Table 2 Rotated factor matrix of the GS-PNCS

1  Planning programs for enhancing male participation in perinatal care

2  Education about preventing son preference in schools

3  Women’s education about male participation in perinatal care

4  Planning to help single pregnant women

5  Educating men about problems related to unwanted pregnancy and abortion

5  Correcting women’s misconceptions about male participation in perinatal care

6  Adolescents’ education about the risks of pregnancy and abortion

7  Academic researches to eliminate son preference

8  Gaining support from policy makers to promote the male participation in perinatal care

9  Develop community educational programs to promote male participation in perinatal care

10  Promotion of male participation in perinatal care services through the media

Teaching “Parenting” in schools

Considering male personnel to provide perinatal services to men

Training male perinatal care providers to respond to men’s problems

Promoting male participation for making informed decision about method of childbirth

Promoting men’s awareness about methods of childbirth

Devoting appropriate time for men’s perinatal services

Engaging volunteers to help in providing “parenting” services

Employment of personnel to provide services to without any discrimination for men or women

Providing services for diagnosis, treatment and follow up of male sexually transmitted diseases

Providing counseling services for high-risk sexual behavior cases

Providing sexual health counseling services by trained personnel

Considering appropriate physical conditions for men’s attendance in perinatal services

Integrating prenatal health comments in premarital counseling programs

Planning to correct misbeliefs of the providers about male participation providers about male participation

Providing friendly care services for pregnant women with AIDS

Recommending condom use to men with high-risk sexual behaviors

Management of workload for integrating paternal services in perinatal care services

Education of reproductive health rights in universities

Developing guidelines to protect rights of pregnant mothers in temporary marriage

Girls’ education about the risks of pregnancy and abortion in schools

Training care providers about sexual health and rights of pregnant mothers

Developing guidelines to protect abused pregnant women

Providing effective counseling for post-abortion clients

Providing premarital counseling about risks of adolescents’ pregnancy for teenage couples

Providing counseling to men about paternal role

Providing counseling for post-abortion clients

Providing special care and counseling before and after HIV testing of parents

Scheduling perinatal care visits for men

Evaluation of men’s health in perinatal care services

Defining the Indices for Men’s Participation for quality of care assessment

​​ Increasing personnel’s awareness about male participation

Paternal needs assessment using indicators

Counseling for solving paternal adaptation problems

Monitoring the performance of the private sectors in promoting male participation

Couple’s training about methods of childbirth

Educating couples about the effect of partner’s sexual high-risk behaviors on maternal and fetus health

Men’s education about sexual health by educational booklets

Providing special sexual health education for pregnant adolescents