Publication Cover
Reproductive Health Matters
An international journal on sexual and reproductive health and rights
Volume 9, 2001 - Issue 18: Images / Services
608
Views
55
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Articles

Including expectant fathers in antenatal education programmes in Istanbul, Turkey

Pages 114-125 | Published online: 01 Nov 2001

Keep up to date with the latest research on this topic with citation updates for this article.

Read on this site (1)

Fatimah Oluwakemi Bello, Pamela Musoke, Zachary Kwena, George O. Owino, Elizabeth A. Bukusi, Lynae Darbes & Janet M. Turan. (2019) The role of women’s empowerment and male engagement in pregnancy healthcare seeking behaviors in western Kenya. Women & Health 59:8, pages 892-906.
Read now

Articles from other publishers (54)

Courtney H. Schnefke, Valerie L. Flax, Fred Ubanmhen, Silvia Alayon, Sujata Bose, Obinna Daniel, Kathryn E. L. Grimes, Diana Allotey, Emily R. Seiger & Olujide Arije. (2023) Attitudes, beliefs and social norms regarding infant and young child feeding among Nigerian mothers, fathers and grandmothers across time. Maternal & Child Nutrition 19:4.
Crossref
Joshua Jeong, Eileen F. Sullivan & Juliet K. McCann. (2023) Effectiveness of father-inclusive interventions on maternal, paternal, couples, and early child outcomes in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review. Social Science & Medicine 328, pages 115971.
Crossref
Zohreh Karimiankakolaki, Seyed Saeed Mazloomy Mahmoodabad & Ashraf Kazemi. (2023) Designing, implementing and evaluating an educational program regarding the effects of second-hand smoke in pregnancy on the knowledge, attitude and performance of male smokers. Reproductive Health 20:1.
Crossref
Erin E. Pearson, Fahima Aqtar, Dipika Paul, Jamie L. Menzel, Ruvani W. Fonseka, Jasmine Uysal, Kathryn L. Andersen & Jay G. Silverman. (2023) ‘Here, the girl has to obey the family's decision’: A qualitative exploration of the tactics, perceived perpetrator motivations, and coping strategies for reproductive coercion in Bangladesh. SSM - Qualitative Research in Health 3, pages 100243.
Crossref
Zahra Abbaspoor, Foruzan Sharifipour, Mojgan Javadnoori, Zahra Behboodi Moghadam, Bahman Cheraghian & Mahin Najafian. (2023) Evaluation of the effectiveness of a postnatal support education program for husbands in promotion of their primiparous wives’ perceived social support: a randomized controlled trial. BMC Women's Health 23:1.
Crossref
Áine Aventin, Martin Robinson, Jennifer Hanratty, Ciara Keenan, Jayne Hamilton, Eimear Ruane McAteer, Mark Tomlinson, Mike Clarke, Friday Okonofua, Chris Bonell & Maria Lohan. (2023) Involving men and boys in family planning: A systematic review of the effective components and characteristics of complex interventions in low‐ and middle‐income countries. Campbell Systematic Reviews 19:1.
Crossref
Calliope Dagla, Evangelia Antoniou, Antigoni Sarantaki, Maria Iliadou, Irina Mrvoljak-Theodoropoulou, Ewa Andersson & Maria Dagla. (2023) The Effect of Antenatal Education on Expectant Fathers’ Attitudes toward Breastfeeding and Attachment to the Fetus. Nursing Reports 13:1, pages 243-254.
Crossref
Joshua Jeong, Eileen F. Sullivan, Juliet K. McCann, Dana C. McCoy & Aisha K. Yousafzai. (2022) Implementation characteristics of father‐inclusive interventions in low‐ and middle‐income countries: A systematic review. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1520:1, pages 34-52.
Crossref
Zoi Palioura, Antigoni Sarantaki, Evangelia Antoniou, Maria Iliadou & Maria Dagla. (2023) Fathers’ Educational Needs Assessment in Relation to Their Participation in Perinatal Care: A Systematic Review. Healthcare 11:2, pages 200.
Crossref
Çiğdem Gün Kakaşçı, Dilek Coşkuner Potur, Döne Ertuğrul Abbasoğlu, Özlem Karabulut, Yeliz Doğan Merih & Nurdan Demirci. (2022) Is participation in antenatal classes associated with fathers' mental health? A quasi‐experimental and prospective study. Infant Mental Health Journal 43:6, pages 938-950.
Crossref
Daniel E. Sack, Lauren S. Peetluk & Carolyn M. Audet. (2022) Couples-based interventions and postpartum contraceptive uptake: A systematic review. Contraception 112, pages 23-36.
Crossref
A.A. Chak & M.S. Shatilova. (2022) The problems of organisation and development of educational courses for future parents. Rossiiskii vestnik akushera-ginekologa 22:3, pages 78.
Crossref
Kuhika Seth, Sharmishtha Nanda, Aishwarya Sahay, Ravi Verma & Pranita Achyut. (2022) Men, The Missing Link In Gender-equitable Family Planning: A Scoping Review. Gates Open Research 6, pages 73.
Crossref
Heidi J. Niedfeldt, Trent E. Sever, Rilee Smith, Elizabeth A. Davis, Generose Mulokozi, Scott Torres, Mary Linehan, Kerry Ann Dobies, Taylor Hoj, Joshua H. West, P. Cougar Hall & Benjamin T. Crookston. (2021) The Role of Men During Pregnancy: A Cross-Sectional Study of Perceptions and Beliefs of Primary Caregivers in Tanzania. Journal of Family Issues 43:1, pages 3-19.
Crossref
Stephanie L. Martin, Juliet K. McCann, Emily Gascoigne, Diana Allotey, Dadirai Fundira & Katherine L. Dickin. (2021) Engaging family members in maternal, infant and young child nutrition activities in low‐ and middle‐income countries: A systematic scoping review. Maternal & Child Nutrition 17:S1.
Crossref
Karen M. Hampanda, Oliver Mweemba, Yusuf Ahmed, Abigail Hatcher, Janet M. Turan, Lynae Darbes & Lisa L. Abuogi. (2020) Support or control? Qualitative interviews with Zambian women on male partner involvement in HIV care during and after pregnancy. PLOS ONE 15:8, pages e0238097.
Crossref
Stephanie L Martin, Juliet K McCann, Emily Gascoigne, Diana Allotey, Dadirai Fundira & Katherine L Dickin. (2020) Mixed-Methods Systematic Review of Behavioral Interventions in Low- and Middle-Income Countries to Increase Family Support for Maternal, Infant, and Young Child Nutrition during the First 1000 Days. Current Developments in Nutrition 4:6, pages nzaa085.
Crossref
Yagmur Seven & Howard Goldstein. (2020) Effects of embedding decontextualized language during book-sharing delivered by fathers in Turkey. Early Childhood Research Quarterly 50, pages 191-204.
Crossref
Karen Hampanda, Lisa Abuogi, Pamela Musoke, Maricianah Onono, Anna Helova, Elizabeth Bukusi & Janet Turan. (2019) Development of a Novel Scale to Measure Male Partner Involvement in the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV in Kenya. AIDS and Behavior 24:1, pages 291-303.
Crossref
Jennifer Abbass-Dick, Hilary K. Brown, Kimberley T. Jackson, Lynn Rempel & Cindy-Lee Dennis. (2019) Perinatal breastfeeding interventions including fathers/partners: A systematic review of the literature. Midwifery 75, pages 41-51.
Crossref
Maria Chifuniro Chikalipo, Ellen Mbweza Chirwa & Adamson Sinjani Muula. (2018) Exploring antenatal education content for couples in Blantyre, Malawi. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 18:1.
Crossref
Sarah Earle & Robin Hadley. (2018) Men's views and experiences of infant feeding: A qualitative systematic review. Maternal & Child Nutrition 14:3.
Crossref
A. Brown. (2017) Breastfeeding as a public health responsibility: a review of the evidence. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics 30:6, pages 759-770.
Crossref
Tran Huu Bich & Nguyen Manh Cuong. (2016) Changes in knowledge, attitude and involvement of fathers in supporting exclusive breastfeeding: a community-based intervention study in a rural area of Vietnam. International Journal of Public Health 62:S1, pages 17-26.
Crossref
Olukunmi O Balogun, Elizabeth J O'Sullivan, Alison McFadden, Erika Ota, Anna Gavine, Christine D Garner, Mary J Renfrew & Stephen MacGillivray. (2016) Interventions for promoting the initiation of breastfeeding. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2016:11.
Crossref
Arik V. MarcellSusannah E. GibbsIfta ChoiriyyahFreya L. SonensteinNan M. AstoneJoseph H. PleckJacinda K. Dariotis. (2016) National Needs of Family Planning Among US Men Aged 15 to 44 Years. American Journal of Public Health 106:4, pages 733-739.
Crossref
Abigail Locke. 2016. Pops in Pop Culture. Pops in Pop Culture 195 212 .
John Cleland, Iqbal H. Shah & Marina Daniele. (2015) Interventions to Improve Postpartum Family Planning in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries: Program Implications and Research Priorities. Studies in Family Planning 46:4, pages 423-441.
Crossref
Diana Bueno-Gutierrez & Caroline Chantry. (2015) ‘Life does not make it easy to breast-feed’: using the socio-ecological framework to determine social breast-feeding obstacles in a low-income population in Tijuana, Mexico. Public Health Nutrition 18:18, pages 3371-3385.
Crossref
Lawrence Mbuagbaw, Nancy Medley, Andrea J Darzi, Marty Richardson, Kesso Habiba Garga & Pierre Ongolo-Zogo. (2015) Health system and community level interventions for improving antenatal care coverage and health outcomes. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2016:3.
Crossref
Suzie Smyth, Dale Spence & Karen Murray. (2015) Does antenatal education prepare fathers for their role as birth partners and for parenthood?. British Journal of Midwifery 23:5, pages 336-342.
Crossref
Zohra S Lassi & Zulfiqar A Bhutta. (2015) Community-based intervention packages for reducing maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality and improving neonatal outcomes. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2015:3.
Crossref
Michael MackertMarie GuadagnoErin DonovanPamela Whitten. (2015) Including Men in Prenatal Health: The Potential of e-Health to Improve Birth Outcomes. Telemedicine and e-Health 21:3, pages 207-212.
Crossref
Mari Dumbaugh, Charlotte Tawiah-Agyemang, Alexander Manu, Guus HA ten Asbroek, Betty Kirkwood & Zelee Hill. (2014) Perceptions of, attitudes towards and barriers to male involvement in newborn care in rural Ghana, West Africa: a qualitative analysis. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 14:1.
Crossref
Amy Brown & Ruth Davies. (2014) Fathers' experiences of supporting breastfeeding: challenges for breastfeeding promotion and education. Maternal & Child Nutrition 10:4, pages 510-526.
Crossref
Erin PearsonStan Becker. (2014) Couples' Unmet Need for Family Planning in Three West African Countries. Studies in Family Planning 45:3, pages 339-359.
Crossref
Manal Dashti, Jane Scott, Christine Edwards & Mona Al-Sughayer. (2014) Predictors of Breastfeeding Duration among Women in Kuwait: Results of a Prospective Cohort Study. Nutrients 6:2, pages 711-728.
Crossref
N. B. Lehnertz, A. Alam, N. A. Ali, E. G. Henry, E. K. Williams, S. M. Rahman, S. Ahmed, S. El Arifeen, A. H. Baqui & P. J. Winch. (2013) Local understandings and current barriers to optimal birth intervals among recently delivered women in Sylhet District, Bangladesh. International Health 5:4, pages 266-272.
Crossref
Marie Guadagno, Michael Mackert & Aaron Rochlen. (2013) Improving Prenatal Health. American Journal of Men's Health 7:6, pages 523-526.
Crossref
Deependra Kaji Thapa & Anke Niehof. (2013) Women's autonomy and husbands' involvement in maternal health care in Nepal. Social Science & Medicine 93, pages 1-10.
Crossref
Micah Matiang'i, Aloo Mojola & Margret Githae. (2013) Male involvement in antenatal care redefined: A cross-sectional survey of married men in Lang'ata district, Kenya. African Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health 7:3, pages 117-122.
Crossref
Frederick LI Morfaw, Lehana Thabane, Lawrence CE Mbuagbaw & Philip N Nana. (2012) Male participation in prevention programmes of mother to child transmission of HIV: a protocol for a systematic review to identify barriers, facilitators and reported interventions. Systematic Reviews 1:1.
Crossref
Arlette E. Hesselink, Mireille N. van Poppel, Manon van Eijsden, Jos W.R. Twisk & Marcel F. van der Wal. (2012) The effectiveness of a perinatal education programme on smoking, infant care, and psychosocial health for ethnic Turkish women. Midwifery 28:3, pages 306-313.
Crossref
Lucy I Kululanga, Johanne Sundby, Address Malata & Ellen Chirwa. (2011) Striving to promote male involvement in maternal health care in rural and urban settings in Malawi - a qualitative study. Reproductive Health 8:1.
Crossref
Arlette E. Hesselink & Janneke Harting. (2011) Process evaluation of a multiple risk factor perinatal programme for a hard-to-reach minority group. Journal of Advanced Nursing 67:9, pages 2026-2037.
Crossref
Columba K. Mbekenga, Helen I. Lugina, Kyllike Christensson & Pia Olsson. (2011) Postpartum experiences of first-time fathers in a Tanzanian suburb: A qualitative interview study. Midwifery 27:2, pages 174-180.
Crossref
Shilpa KarvandeHemant Apte & Marcel Tanner. (2010) Understanding couple communication in reproductive health by using a Visually Assisted Interview Guide (VAIG). Visual Communication 9:4, pages 463-483.
Crossref
MASOUMEH SIMBAR, FATEMEH NAHIDI, FAHIMEH RAMEZANI TEHRAN & ALI RAMEZANKHANI. (2010) FATHERS' EDUCATIONAL NEEDS FOR PERINATAL CARE IN URBAN IRAN: A QUALITATIVE APPROACH. Journal of Biosocial Science 42:5, pages 633-641.
Crossref
Ricardo Vernon. (2009) Meeting the Family Planning Needs of Postpartum Women. Studies in Family Planning 40:3, pages 235-245.
Crossref
Anita J Gagnon & Jane Sandall. (2007) Individual or group antenatal education for childbirth or parenthood, or both. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.
Crossref
Ilkay Gungor & Nezihe Kizilkaya Beji. (2016) Effects of Fathers’ Attendance to Labor and Delivery on the Experience of Childbirth in Turkey. Western Journal of Nursing Research 29:2, pages 213-231.
Crossref
Britta C. Mullany. (2006) Barriers to and attitudes towards promoting husbands’ involvement in maternal health in Katmandu, Nepal. Social Science & Medicine 62:11, pages 2798-2809.
Crossref
L Dyson, F McCormick & MJ Renfrew. (2006) Interventions for promoting the initiation of breastfeeding. Evidence-Based Child Health: A Cochrane Review Journal 1:2, pages 592-616.
Crossref
Lisa Dyson, Felicia M McCormick & Mary J Renfrew. 1996. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.