A feminist analysis of maternal healthcare from Sweden has recommended three-way teamwork between woman, partner and midwife. Midwives should inform, involve and support partners. They should inform both the woman …
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A new study in Canada has looked at the experiences of Nehiyaw (Cree) fathers in Canadian maternal health services. The study provides a unique insight into how the western model …
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. …
A study has examined the failure of Sri Lanka’s 2011 National Strategic Plan for Maternal and Newborn Health to allow women to have birth companions. The researchers, who were themselves …
Projects to promote rights to high quality maternal care typically overlook families (international)
A systematic review of programmes to promote the rights of women to high quality maternal health services has revealed only a small minority of projects that regard the family as …
A review of projects to provide culturally appropriate maternity care services for minority communities has revealed that involving families and creating a “familiar” environment is a particular strategy in some …
A small Ugandan study, involving interviews with 16 fathers who had been at the birth of their babies, has concluded that if women’s partners are at the birth, they need …
The WHO Standards for Improving the Quality of Maternal and Newborn Care in Health Facilities state that healthcare provision “must take into account the preferences and aspirations of individual women …
A recent discussion article by Dr Ellen Tilden and colleagues has proposed that the principles underlying good end-of-life care are relevant to maternity care. The US Institute of Medicine guidelines …
Swedish fathers believe that maternal health service should focus on the health of the mother and baby. A Swedish study asked the question: what do fathers expect of maternal health …