In this article we present the results of three studies investigating methods for including men in antenatal education in Istanbul, Turkey. Participants were first-time expectant parents living in low and middle-income areas. After a formative study on the roles of various family members in health during the period surrounding a first birth, an antenatal-clinic-based education programme for wom...

Why is Neuroticism so harmful to marriage and other intimate relationships? Given that such relationships generally involve a sexual component, the current longitudinal study explored whether the apparent negative impact of own and partner's Neuroticism on marriage could be explained by dissatisfaction with the sexual relationship. Just after their weddings, 72 couples reported their marital sa...

The effects of smoking on breast cancer remain unclear. We assessed the associations of subjects' or husbands' smoking status with breast cancer incidence in a population-based prospective study in Japan. The subjects were 15 719 women aged 35 years or older. The follow up was conducted from September 1992 to March 2008. Cancer incidence was mainly confirmed through regional population-based ca...

BACKGROUND Stress during pregnancy can have serious adverse outcomes on the mother, the fetus, newborn, children and even adolescents. Socioeconomic status has been recognized as a predictor of stress amongst pregnant women. OBJECTIVES The first aim of this study was to investigate the role of socioeconomic status in pregnancy stress rates. The second aim was to examine the most important ite...

Background: Previous research has found that husband support can increase the participation of wife's antenatal care (ANC) to prevent an in maternal mortality. Meanwhile, eastern region, effort provide pregnant women's health services tends be lower than Indonesia's other areas. Aims: The study analyzed regional disparities husbands' wives' ANC Indonesia. Methods: Secondary data from 2017 Indon...

Spouses of returning Iraq (Operation Iraqi Freedom, OIF) and Afghanistan (Operation Enduring Freedom, OEF) military service members report increased depression and anxiety post deployment as they work to reintegrate the family and service member. Reconnecting the family, renegotiating roles that have shifted, reestablishing communication patterns, and dealing with mental health concerns are all...

OBJECTIVE To learn how couples stratified by gender role preference (GRP) manage food preferences. DESIGN One-time individual semistructured qualitative interview with each partner in a couple representing 1 of 3 GRP pairings. SETTINGS/PARTICIPANTS Volunteers were recruited using advertising and snowball sampling and met the criteria of both parents living at home, wife no older than 40 yea...

The purpose of this paper is to explore the effects of HE participation on identity change for mature women students and their families. It reports on an aspect of my doctorate research with a small group of Early Years Foundation degree mature students and their husbands 1 focusing on identity change for the women, effects on long term relationships and consequential effects on families. The m...

OBJECTIVES To establish the sexual practices and their associated morbidity among women within 6 months of childbirth in Kampala Uganda. DESIGN Cross-sectional descriptive study. SETTING The three Mulago hospital child immunization clinics. PARTICIPANTS Two hundred and seventeen eligible mothers took part in the study from November to December 2001. OUTCOME MEASURES Time to resumption o...

UNLABELLED In this study we explored the level of awareness and practice on HIV prevention among married couples from selected communities in Malawi. METHODS We carried out the study from October to December, 2008 in four communities, two each from Chiradzulu and Chikhwawa districts of Malawi. We conducted face-to-face in-depth interviews with 30 couples in each district using a semi-structur...