Applicability of Cuba's Hogares Maternos Model of Care to United States rural settings
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Debra Pettit Whisenant, PhD, MSN, MSPH; Alice L. March, PhD, RN, FNP, CNE -- Capstone College of Nursing, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
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- The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
This session compares the state of maternal child care in Cuba and the United States. In particular, the Hogares Maternos, or maternity home, model of caring for pregnant women will be reviewed and the potential for a globally-based, interprofessional application to rural areas in the US will be discussed.
30th International Nursing Research Congress: Theory-to-Practice: Catalyzing Collaborations to Connect Globally. Held 25-29 July 2019 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
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| Keywords | Infant Mortality; Maternal Mortality; Social Determinants of Health |
| Name | 30th International Nursing Research Congress |
| Host | Sigma Theta Tau International |
| Location | Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Date | 2019 |
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