First-time fathers experiences of their prenatal preparation in relation to challenges met in the early parenthood period: Implications for early parenthood preparation

Pålsson, Petra; Persson, Eva-Kristina; Ekelin, Maria; Hallström, Inger; Kvist, Linda J.

doi:10.1016/j.midw.2017.03.021

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“…These are factors that might in part be preventable. Focus on both parents' relationship with their child is important (May & Fletcher, 2013;Pålsson et al, 2017;Vikström & Barimani, 2016) and the meaning of equal parenting and partner communication should be discussed in parental preparation to help both mothers and their partners create realistic expectations.…”

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“I Didn’t Know What to Ask About”: First-Time Mothers’ Conceptions of Prenatal Preparation for the Early Parenthood Period

Pålsson¹,

Kvist²,

Ekelin³

et al. 2018

J Perinat Educ

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The aim of this phenomenographic study was to describe first-time mothers’ conceptions of prenatal preparation for the early parenthood period in relation to their experiences of early parenthood. Eighteen first-time mothers were interviewed approximately 1 month after giving birth. The categories identified in the analysis were: accessing appropriate sources of support, gaining knowledge to form realistic expectations, and mobilizing and strengthening personal resources. First-time mothers want health professionals to actively address postnatal issues as they have difficulties in knowing prenatally what knowledge will prepare them for early parenthood. Both professional and peer support during pregnancy were conceived as important for gaining knowledge. Professionals can support by guidance to reliable sources of information and encouraging personal reflections and partner communication.

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“I Didn’t Know What to Ask About”: First-Time Mothers’ Conceptions of Prenatal Preparation for the Early Parenthood Period

Pålsson¹,

Kvist²,

Ekelin³

et al. 2018

J Perinat Educ

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“…It might therefore be a challenge for health care personal to include fathers/partners during pregnancy. Also, to support their contacts with other expectant parents . This vulnerable group of fathers/partners also reported poorer health, living a lifestyle with hazardous alcohol consumption and smoking in addition to having a less favourable socioeconomic situation (i.e.…”

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Lifestyle factors, self‐reported health and sense of coherence among fathers/partners in relation to risk for depression and anxiety in early pregnancy

Finnbogadóttir

Persson

2018

Scandinavian Caring Sciences

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Background Father's health is important for mothers and unborn/newborn children and knowledge about expectant fathers’ health in relation to lifestyle and psychosocial aspects is essential. Aims To determine sociodemographic and lifestyle factors, self‐reported health and sense of coherence among fathers and partners in relation to their risk for depression and anxiety in early pregnancy. Methods A cross‐sectional design, descriptive statistics, chi‐squared analysis, T‐test, binary logistic regression, multiple logistic regression with OR and 95% CI were used. Results A total of 532 prospective fathers/partners constituted the cohort (mean age 31.55, SD 5.47 years). Nearly, one in ten (9.8%) had a statistically high risk for depression; mainly those who were unemployed (p = 0.043), had financial distress (0.001), reported ‘very or fairly bad’ health (p = 0.002), had a ‘very or fairly bad’ sexual satisfaction (p = 0.006) and scored low on the SOC scale (p < 0.001). They smoked more often (p = 0.003) were hazardous users of alcohol (p = 0.001) and slept with difficulties (p = 0.001). Those with sleeping difficulties were 5.7 times more likely to have several symptoms of depression (p = 0.001). Hazardous users of alcohol and smokers had 3.1 respectively 3.0 times higher risk for depression (p = 0.001 respectively 0.003). The single strongest risk factor was a low score on the SOC‐scale which gave 10.6 (AOR 10.6; 95% CI 5.4–20.6) higher risk for depression. High‐anxiety ‘just now’ was reported by 8.9% and ‘in general’ by 7.9%, and those who had sleeping difficulties reported ‘very or fairly bad’ health (p < 0.001). Conclusions Allocating more resources and introducing more family‐focused care with depression and anxiety screening in early pregnancy for both expecting parents at antenatal care should be strongly considered by actors and policymakers, as this is a step in maintaining a family's well‐being.

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“…As fathers are currently not seen as equal parents in traditional parental groups , one way to better support fathers, and focus on issues relevant to fatherhood, is to provide parental groups that only invite fathers. The father group leaders emphasised these groups as a relevant place for the fathers to share their experiences about parenthood, which is in accordance with earlier research describing that fathers request more focus on parenthood and less medical focus in parental groups .…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Although parental groups are seen by parents as beneficial and are led by knowledgeable professionals, multiple international and Swedish review articles note that fathers feel excluded, as midwives and nurses sometimes do not focus on their needs . This lack of support can leave fathers feeling helpless, anxious, and excluded , therefore, pressuring mothers to take on more child‐rearing responsibilities . In Sweden, only about one‐quarter of fathers state that these courses increase their social network with other parents , and after 1 year, most of the information is either not useful to fathers or is not remembered .…”

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Father group leaders' experiences of creating an arena for father support – A qualitative study

Kerstis

Wells

Andersson

2017

Scandinavian Caring Sciences

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The father group leaders described how participants often have high education levels and orderly social circumstances. The leaders described that the groups increased the fathers' reflection about parenthood, which could benefit the whole family in both the short and long term. The father group leaders reported that some of the topics in the sessions directly influenced fathers to discuss issues regarding equality and their co-parenting relationship. They also argued that participating in father groups might help convince fathers to take more parental leave and build stronger relationships with their partner and child.

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First-time fathers experiences of their prenatal preparation in relation to challenges met in the early parenthood period: Implications for early parenthood preparation

Cited by 59 publications

References 36 publications

“I Didn’t Know What to Ask About”: First-Time Mothers’ Conceptions of Prenatal Preparation for the Early Parenthood Period

“I Didn’t Know What to Ask About”: First-Time Mothers’ Conceptions of Prenatal Preparation for the Early Parenthood Period

Lifestyle factors, self‐reported health and sense of coherence among fathers/partners in relation to risk for depression and anxiety in early pregnancy

Father group leaders' experiences of creating an arena for father support – A qualitative study

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