Perceptions of Husbands toward Father Roles during Their Wives' Preg nancy, Ban Na Jareun Amphure DetUdom, Ubon Ratchathani
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Maternal and child health in pregnancy period is exclusively important for gaining with World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations, reducing Maternal and Child Mortality. There are many factors inufluenced with maternal and child health. Father role is one important issue effecting to pro mote maternal and child health in pregnancy. This descriptive study aims to explore perceptions of husbands toward father roles during their wives' pregnancy. These 38 participants accepted to share their first experiences being fathers. Data were recruited when they visited at Ante Natal Clinic (ANC) and were collected between October and December, 2010 at Ban Najareun, AmphureDetUdom, Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand. The questions were focused on their perceptions of father roles related to care during pregnancy period. There were five perception themes asked the participants 1) pregnant accep tation 2) infants-father relationship 3) changing: developing to be a father 4) father roles and 5) partner relationship Data were analyzed by using descriptive statistic analysis: frequency, percentage, mean, mode, and standard deviation. There were four main issues related to those five themes 1) pregnancy acceptation 2) infant-father relationship, 3) changing: developing to be a father and 4) partner relationship.Because of those perceptions led the participants preparing themselves to be fathers, they felt anxiety related to their knowledge and money expeditions. Therefore,this study could be applied for health promotion among husband groups focusing on both methods and processes to ensure them gaining more infor mation and knowledge related to pregnancy care individually which can suite them felt more right and confidently with their roles while they adopted their children.
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บทความที่ปรากฏในวารสารนี้ เป็นความรับผิดชอบของผู้เขียน ซึ่งสมาคมนักวิจัยไม่จำเป็นต้องเห็นด้วยเสมอไป การนำเสนอผลงานวิจัยและบทความในวารสารนี้ไปเผยแพร่สามารถกระทำได้ โดยระบุแหล่งอ้างอิงจาก "วารสารสมาคมนักวิจัย"
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