Barriers to achieving quality birth care under the Sentinel Care model in Mexico.

Objective: To explore the use of birth care in a Sentinel Unit.

Materials And Methods: We interviewed eight health providers and 12 female users of health services to explore the main reasons to use birth care in a Sentinel Unit.

Results: Findings indicate that the reasons for which health providers do not attend births were fear of legal claims by users, lack of institutional support if complications arise, lack of training, not feeling confident in obstetric care, and the lack of necessary supplies.

Development and pilot testing of an educational intervention for parents, caregivers and teachers of children with verbal communication disabilities in Mexico.

The purpose of this study was to implement and test an educational intervention aimed at training parents/caregivers and teachers in strategies to support children with verbal communication disabilities (VCDs). We carried out a descriptive observational research conducted in two phases during 2013-2014: a mixed-method diagnosis and intervention development. We used convenience sampling to select the parents/caregivers and teachers of first-to-third graders with VCDs across four public elementary schools in a suburban community in central Mexico.

Population health diagnosis with an ecohealth approach.

Objective: To analyze the characteristics of health diagnosis according to the ecohealth approach in rural and urban communities in Mexico.

Methods: Health diagnosis were conducted in La Nopalera, from December 2007 to October 2008, and in Atlihuayan, from December 2010 to October 2011. The research was based on three principles of the ecohealth approach: transdisciplinarity, community participation, gender and equity.