“Learning to become a better man”: Insights from a fathering programme for incarcerated Indigenous men

Abstract

This paper reports a qualitative study of incarcerated Indigenous fathers in Australia, using a framework of generative fathering. Researchers interviewed 28 imprisoned

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men and parenting: a scoping review

“…A further 212 papers were excluded following full text review. At the end of study selection, eight papers (Jia 2000;Newell et al 2006; Males in Black Inc. and UnitingCare Wesley Port Pirie 2010; Parker 2010; Hammond 2011; Kurti et al 2013;Collard et al 2016;Rossiter et al 2017) were found to have met the inclusion criteria and were included in the review. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) diagram provides a graphical representation of the search strategy results ( Fig.…”

“Being a father”: constructions of fatherhood by men with absent fathers

“…Unemployment, poverty, lack of education, addiction, mental illness, insufficient social support, or living separately from his children will all affect a man's capacity to parent effectively and maintain relationships (Castillo et al, 2011;Hoffman, 2011;Rossiter et al, 2017). Fathers who do not live with their children also face structural barriers to involvement such as distance, time and expenses (Castillo et al, 2011).…”

When parenting does not ‘come naturally’: providers’ perspectives on parenting education for incarcerated mothers and fathers

“…A major short-coming of the parenting programs is the difficulty for many incarcerated parents to practise their newly-gained knowledge and skills with their children, due to limited or no access visits, or the uncomfortable or forbidding environments in which visits do take place. This lack of opportunity to regularly practise their parenting skills in authentic and safe situations does not allow for reinforcement and consolidation of knowledge (Fowler et al 2017;Rossiter et al 2015). The respondents indicated that providing parent education and support would facilitate incarcerated parents' contact with their children, give them a positive strategy to assist in communication with their children and strengthen post-release reunification with their families (Celinska and Siegal 2010;Geller 2013;Geller et al 2009).…”

“…Other papers from this study explore the incarcerated parents' experiences of participating in parenting programs (Rossiter et al 2015;2017;Fowler et al 2017).…”

“…Sessions are approximately two hours long and address topics as: communication, child development and behaviour, and child safety. The wider study identified that the majority of prisoners who participated in this research have never previously participated in any parenting education activities (Rossiter et al 2017).…”