Table 6 The GS-PNCS at the End of Psychometric Properties Assessment

1

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

2

Develop community educational programs to promote male participation in perinatal care

3

Promotion of male participation in perinatal care services through the media

4

Correcting women’s misconceptions about male participation in perinatal care

5

Women’s education about male participation in perinatal care

6

Educating men about problems related to unwanted pregnancy and abortion

7

Adolescents’ education about the risks of pregnancy and abortion

8

Teaching "Parenting" in schools

9

Education about preventing son preference in schools

10

Academic researches to eliminate son preference

11

Planning to help single pregnant women

12

Planning programs for enhancing male participation in perinatal care

13

Considering male personnel to provide perinatal services to men

14

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

15

Promoting men’s awareness about methods of childbirth

16

Promoting male participation for making informed decision about method of childbirth

17

Developing guidelines to protect abused pregnant women

18

Developing guidelines to protect rights of pregnant mothers in temporary marriage

19

Training care providers about sexual health and rights of pregnant mothers

20

Girls’ education about the risksof pregnancy and abortion in schools

21

Education of reproductive health rights in universities

22

Devoting appropriate time for men’s perinatal services

23

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

24

Providing counseling services for high-risk sexual behavior cases

25

Providing sexual health counseling services by trained personnel

26

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

27

Engaging volunteers to help in providing "parenting" services.

28

​​ Increasing personnel’s awareness about male participation

29

Paternal needs assessment using indicators

30

Counseling for solving paternal adaptation problems

31

Monitoring the performance of the private sectors in promoting male participation

32

Couple’s training about methods of childbirth

33

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

34

Integrating prenatal health comments in premarital counseling programs

35

Planning to correct misbeliefs of the providers about male participation

36

Providing friendly care services for pregnant women with AIDS

37

Recommending condom use to men with high-risk sexual behaviors

38

Management of workload for integrating paternal services in perinatal care services

39

Scheduling perinatal care visits for men

40

Evaluation of men’s health in perinatal care services

41

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

42

Providing care for post abortion patients

43

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

44

Providing counseling to men about paternal role

45

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

46

Providing counseling for post-abortion clients

47

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

48

Men’s education about sexual health by educational booklets

49

Providing special sexual health education for pregnant adolescents