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Abstract

Objective: To investigate primiparous women’s partners for knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding the physical home food environment (PHFE), and to assess if the first pregnancy provides a teachable opportunity to enhance the PHFE of first-time pregnant couples. Design: This was a two-phase longitudinal in-depth qualitative study involving questionnaires and individual interviews during and after pregnancy. Participants: Fifteen male partners of primigravida women. Main outcome measures: Knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors concerning PHFE; lifestyle and dietary habits; and interest in guidance regarding healthy PHFE during the first pregnancy and the transition to parenthood. Analysis involved descriptive statistics and thematic analysis for qualitative data. Results: Key findings include the importance of mutual prenatal PHFE decisions; increased motivation for a healthier PHFE during pregnancy; a desire to provide a healthier environment than their own parents offered, acknowledgement of their wives as ‘nutrition experts’; challenges in accessibility of health foods in the home; and ‘the child eats what we eat’. The first pregnancy was recognized as a critical period for establishing a healthy PHFE. Conclusions and Implications: Expectant fathers have a crucial role in nestrition (nutritional nesting) in first pregnancies. Their engagement is essential in establishing a more supportive nutritional environment in the home and influencing the family nutrition in the long term. There is a need to promote partner involvement, investigate the broader roles of expectant fathers and non-male partners, and develop effective PHFE education for couples in the first pregnancy.

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Title
Exploring Partners’ Part in Shaping the Home Food Environment During the Transition to Fatherhood
Author
Peles, Chagit 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Rudolf, Mary C J 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Shloim, Danielle 2 ; Shloim, Netalie 3   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

 Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, Bar-Ilan University, Safed 1311502, Israel; [email protected] 
 School of Education, Language and Psychology, York St John University, York YO31 7EX, UK; [email protected] 
 School of Healthcare, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK; [email protected] 
First page
4356
Publication year
2024
Publication date
2024
Publisher
MDPI AG
e-ISSN
20726643
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
3149721310
Copyright
© 2024 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.