“You see, we women, we can't talk, we can't have an opinion…”. The coloniality of gender and childbirth practices in Indigenous Wixárika families

Jennie B. Gamlin

Social Science & Medicine, 2020, vol. 252, issue C

Abstract: How women make decisions about care-seeking during pregnancy and childbirth, is a key determinant of maternal and child health (MCH) outcomes. Indigenous communities continue to display the highest levels of maternal and infant mortality in Mexico, a fact often accounted for by reference to inadequate access to quality services. A growing body of research has identified gender inequality as a major determinant of MCH, although this has rarely been situated historically in the context of major social and epistemological shifts, that occurred under colonialism.

Keywords: Indigenous; Maternal health; Colonialism; Childbirth; Pregnancy; Health inequality; Gender (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.112912

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