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Engaging fathers and families in maternal and newborn healthcare saves lives. It takes a village to raise a child. Follow all the latest research here.

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birth complications

Men need to be better informed about potential birth complications (Sub-Saharan Africa)

In Informing familiesTags informing families, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Malawi, Uganda, Ghana, Zambia21st February 2021

A review of 35 studies of engagement of men in maternal and newborn health in Sub-Saharan countries concludes that they need to be better informed, particularly about what to do …

engaging men

Practice briefs: Engaging men in reducing maternal, newborn, and child mortality

In Organising family inclusionTags Bangladesh, gender, Nigeria, Ghana, Haiti, Senegal3rd August 2020

Reproduced by kind permission of Promundo. When men are involved as parents and caregivers, it can have wide-ranging benefits for the health and well-being of their families and themselves. Lessons from around …

Support parents as a team and pay specific attention to relationships and gender (Rwanda, Ghana)

In Great projects, Organising family inclusionTags peer support, violence, housework, gender, Rwanda, parental relationship, Ghana, coparenting23rd April 2018

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 …

Ghana clinic

Men do not like attending a maternal health clinic (Ghana)

In Attending facilitiesTags respectful care, attending facilities, Ghana26th January 2018

A study of 256 men in an inner-city community in Ghana found that, despite knowing about maternal health matters, few attended a maternal health clinic with their wives and partners. …

men ghana

Maternal and newborn services should “urgently” scale up strategies to engage men (Ghana)

In Attending facilitiesTags attending facilities, gender, Ghana25th December 2017

A study from Ghana has found low levels of male involvement in maternal and newborn health provision. Only 35% of a random sample of 100 men had attended antenatal care, …

preterm ghana

The exclusion of fathers from caring for their preterm babies and how it encourages traditional gender patterns in the home (Ghana)

In Excluding families - examples, Neonatal careTags premature birth, neonatal care, gender, Ghana, stress, fear6th November 2017

A small study from Ghana, involving interviews with nine fathers of preterm babies, has shown high levels of exclusion by healthcare workers and demonstrates how this directly encourages a traditional …

Ghana family

Two Ghana studies conclude the importance of engaging with family, but from very different perspectives

In Attending facilities, Excluding families - examplesTags attending facilities, gender, Ghana20th August 2015

Two new reports on research from Ghana conclude that it is important to engage with families – particularly husbands and mothers-in-law – in order to improve use of maternal health …

place of birth

Fathers influential over place of birth in rural Ghana

In Attending facilitiesTags attending facilities, Ghana15th August 2015

A small study of parents in rural Ghana asking about preferences for place of birth found that “fathers had an influential role in their wives’ use of pregnancy and delivery …

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