Researchers in Malawi have proposed a curriculum for antenatal education for expectant couples. It is the first time that the antenatal information needs of couples have been investigated in Malawi …
Category: Informing families
A survey of 824 men in a mostly rural region of Northwest Ethiopia has found a lack of basic knowledge about danger signs in the perinatal period and how to …
A review of 10 research articles from UK, Australia, Sweden and Uganda has concluded that fathers need additional social support after witnessing complications during the birth of their baby. “The …
A review of studies of information services for fathers and their efficacy has confirmed what those who work in this field have observed for a long time. There is a …
A new study has looked at fathers’ experiences of a particular life-threatening heart condition for mothers, peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM). This affects some women towards the end of pregnancy or in …
By Jennifer Abbass-Dick, Lynn Rempel, John Rempel, Tran Huu Bich, Duncan Fisher Published by The Family Initiative, April 2018 1. Introduction: engaging fathers works Programmes that engage fathers are more …
A particular sense of responsibility among men for the health of their wives has been found in a study in Timor-Leste, involving 80 men in focus groups and 17 interviews …
Debrah Lewis is founder and head of the Mamatoto Resource and Birth Centre in Trinidad & Tobago and a former Vice-President of the International Confederation of Midwives. She is a …
Following a survey of 92 fathers in Sweden about how they use the internet to get information during pregnancy, researchers have recommended that health services should host their own credible …
Anna Galle, a Belgian midwife who has worked in Central African Republic, Rwanda, Mali and Guatemala, has led an innovative project in Mozambique. Ten men from a rural community have …