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Reducing Inequities In Maternal And Child Health In Rural Guatemala Through The Cbio+ Approach Of Curamericas: 7. The Empowering Effect Of Care Groups, Corey Gregg, Mario Valdez, Ira Stollak, Shayanne Martin, William T. Story, Henry B. Perry
Reducing Inequities In Maternal And Child Health In Rural Guatemala Through The Cbio+ Approach Of Curamericas: 7. The Empowering Effect Of Care Groups, Corey Gregg, Mario Valdez, Ira Stollak, Shayanne Martin, William T. Story, Henry B. Perry
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Background: While there is extensive published evidence regarding the effectiveness of the Care Group Approach in promoting community-wide health behavior change, there is no published evidence regarding its empowering effect on its participants. Our study aimed to understand if the Care Group Approach as applied in the Curamericas/Guatemala Maternal and Child Health Project in isolated rural mountainous communities in Guatemala produced evidence of empowerment among the female participants. This is the seventh of 10 papers describing the expanded Census-Based, Impact-Oriented (CBIO+) Approach in improving the health and well-being of mothers and children in the rural highlands of the Department of …