Perceptions of a Father's Role during a Couple's First Pregnancy

Abstract

The objective of this study was to explore the first‐time pregnant couples’ perception of the father's role in relation to a pregnant woman's food and activity behavior during pregnancy. Eleven first‐time pregnant, cohabitating couples across the United States completed a one‐on‐one semi‐structured phone interview for the study. Couples shared similar expectations of a father's role during pregnancy. Fathers were also important in setting and achieving health behavior goals of the pregnant mother. Family and Consumer Sciences professionals might consider including fathers in programs for expecting mothers. Maintaining functional social support from an equally as motivated partner might improve health during pregnancy and after pregnancy as well.

Family and Consumer Sciences Researchers' publishing prospects: Review of three research journals

“…Examples of some elusive titles include "Reimagining society through retail practice" in JOR, "'Harm or good? ': Consumer perceptions of corporate strategic giving in schools" in JCA, and "Perceptions of a father's role during a couple's first pregnancy" (Greenhill & Vollmer, 2019) in FCSRJ. However, even with those caveats, several…”

“…During the article search, the authors were challenged by many of the resulting titles not being descriptive enough to identify whether it would be included as either a foods/nutrition or fashion/textiles/clothing article; therefore, the extended search to the abstract or article itself was necessary. Examples of some elusive titles include “Reimagining society through retail practice” (Hietanen et al, 2016) in JOR , “‘Harm or good?’: Consumer perceptions of corporate strategic giving in schools” (Aitken & Watkins, 2017) in JCA , and “Perceptions of a father's role during a couple's first pregnancy” (Greenhill & Vollmer, 2019) in FCSRJ . However, even with those caveats, several themes reflective of the FCS Body of Knowledge (Nickols et al, 2009) and possible research foci emerge among all three journals, such as sustainability, career opportunities, the retail environment, physical and social health, consumer decision‐making, demographic diversity, education, technology, financial management, supply chains, and management and personnel.…”

Towards a global framework for assessing male involvement in maternal health: results of an international Delphi study

“…16 Several authors highlight that a multiple measure is more appropriate because this allows measurement of different aspects of MI, taking into account both emotional and instrumental support. 17 18 Furthermore, qualitative research has shown that the core elements of MI are very similar worldwide, whereby emotional, practical and physical support are key aspects of MI, [19][20][21] making it likely that a global measure would be useful and feasible. On the other hand, studies also show that MI is a context-specific concept, influenced by social and cultural norms, as well as health system factors and policies.…”

Mothers' Experiences of Husband’s Involvement in Maternal Fetal Attachment: A Qualitative Study

“…Thus, husbands are required to contribute more to the issues of pregnancy and maternal health (6). In a qualitative study, the couples expressed that the role of fathers was to support mothers emotionally and physically (7). Another qualitative research demonstrated that the more the pregnant women felt attached to their fetus, the more confident and the less worried they were about it (8).…”