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Andreis, Melusina (2019)

Intercultural Healthcare in Bolivia and Ecuador

Bachelor thesis | International Studies (BA)

In the pluricultural states of Ecuador and Bolivia, indigenous women suffer a notably higher maternal mortality rate than non-indigenous women. Several barriers impede indigenous women from accessing high-quality care, and cultural barriers hinder them from receiving culturally sensitive care. With the introduction of new universal social policies of intercultural healthcare, Ecuador and Bolivia attempt to provide a complementary healthcare system of traditional and western medicine, with one of its focus on maternal healthcare. With a quantitative and qualitative approach, this research explores that the implementation of intercultural healthcare can improve the health status of indigenous women.

Intercultural Healthcare

Three Delays Model

Universal Policy

Indigenous health

Author

Andreis, Melusina

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation

Latin America

Supervisors

Valdivia Rivera, Soledad

ECTS Credits

15

Language

en