A review of recent research on father involvement in pregnancy and childbirth has revealed the lack of a validated measure of involvement that covers all aspects and works across cultures. …
Category: Organising family inclusion
Two new contributions to the debate about engaging fathers this month highlight the importance of addressing relationships. They back up earlier proposals flowing from research in Ghana. The role of …
Group discussions with mothers in Germany have revealed that mothers want midwives to engage their partners better. They expect their partners to be fully informed by midwives – reporting that …
A key function of fathers’ ante and postnatal groups is to form social networks among fathers, finds a study from Sweden. In Sweden, as elsewhere in the world, fathers feel …
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 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 …
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 …
A UNICEF / Catholic Relief Services project has investigated fathers’ engagement in infant nutrition in the Muhanga and Karongi districts of Rewanda. The existing programme targets pregnant and lactating women …
The World Health Organisation declared twice in 2015 that engaging with fathers is a priority in maternal and newborn health. There is a wealth of evidence that engaging with fathers …
A study in Rwanda carried out by two Swedish nursing undergraduates, Eleonor Bergström and Olivia Söderström Högling at Sophiahemmet University, looked at the involvement of nurses in encouraging father involvement in …