Health SA Gesondheid

1. Partnering for Healthy Pregnancy: Lessons from India on Male Involvement in Antenatal Care
Amit Banerjee, Susanta Sen, Asif Ali, Namita Chakma
Global Social Welfare  vol: 13  issue: 1  first page: 23  year: 2025  
doi: 10.1007/s40609-025-00408-3

2. Male involvement in infant care and associated factors among infants less than one year in Bibugn district of Ethiopia
Tadege Bishaw, Genet Degu, Keralem Anteneh Bishaw
Scientific Reports  vol: 14  issue: 1  year: 2024  
doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-76156-9

3. Exploring the acceptability and impact of group antenatal care: a qualitative study among women in selected health facilities in Burkina Faso
Blami Dao, Yvette Ouedraogo, Maxwell Mhlanga, Andre Kone
Reproductive Health  vol: 22  issue: 1  year: 2025  
doi: 10.1186/s12978-025-02085-z

4. Male partner involvement in antenatal care: implications for maternal health services in Juba, South Sudan
Zechariah J. Malel, Ezbon WApary, Alnazir Osman Abdalla, Esraa Ahmed Mohammed, Yak Ring Tong Yak, Moses Mangar Aleth, Bok Phillip Nhial Bok, Mohammed Eissa Mohammed
AJOG Global Reports  vol: 6  issue: 3  first page: 100679  year: 2026  
doi: 10.1016/j.xagr.2026.100679

5. “Someone Who Is Going to Preserve Your Surname and Clan Name”: A Sesotho Cultural Perspective on Male Partner Involvement in Maternal and Newborn Care in the Free State, South Africa
Ngwi N. T. Mulu, Michelle Engelbrecht
Social Sciences  vol: 13  issue: 10  first page: 540  year: 2024  
doi: 10.3390/socsci13100540

6. Predictors of male partners’ behavioral intentions and cognitive readiness toward maternal health service utilization in rural Tanzania: an application of the theory of planned behavior
Fabiola V. Moshi, Walter C. Millanzi
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth  vol: 26  issue: 1  year: 2026  
doi: 10.1186/s12884-026-09427-0

7. Pattern of Utilization of Antenatal Care Services and Adherence Among Females Following Up at Primary Healthcare Centers in Al-Ahsa
Ghofran Essa, Bayan Yousef Alsunayyin, Asmaa M Alomran
Cureus  year: 2024  
doi: 10.7759/cureus.68774

8. Factors influencing male involvement in maternal and child health care from the health center of Xai-Xai city, Mozambique: a cross-sectional qualitative study
Maudy Simão Muchanga, Osvaldo Bernardo Muchanga, Emidio Filipe Dique, Virgílio Simione Cau, Agrácio Ilidio Cumbe, Mariza Manguele, Hilário Antonio Massango, Alfredo Jaime Muchanga, Soares Miguel Michal, Inocêncio Jaime Muchanga, Avelino Nelson Mazuze, Izaidino Jaime Muchanga
Frontiers in Reproductive Health  vol: 8  year: 2026  
doi: 10.3389/frph.2026.1746689

9. Transportation as a determinant of equitable access to emergency critical and operative care in Africa
Moses Isiagi, Simon Leroux, Lebohang Fadiran, Willem Stassen, Salome Maswime
Discover Public Health  vol: 23  issue: 1  year: 2026  
doi: 10.1186/s12982-026-02796-z

10. Needs of Black African Expectant Fathers in Caring for Pregnant Partners: A Narrative Inquiry in Sedibeng Health District, South Africa
Elias Khethisa Taole, Mashudu Davhana-Maselesele
F1000Research  vol: 15  first page: 332  year: 2026  
doi: 10.12688/f1000research.173425.1

11. Exploring men's knowledge, barriers, and facilitators to male involvement in maternal health care in the Central Region of Ghana: a qualitative inquiry
Christiana Asiedu, Emmanuella Florence Odi Asiedu
Discover Public Health  vol: 23  issue: 1  year: 2026  
doi: 10.1186/s12982-026-01757-w

12. Linking women’s social independence to antenatal care initiation in Bangladesh using a structural equation survival approach
Tanjina Akter, Nishat Tasnim Toosty
Discover Public Health  vol: 23  issue: 1  year: 2026  
doi: 10.1186/s12982-026-02567-w

13. “My Wife’s Healthcare Is my Healthcare”: A Qualitative Study Exploring Family-Centered Strategies to Enhance Cervical Cancer Prevention in Northern Ghana
Sasha Hernandez, Avni Ahuja, Nikita Kakkad, Charles Timumpi Nignang, Margaret Cote, Madeline Schoenberger, Rayza Sison, Adam Munkaila, Gilbert Anemana, Leonard Baatiema, Calder Hollond, Hawa Malechi, Marie A Brault, Corrina Moucheraud, Ana Maria Simono Charadan
Cancer Control  vol: 33  year: 2026  
doi: 10.1177/10732748261448259