A study in China, involving 10,121 participants, has found correlations between, on the one hand, the weight/BMI, smoking and educational level of fathers, and, on the other hand, the incidence …
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A study from Chile suggests that babies benefit from skin-to-skin care from their fathers after a Caesarean section. The researchers recommend father-baby skin-to-skin care when mothers and babies are separated …
A commentary piece in the Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health makes the case for better preparation of fathers who attend a birth. The authors make four recommendations: “timely antenatal …
Recent research from sub-Saharan Africa has hinted at the difficulties created in HIV prevalent regions by the practice of confinement, whereby fathers are separated from their babies and partners. The …
Through interviews with eight couples, researchers have described a number of common themes. Deciding to get pregnant following a stillbirth is not undertaken lightly. The couples approached the decision with …
A review of 39 research articles on fathers and breastfeeding, with a combined sample of 57,334 families, has shown what factors influence how supportive fathers are of breastfeeding. Some of …
A review of research has shown that families, particularly fathers, have an influence on breastfeeding – bonding/attachment, knowledge about breastfeeding, and feeding in public. Influences can be both supportive and …
A review of seven studies has concluded that “appropriate partner breastfeeding support is essential for breastfeeding” and that “breastfeeding programmes should consider the involvement of partners/fathers and their specific roles”. …
A review of 22 studies of the influences on breastfeeding among adolescent mothers has concluded that positive support from partners is essential in the early postnatal period. Breastfeeding support interventions …
Research in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, has shone a light on the social pressures on first-time mothers not to breastfeed exclusively for six months, but instead to include water …