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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 …

Kenya

Fathers’ support for exclusive breastfeeding in Kenya

In BreastfeedingTags informing families, breastfeeding, housework, Kenya11th August 2020

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 …

attendance at antenatal clinics

Factors linked to higher attendance at antenatal clinics of male partners (Kenya)

In Organising family inclusionTags informing families, attending facilities, violence, Kenya, HIV7th September 2019

A survey in Kenya of 2,141 married mothers attending clinics for baby immunisations has identified a range of factors associated with male attendance at clinics during the antenatal period. 35% …

Calcium supplements in Kenya

Encouraging home support for pregnant women taking calcium supplements increases adherence (Kenya)

In Informing familiesTags informing families, Kenya, calcium31st May 2017

A study in low income communities of Kenya has found that support from family and friends, following the provision of health-related information from professionals, improves the use of calcium tablets …

family partners

“Adherence partners” support calcium and iron-folic acid supplementation (Ethiopia and Kenya)

In Mother's dietTags Ethiopia, Kenya, mother's diet31st October 2016

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 …

respectful maternal healthcare

Respectful care, midwife led care, family inclusive care: common aims (international)

In Respectful maternal healthcareTags birth partners, respectful care, attending facilities, Kenya, India, Tanzania, midwifery18th October 2016

A comment piece by Duncan Fisher of The Family Initiative. After the Second World War, birth in western countries was gradually moved out of the home and into hospitals. Infant …

peer educators

Father and grandmother infant feeding self-help groups: what motivates the peer educators? (Kenya)

In Breastfeeding, Infant dietTags breastfeeding, infant diet, Kenya3rd September 2015

In western Kenya, PATH researchers from US and Kenya organised eight father and ten grandmother self-help groups to promote and support recommended maternal diet and infant/child feeding practices. After four …

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