Beyond the ABCs of FTPs: A Deep Dive into Emerging Considerations for First Time Parent Programs
Date of Publication
2019This is a review which was conducted to examine new and emerging considerations from recent research and programs related to FTP’s reproductive and maternal health, with a particular focus on family planning.
Findings from the review coalesced into six themes of emerging considerations with the potential to strengthen programs, policies and services, as well as to inform research agendas, for FTPs in LMICs under the topics of:
- Gender and Social Norms
- Aspirations and Positive Framing
- Marital Status
- Fatherhood, Masculinities, and Gender Synchronization
- FTP Responsive Health Service Delivery
- Scale-Up Considerations
- Factors Impacting Use of Health Services by First-time/Young parents: A Formative Research Toolkit
- “Because my Husband and I Have Never Had a Baby Before…” Results and Lessons from Interventions with First-Time Parents in Madagascar, Mozambique, and Nigeria
- Training Tools: Providing Family Planning and Reproductive Health to Young Married Women and First-Time Parents in West Africa
- Scaling-Up First-Time and Young Parent Access to Postpartum Family Planning: Could Small Shifts Change the Game?
- Connect: Increasing Use of Pospartum Family Planning by First-Time Parents
- Lessons Learned from an Integrated Approach for Reaching First-time Young Parents in Nigeria
- Reaching the Youngest Moms and Dads: A Socio-Ecological View of Actors and Factors Influencing First-time Young Parents’ Use of Sexual and Reproductive Health Services in Madagascar
- Meeting the Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs of Young Married Women and First-time Parents Toolkit
- First Time Parents
- Evidence to Action (E2A) Project's First-Time Parent Framework
- Our First Baby: Health Education for Adolescents Who are Pregnant or First-Time Parents
- Improving Family Planning Outcomes for First-Time Parents in the Greater Mahale Ecosystem of Tanzania (Brief)
- Reaching Young Women and First-Time Moms with Friendly, Lifesaving Services in Madagascar
- Improving Health and Gender Outcomes for First-Time Parents in Cross River State, Nigeria
- Results Roundup: Webinar on New Findings from First-Time Parent Programs
Last Updated
June 10, 2020
