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 …
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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% …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …