico in 2014. Age, primiparity, delivery instrumentation, episiotomy, body mass index, product weight and tear s degree were documented at the deliveries with tears of third and fourth degree. Results: The prevalence of third and fourth degree tears of 2.0% was found in the general population, being adolescents the most affected with 2.5%. The unadjusted odds ratio of high-grade tears in adolescent females at delivery, compared to adult females, was 1.36 (95% CI = 0.99-1.86, p= 0.05). No difference was found when comparing risk factors among high-grade tear deliveries in adolescents versus adults. Conclusions: A higher prevalence than previous reported for high grade tears during delivery was found. The data suggest adolescence as a risk factor for high-grade tears during delivery. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Copyright of Cirugía y Cirujanos is the property of Publicidad Permanyer SLU and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)