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 …
Category: Organising family inclusion
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 …
A small survey of Australian midwives has found a strong belief that midwife education should include the issue of engagement with fathers. Currently, in Australia, it does not. Holly Rominov …
A new approach for engaging with fathers positively in support of breastfeeding has been developed in Canada. It focuses on the idea of “breastfeeding coparenting” – how parents work together …
A recent discussion article by Dr Ellen Tilden and colleagues has proposed that the principles underlying good end-of-life care are relevant to maternity care. The US Institute of Medicine guidelines …
The most widely implemented family inclusive approach that we have found to date is World Vision’s Time and Targeted Counselling (ttC) for health and nutrition. The approach is now being …
The WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist has been designed and tested to help prevent the major worldwide causes of maternal deaths, intrapartum-related stillbirths and neonatal deaths. Could a family inclusive version …
We have just discovered the advice on engaging fathers in breastfeeding by Alive and Thrive back in October 2012, following work in Ethiopia and Viet Nam: Dads can do that! …
A recent review of mobile maternal health apps presents five services, none of which are family inclusive. GiftedMom operates in Cameroon and Nigeria and is followed by about 7000 mothers. …
The International Family Nursing Association recently published a definition of competencies for family nursing practice. Family inclusive principles are strongly represented. The guidelines have much of value for maternal and …