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Implementing a prenatal health screening intervention for future fathers in Montreuil, France: most users are immigrants facing hardship
Prenatal care provides pregnant women with repeated opportunities for prevention, screening and diagnosis that have no current extension to future fathers. It also contributes to women's general better access to health. The goal of PARTAGE study was to evaluate the level and determinants of adh...
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Published in: | BMC public health 2024-10, Vol.24 (1), p.2982-15, Article 2982 |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , |
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Summary: | Prenatal care provides pregnant women with repeated opportunities for prevention, screening and diagnosis that have no current extension to future fathers. It also contributes to women's general better access to health. The goal of PARTAGE study was to evaluate the level and determinants of adherence to a prenatal prevention consultation dedicated to men.
Between January 2021 and April 2022, we conducted a monocentric interventional study in Montreuil hospital. We assessed the acceptance of a prenatal prevention consultation newly offered to every future father, through their pregnant partner's prior consent to provide their contact details.
Three thousand thirty-eight women provided contact information used to reach the fathers; effective contact was established with 2,516 men, of whom 1,333 (53%) came for prenatal prevention consultation. Immigrant men were more likely to come than French-born men (56% versus 49%, p |
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ISSN: | 1471-2458 1471-2458 |
DOI: | 10.1186/s12889-024-20388-x |