A review of 10 research articles from UK, Australia, Sweden and Uganda has concluded that fathers need additional social support after witnessing complications during the birth of their baby. “The …
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By Christian Billinghurst Christian Billinghurst has undertaken research in Uganda with the assistance of The Family Initiative, as part of a Masters in Public Health at Imperial College, London. We …
By Prerna Gopal Prerna Gopal has undertaken research in Uganda with the assistance of The Family Initiative, as part of a Masters in Public Health at Imperial College, London. We …
A Ugandan study has asked why male engagement programs in the country have had such limited success and goes on to make proposals for how to do things differently. The …
A pregnancy and childbirth board game to educate men has been piloted among Ugandan men living in London, prior to testing it out within Uganda. The playing pieces in Whose …
Researchers in Ghana and Uganda have developed principles for a very different way of engaging fathers in maternal and newborn health – a peer led gender transformative approach. The Ugandan …
Researchers in Uganda have examined why projects to increase women’s access to health services are difficult to sustain. They set out to look at the root causes of the lack …
The main contribution of fathers to their children’s nutrition in rural Uganda is providing money to buy food. In a study involving 346 households, 94% of the men did this, …
A survey of mothers in rural Uganda has shown that, among a range of resources available to them, social support is the strongest predictor of sufficient nutrition for their infants. …
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 …