An analysis of demographic and health data in Ethiopia has found an association between attendance of expectant fathers at antenatal clinics and three aspects of maternal health: more likelihood of …
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A study from Ethiopia has found that mothers having individual support, mostly from family, is the strongest predictor of better infant nutrition. A number of aspects of social capital were …
A recent study from a coffee growing region of Ethiopia has shown that adequate diet for children correlates with both maternal autonomy and paternal engagement in childcare, two key characteristics …
A study in the Misha woreda of southern Ethiopia examined factors associated with fathers being involved in supporting breastfeeding. 417 mothers of babies less than six months were interviewed, randomly …
An Ethiopian study has found that what a young child (6 -23 months) eats correlates with many aspects of fathers’ knowledge and practice of child health and childcare. Children are …
Trials of improved maternal health practice in rural areas of Ethiopia and Kenya explored the effectiveness of counselling women to select someone to remind them to take calcium and iron-folic …
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 study of maternal deaths in Northern Ethiopia has identified four key risk factors, one of which is low involvement of husbands during the pregnancy. The study concludes “interventions aimed …
Similar to what we recently reported from Uganda, attendance by Ethiopian mothers at a health centre for the birth is much influenced by the husband’s attitude. “Husband attitude was another …