MaternityInformation for midwives, paediatricians, obstetricians and other professionals working in the maternity services: helping expectant fathers to support their pregnant partners, and supporting new fathers in the transition to parenthood.
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Messages from Research
Updated August 2010
1. The father’s role in mothers’ depression
The evidence that impaired postnatal maternal mental health has adverse effects on the infant socially, emotionally, behaviourally and cognitively is extensive (e.g.
Practice » Maternity
Making sure your agency registers key information about all dads as a matter of course is a MUST. In fact for all agency staff to ROUTINELY gather such details is the single most important step to engaging with substantial numbers of young fathers.
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Fathers will soon be able to stay overnight with their partners and newborn babies at the Royal United Hospital and other maternity units in the Bath area.
External research » Maternity
Sandi Dheensa is a first-year doctoral researcher in Primacy Care Clinical Sciences at the University of Birmingham, with a background in Health Psychology.
Practice » Maternity
If a mother is depressed after the birth of a child then everyone is in trouble: the mother, the new baby and the father.
Practice » Maternity
“A young father’s behaviour and attitudes have a strong influence on the health of the young mother and the baby (DFCSF/DOH2009)”
Even in the early stages of what was originally known as the Mums 2 B programme (now ‘YorBabe’), dads were always included and invited to attend the course with their partners.
Let’s get more dads into reading
