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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.

Tag: Rwanda

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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 …

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 …

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Fathers in Rwanda want to be more involved in infant care

In Organising family inclusionTags infant diet, attending facilities, Rwanda, mothers in law28th July 2017

A UNICEF / Catholic Relief Services project has investigated fathers’ engagement in infant nutrition in the Muhanga and Karongi districts of Rewanda. The existing programme targets pregnant and lactating women …

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Nurses need training in engaging fathers and families (Rwanda)

In Organising family inclusionTags informing families, infant diet, attending facilities, Rwanda12th June 2017

A study in Rwanda carried out by two Swedish nursing undergraduates, Eleonor Bergström and Olivia Söderström Högling at Sophiahemmet University, looked at the involvement of nurses in encouraging father involvement in …

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Rwandan fathers challenge maternal health services

In Attending facilitiesTags informing families, respectful care, attending facilities, gender, Rwanda5th September 2016

A study in Kigali Rwanda interviewed 32 men about their attitudes to childbearing and their encounter with maternal health services. It revealed a tension between more progressive gender attitudes on …

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Women less involved in decision making more likely to attend postnatal clinic (Rwanda)

In Attending facilitiesTags attending facilities, Rwanda15th July 2016

In an analysis of data from 2748 mothers in Rwanda from the 2010 Demographic and Health Survey, a surprising correlation was found: married mothers not influencing decision making about their …

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Family inclusive care: how NOT to organise it! Rwanda

In Attending facilitiesTags attending facilities, Rwanda7th December 2015

The practice of requiring husbands to come to an antenatal appointment for HIV testing may seem to be family inclusive, but when it starts to involve a degree of coercion, …

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