Researchers in South Africa have recommended “gender transformative” approaches in the support of healthy infant nutrition. They recommend couple-focused programmes that challenge existing gender roles, support the inclusion of fathers …
Tag: breastfeeding
A study of 128 couples in Ethiopia found that second-time mothers had higher expectations of breastfeeding support from the father than did first-time mothers. More than first-time mothers, they believed …
Recent research from sub-Saharan Africa has hinted at the difficulties created in HIV prevalent regions by the practice of confinement, whereby fathers are separated from their babies and partners. The …
A review of 39 research articles on fathers and breastfeeding, with a combined sample of 57,334 families, has shown what factors influence how supportive fathers are of breastfeeding. Some of …
A review of research has shown that families, particularly fathers, have an influence on breastfeeding – bonding/attachment, knowledge about breastfeeding, and feeding in public. Influences can be both supportive and …
A review of seven studies has concluded that “appropriate partner breastfeeding support is essential for breastfeeding” and that “breastfeeding programmes should consider the involvement of partners/fathers and their specific roles”. …
A review of 22 studies of the influences on breastfeeding among adolescent mothers has concluded that positive support from partners is essential in the early postnatal period. Breastfeeding support interventions …
Research in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, has shone a light on the social pressures on first-time mothers not to breastfeed exclusively for six months, but instead to include water …
A study in Kenya has explored how fathers understand and support exclusive breastfeeding. Most prominent is practical support – nutrition, housework, childcare and finance. Second to this is emotional support …
A randomized controlled trial was conducted in Canada to determine the most effective way of delivery breastfeeding information to parents. Women (113) and co-parents (104) were randomized into two study …