A study from Chile suggests that babies benefit from skin-to-skin care from their fathers after a Caesarean section. The researchers recommend father-baby skin-to-skin care when mothers and babies are separated …
Tag: neonatal care
An international group of neonatal researchers, FINESSE, is asking fathers to complete a 20 minute questionnaire about their experiences of having a baby on a neonatal unit during the Covid-19 …
A team of researchers brought together through FamilyIncluded.com, which together published an earlier article on fathers in neonatal units, has published a letter in BMJ Global Health, highlighting the problems …
A team of researchers brought together through FamilyIncluded.com, which together published an earlier article on fathers in neonatal units, has published a letter in BMJ Global Health, highlighting the problems …
A questionnaire survey of 160 fathers in South Korea, who had babies on a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) for 48 hours or more, found four factors that correlate with …
Researchers have carried out a systematic review of research on how men respond to the loss of a pregnancy or the death of their newborn. Findings related to both men’s …
Following a scoping review of 27 studies of men’s reactions to stillbirth or neonatal death, researchers have found that men and women tend to grieve differently after the death of …
We have nominated this evaluation for exceptional quality. It exemplifies approaches that are rare in maternal and newborn healthcare: The intervention was designed and delivered to engage with both mothers …
A review of studies of postnatal education interventions in low and middle-income countries has found 77 reports, 91% of which describe interventions that exclude fathers and other carers. The seven …
A new report about successful peer support for neonatal fathers has been published in the Journal of Neonatal Nursing. A fathers’ group was organised at the NICU at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, …