Consecuencias de las inequidades sociales y de salud sexual y reproductiva frente a la ley de maternidad gratuita en el cantón Gualaceo 2003-2004

Abstract

In order to check social inequalities in sexual and reproductive health, access to services and health knowledge women had Gualaceo Canton, and the law of the free maternity and child care, in order to generate information to prevent impact on the effective implementation of the Act as an instrument that can contribute to social equity. The research group of 199 women, of which 62 were from urban areas and 137 in rural areas; of different ages (20 to 80) and of these women, the poor are in rural 75en with respect to the urban area reaches 25. And illiteracy was in a relationship 10-1 regarding the urban and the rural. Turn to identify the determinants of sexual and reproductive selud of women from these areas by the index of knowledge, attitudes and practices of prenatal (ICAP's) it was observed that the 46,5de urban areas have ICAP's inappropriate while in rural reaches 53, of these the 23de 60de poor and non-poor has ICAP's not appropriate. Access to health services for young adults is 73, and a 23in adult women, ie 3 women of reproductive age have access to the service per 1 adult. And while women with higher education 100de access to adequate services, literate 80de only do well. We conclude that there is a great social impact on women's health