Father involvement in perinatal and paediatric care: evidence, barriers and challenges
La participación del padre en la atención perinatal y pediátrica: datos, obstáculos y retos
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For decades, perinatal and paediatric care has been based on a model
focused almost exclusively on the mother and the mother-child dyad. While
this approach has been fundamental to improving maternal and child health
indicators, it has also inadvertently contributed to the systematic exclusion of fathers from the processes of care, support and decision-making
surrounding birth and early childhood. In a context where shared parental
responsibility is recognized as a key determinant of family well-being, it is
pertinent to critically question this model and review fatherhood in health
services.
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