E2A shares eight insights garnered from our experience designing and implementing programming for First-Time Parents (FTPs), highlighting the most important lessons learned across our projects. Each insight provides background on the issues involved, including the specific challenges or opportunities that are unique to FTPs and key points to consider when designing and implementing FTP programs. We also share examples from E2A projects that highlight the importance of each insight in shaping effective FTP programs. Watch the accompanying video.

Activity cards and guidance for working with first-time mothers, their male partners, and their older women relatives.

Get step-by-step instructions for facilitators to use with small groups of young mothers, husbands and male partners, and mothers and mothers-in-law to explore health and life issues related to family planning, healthy timing and spacing of pregnancies, antenatal care, decision making, gender roles, and more. Program implementers can tailor and adapt these guides to different countries and cultural contexts as appropriate.

ADDITIONAL READING/RESOURCES:

• Working with First Time Mothers Cards
• Working with Male Partners Cards
• Working with Older Women Relatives Cards

Aperçus et cartes d’activités pour les programmes pour les parents pour la première fois

• Working with First Time Mothers (French)
• Working with Male Partners (French)
• Working with Older Women Relatives (French)