By Chiu Chih-jou and Liu Tzu-hsuan / Staff reporter, with staff writerThe Health Promotion Administration yesterday launched the “Paternal Medical Instruction Booklet on Pregnancy and Parenting,” which offers guidelines to expectant fathers.
The Health Promotion Administration yesterday launched the “Paternal Medical Instruction Booklet on Pregnancy and Parenting,” which offers guidelines to expectant fathers.
Mickey Huang (黃子佼), who recently became a father, hosted the news conference for the booklet’s launch.
“The booklet should have been made much earlier,” he said.
Although there are reminders for expectant fathers in the ministry’s “Maternal Medical Instruction Booklet” and “Maternal Health Booklet,” this is the first guideline dedicated to fathers.
The 63-page booklet is divided into nine themes, answering questions expectant fathers might have with simple explanations, tables and images.
The topics include methods to ease a partner’s discomfort during pregnancy, things
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