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Handbooks and health interpreters: How men are assets for their pregnant partners in Senegal

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  • Powis, Richard
  • Bunkley, Emma N.

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Global health researchers often approach fatherhood initiatives from a deficit-based perspective, assuming men need sensitization, education, or correction. Senegalese men, which some global health and development organizations have determined to be uninvolved, are part of a team of prenatal and postpartum support called the “entourage” and have a very specific role to play as ad hoc health interpreters.

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  • Powis, Richard & Bunkley, Emma N., 2023. "Handbooks and health interpreters: How men are assets for their pregnant partners in Senegal," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 331(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:331:y:2023:i:c:s0277953623004318
    DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116074
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