A study from Ethiopia has found that mothers having individual support, mostly from family, is the strongest predictor of better infant nutrition. A number of aspects of social capital were …
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A study in rural Ghana has explored some of the cultural beliefs that run counter to the involvement of fathers in caring and domestic activity. Focus groups and interviews with …
A survey of mothers in rural Uganda has shown that, among a range of resources available to them, social support is the strongest predictor of sufficient nutrition for their infants. …
The Journal of Neonatal Nursing has recently published a description of a fathers’ group in the Newborn Intensive Care Unit of the Royal Women’s Hospital in Melbourne, Australia. It is …
A project in Vietnam to engage fathers in “team parenting” with the mother around the birth of the baby and to bond with their baby has led to enhanced language, …
A small Ugandan study, involving interviews with 16 fathers who had been at the birth of their babies, has concluded that if women’s partners are at the birth, they need …
Since 2013 the Burnet Institute has implemented the Healthy Mothers, Health Babies project that seeks to improve maternal and child health in East New Britain, Papua New Guinea. As well …
Comment piece, Duncan Fisher OBE, co-founder, The Family Initiative UNICEF has launched a global campaign to focus attention on the importance of early childhood development (ECD). Pia Britto, UNICEF’s Chief …
A review of literature has listed key support needs of fathers in neonatal care. In many respects the needs of fathers are similar to those of mothers, but fathers have …
A newly published paper by Dr Holly Rominov (School of Psychology, Australian Catholic University) reports on a survey of 106 Australian midwives about how they engage with fathers and what …