Breastfeeding knowledge and health behavior among Mayan women in rural Guatemala.

Unlabelled: Guatemala has the fourth highest infant mortality rate in Latin America, which makes the support and protection of breastfeeding especially critical. Traditional health-promoting practices like breastfeeding may be protected by increasing knowledge of its benefits. Yet there is a dearth of research documenting breastfeeding knowledge (i.

Factors influencing health care-seeking behaviours among Mayan women in Guatemala.

Objective: to identify and better understand factors that influence care-seeking behaviour for women's health among indigenous Mayan populations in the highlands of Guatemala.

Design: adaptation of qualitative anthropological methods involving observations, key informant interviews and focus group discussions (FGDs).

Setting: Project Concern International's Casa Materna, Huehuetenango, Guatemala.