Fathers’ engagement in pregnancy and childbirth: evidence from a national survey
Open Access
- 20 March 2013
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
- Vol. 13 (1), 70
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2393-13-70
Abstract
Early involvement of fathers with their children has increased in recent times and this is associated with improved cognitive and socio-emotional development of children. Research in the area of father’s engagement with pregnancy and childbirth has mainly focused on white middle-class men and has been mostly qualitative in design. Thus, the aim of this study was to understand who was engaged during pregnancy and childbirth, in what way, and how paternal engagement may influence a woman’s uptake of services, her perceptions of care, and maternal outcomes.Keywords
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