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OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to determine the factors associated with negative birth experience in Peruvian Quechua-speaking indigenous women in the context of contagion due to COVID-19. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study, with 142 women from the Olleros community (Huaraz-Peru, 3336 m a.s.l.), whose birth occurred between November 2020 and December 2021. Two questionnaires were applied between January and June 2022, prior voluntary informed consent and approval by an ethics committee. The SPSS program version 24 and the odds ratio (OR) were used with 95% confidence interval (CI). RESULTS: A total of 62.7% of women (89/142) had a negative birth experience. The main factors associated were hospital and biosafety factors, highlighting the restriction to choose the position during birth (OR = 15.64, CI: 1.89-128.99, P = 0.001), care of women in a language other than Quechua (OR = 5.86, CI: 1.51-22.76, P = 0.005) and fear of health personnel when approaching women due to COVID-19 (OR = 10.61, CI: 3.94-28.56, P < 0.001). CONCLUSION: Hospital and biosafety factors are associated with negative birth experience in Peruvian Quechua-speaking indigenous women, with less emphasis on sociodemographic and obstetric factors. The results found show that, in the case of this research, the negative birth experience is not only due to the restrictions imposed by COVID-19 pandemic, but also to the limited application of the intercultural approach in Peru, where the opinion of women is not taken into account. In this sense, intervention actions are required through health policies with an intercultural approach that involve the active participation of women.

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OBJECTIVE: To determine the satisfaction of Quechua-speaking women in climacteric stage of a rural Peruvian area with respect to primary health care provided by midwives. METHOD: Descriptive cross-sectional observational study, with a total of 690 Quechua-speaking women in climacteric stage from the rural community of Macashca (3,384 masl), Huaraz province, Ancash-Peru, whose primary health care was carried out by midwives. A questionnaire was applied between October 2019 and February 2020. The information was processed using the IBM SPSS version 22.0® statistical package, applying a descriptive statistical analysis. RESULTS: 72.1% of the women were totally satisfied with the health care provided by midwives, highlighting the interest shown in the health status of the users (71.3%), use of the Quechua language (75.4%), treatment received (74.3%), resolution of doubts (69.5%), information on the relief of climacteric symptoms (67.1%) and home follow-up (74.9%). CONCLUSIONS: The majority of Quechua-speaking women in climacteric stage stated that they were fully satisfied with the primary health care provided by midwives, where the most highly valued aspects were the use of the Quechua language, home follow-up, treatment received, and interest shown in the health status of the women; being able to consider improvements with respect to the information on the relief of climacteric symptoms and the resolution of doubts.

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INTRODUCTION: According to recent statistics, there is a high percentage of refusal of cervical cancer screening using the Pap smear test by women in rural communities in developing countries such as Peru. There are few studies on the reasons to explain said refusal in this country. The objective of this study was to determine the barriers related to the non-acceptance of cervical cancer screening using the Pap smear test in women of childbearing age from a rural Peruvian community. METHODS: Cross-sectional study, with a total of 892 women of childbearing age from the rural Peruvian community of Marián, Huaraz province, Ancash region, who did not accept screening for cervical cancer using the Pap smear test during their care at the Marián Health Centre. A questionnaire given from September 2017 to April 2018 was used. The information was processed with the statistics programme for social science 22.0 programme, using the Chi-square statistical test. RESULTS: For 4-6 years, 52.5% of women refused cervical cancer screening using the Pap smear test. The barriers that showed a statistically significant relationship to the non-acceptance of cervical cancer screening using the Pap test were socio-demographic (age, marital status, education level, occupation and home income) and institutional barriers (counselling for cervical cancer screening, importance of the gender of health personnel administering the screening, history of mistreatment by health personnel, fear or embarrassment of the screening procedure and a delay in sending the results) (p < 0.05); while a history of sexually transmitted infections and a feeling of physical well-being in sexual and reproductive health were the only related reproductive barriers (p <0.05), this was not demonstrated with the age of first sexual activity, number of sexual partners, age of first pregnancy and total number of pregnancies (p > 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Socio-demographic and institutional barriers are related to the non-acceptance of cervical cancer screening using the Pap test in women of childbearing age in the rural Peruvian community of Marián, with a lesser emphasis on reproductive barriers. With this in mind, we recommend undertaking broader studies in populations of different age groups, which should be oriented towards the design and application of preventive/promotional programmes by health institutions to promote the participation of community workers with the goal of aiding the identification and control of said barriers, reducing the refusal of cervical cancer screenings by women from rural areas.