Blar i Department of Health Promotion and Development på forfatter "Ampim, Gloria Abena"
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“I came to escort someone”: Men’s experiences of antenatal care services in urban Ghana—a qualitative study
Ampim, Gloria Abena; Blystad, Astrid; Kpoor, Albert; Haukanes, Haldis (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background Male involvement in maternal healthcare has been widely recognized as essential for positive health outcomes for expectant mothers and their unborn babies. However, few studies have explored men’s experiences ... -
I Do Not Want Her to be Doing Anything Stressful’: Men’s Involvement in Domestic Work during pregnancy in Ghana
Ampim, Gloria Abena; Haukanes, Haldis; Blystad, Astrid; Kpoor, Albert (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Drawing on qualitative research from rural and urban areas, this article contributes to evolving social research in Ghana on possible changes in the gendered distribution of domestic labour. Formulated within debates on ... -
Making Fathers: Masculinities and Social Change in the Ghanaian Context
Ampim, Gloria Abena; Haukanes, Haldis; Blystad, Astrid (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Framed within recent debates about hegemonic masculinity and in-depth historical and contemporary research on fatherhood and gender roles in Ghana, this article explores current ways of becoming and being a father in Ghana. ... -
Men's Involvement in Maternal healthcare in Accra, Ghana. From Household to Delivery Room
Ampim, Gloria Abena (Master thesis, 2013-05-31)Mid-way through working towards the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) five, which is concerned with improving maternal health, the international health community now realises that the goal is impossible to achieve without ... -
Transforming gender relations? : Men’s involvement in care for their partners and households at the time of pregnancy in rural and urban Ghana – a qualitative study
Ampim, Gloria Abena (Doctoral thesis, 2022-06-22)Background to the study: Involving men in the care for their pregnant partners has been described as an opportunity for initiating new fatherhood norms and masculinities that do not thrive on the subordination of women. ...