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Table 1 Topic guide for the interviews with health professionals about health care in indigenous pregnant women

From: Healthcare professionals’ experiences and perceptions regarding health care of indigenous pregnant women in Ecuador

Categories

Topics

Characteristics of indigenous pregnant women

• Cultural characteristics.

• Socio-demographic characteristics

Professional and personal training to meet the challenges of healthcare at IPW

• Training or education to care IPW.

Communication

• Similarities and differences between mestizo HPs and IPW related to communication themselves.

• Mother language and second language for interaction between HPs and IPW.

HPs Work description

• Most important activities

• Work responsibilities: Institutional or national laws that the HPs perceives to be positive or negative for their work

Characteristics of human, physical and technological equipment for the care of pregnant indigenous women

• Physical and human infrastructure of hospitals and / or health centers

• Equipment, supplies, physical space.

• Use of technology: types, utility.