The WHO Standards for Improving the Quality of Maternal and Newborn Care in Health Facilities state that healthcare provision “must take into account the preferences and aspirations of individual women …
Category: Informing families
A small Swedish study, published as two articles and based on interviews with 15 pregnant women and 14 partners (fathers and co-mothers) has concluded that health professionals should be active …
A qualitative study in Sweden asked 15 fathers about their experience of antenatal education and asked them for suggestions about how to improve the preparation for having a baby. Petra …
A Swedish study sought to compare fathers’ experiences of two different kinds of antenatal care: group care, where all antenatal visits are done in groups and include antenatal education; and …
Guest post by Margaret Docking, Wise Choices for Life Using dolls and pelvic models we ran workshops in Uganda for religious leaders about how to prevent obstructed labour and fistula. …
A study in Uganda has compared the impact of mother-only and father-only infant health education on family health behaviors. The classes involving just mothers had more impact than those involving …
Here are two videos celebrating Fathers Day 2017 that midwives and health professionals could use when inspiring new families around the birth of a child. The first video is from …
A study in low income communities of Kenya has found that support from family and friends, following the provision of health-related information from professionals, improves the use of calcium tablets …
A small study of 110 fathers in West Bengal found low levels of knowledge about key pregnancy health issues. Only 36% of the men know about the need for early …
Fathers of pre-term infants in intensive care use social media sites to get information and seek support from other fathers. A US study, led by Dr Hyun Nam Kim at …