Promoting Father Involvement for Child and Family Health

Allport, Brandon S.; Johnson, Sara B.; Aqil, Anushka; Labrique, Alain; Nelson, Timothy J.; Kc, Angela; Carabas, Yorghos; Marcell, Arik V.

doi:10.1016/j.acap.2018.03.011

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“…Our ndings agree with research showing that despite paternal engagement in child and family care rising signi cantly during the pandemic mothers undertook more childcare (Andrew et al, 2020b;Craig & Churchill, 2020). Additionally, they are in line with past research highlighting the importance of paternal involvement in childcare for a harmonious stressfree family life (Allport et al, 2018). Although we did not examine speci cally if mothers spent more time caring/homeschooling while working compared to fathers, it was reported as one of the most challenging aspects of the lockdown.…”

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Coping with homeschooling and caring for children during the UK COVID-19 lockdown: voices of working mothers 

Kallitsoglou

Topalli

2021

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We examined working mothers’ experiences and feelings about homeschooling and caring for children while working during the summer 2020 COVID-19 lockdown in the UK. Eligible mothers were invited to participating in an on-line survey of open-ended questions that was distributed via social media between mid - June to mid-August 2020. Participants (n = 47; Mage = 39.6, range = 28 to 54 years) were predominantly white married working mothers and most had a higher education degree. The experience of combining homeschooling/caring while working was perceived difficult by many mothers and it was associated with feelings of stress about managing competing demands concurrently, guilt for not meeting the child’s needs, and worry over child socioemotional well-being and academic learning. Support from partner, work, and school were instrumental in improving maternal experience and emotional state. Finally, coping strategies that reflect mindfulness practices for stress management, were associated with positive experiences and feelings.

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Coping with homeschooling and caring for children during the UK COVID-19 lockdown: voices of working mothers 

Kallitsoglou

Topalli

2021

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“…We did not examine child marriage among boys, which was about the same as the percentage of girls married at less than 18 years of age 16 . Future research should explore whether the effects of early childbearing on child undernutrition work through paternal pathways, especially in light of transitioning gender roles and efforts to shift the focus of paediatric care from the mother-child dyad to the mother-father-child triad 28 …”

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Social, biological, and programmatic factors linking adolescent pregnancy and early childhood undernutrition: a path analysis of India's 2016 National Family and Health Survey

Nguyen

Scott

Neupane

et al. 2019

The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health

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Summary Background Adolescent pregnancy and child undernutrition are major social and public health concerns. We aimed to examine associations between adolescent pregnancy and child undernutrition in India, where one in five adolescents live, and one in three of the world's stunted children. Methods Data were from India's fourth National Family Health Survey, 2015–16. Primiparous women aged 15–49 years who gave birth between 2010 and 2016 were classified on the basis of age at first birth: 10–19 years (adolescence), 20–24 years (young adulthood), and 25 years or older (adulthood). Primary outcomes were anthropometric measures of offspring undernutrition. Multivariable regression and structural equation models were used to understand the extent to which these measures were linked to adolescent pregnancy and the potential social, biological, and programmatic pathways. Findings Of the 60 096 women in the sample, 14 107 (25%) first gave birth during adolescence. Children born to adolescent mothers had lower Z scores for length or height-for-age (mean difference −0·53 SD), weight-for-age (–0·40 SD), and weight-for-length or height (–0·16 SD) than children born to adult mothers. Compared with adult mothers, adolescent mothers were shorter (–1·21 cm, 95% CI −1·78 to −0·65), more likely to be underweight (18 percentage points, 15–21) and anaemic (8 percentage points, 6–11), less likely to access health services (–4 to −15 percentage points), and had poorer complementary feeding practices (–3 to −9 percentage points). Adolescent mothers also had less education (–3·30 years, 95% CI −3·68 to −2·91), less bargaining power (–7 to −15 percentage points), and lived in poorer households (–0·66 SD, 96% CI −0·82 to −0·50) with poorer sanitation (–28 percentage points, −32 to −24). In the path analysis, these intermediate factors predicted child anthropometry, with the strongest links being mother's education (18%), socioeconomic status (13%), and weight (15%). Interpretation Children born to adolescent mothers are at risk of being undernourished. Adolescent pregnancy is related to child undernutrition through poor maternal nutritional status, lower education, less health service access, poor complementary feeding practices, and poor living conditions. Policies and programmes to delay pregnancy and promote women's rights could help break the intergenerational cycle of undernutrition through many routes. Funding Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation through Partnerships and Opportunities to Strengthen and Harmonize Actions for Nutrition in India, led by the International Food Policy Research Institute.

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“…Lewis & Lamb, 2003). A growing body of research has linked father involvement with various child and maternal health outcomes (Allport et al, 2018;J. Jeong et al, 2016;C.…”

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Father involvement in the first year of life: Associations with maternal mental health and child development outcomes in rural Pakistan

Maselko

Hagaman

Bates

et al. 2019

Social Science & Medicine

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The contribution of fathers to child development and maternal mental health is increasingly acknowledged, although research on this topic outside of high income countries is limited. Using longitudinal data, we characterized father involvement in a rural setting in Pakistan and investigated the link between father involvement in the first year of life and child development and maternal depression. Data come from the Bachpan study, a birth cohort established in the context of a perinatal depression intervention. Father involvement was mother reported at 3 and 12 months postpartum and covered domains such as playing with or soothing the infant. Child outcomes included growth at 3, 6 and 12 months postpartum, socioemotional development at 6 months (Ages and Stages Questionnaire-socioemotional), and developmental milestones at 12 months (Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development, BSID)). Maternal depression was assessed at 3, 6, and 12 months postpartum. Roughly 20% of the fathers were temporarily nonresident. Among the rest, most mothers reported that fathers were involved: for example, approximately 40% reported that the father plays with the baby on a typical day. We observed no clear pattern of association between 3-month father involvement and child growth at any time point; however, 12-month father involvement was cross-sectionally inversely associated with child growth. We observed a protective pattern of association between 3-month father involvement and 6-month child socioemotional development. For the BSID domains, while almost all effect estimates suggested a protective association with higher levels of father involvement/father being temporarily non-resident, the magnitude of the estimates was smaller and most 95% confidence intervals crossed the null. Finally, there was a trend toward greater father involvement/being temporary non-resident predicting lower levels of maternal depression. Using longitudinal data, these results provide new evidence about the association between father involvement, and both child development and maternal mental health.

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Promoting Father Involvement for Child and Family Health

Cited by 75 publications

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Coping with homeschooling and caring for children during the UK COVID-19 lockdown: voices of working mothers

Coping with homeschooling and caring for children during the UK COVID-19 lockdown: voices of working mothers

Social, biological, and programmatic factors linking adolescent pregnancy and early childhood undernutrition: a path analysis of India's 2016 National Family and Health Survey

Father involvement in the first year of life: Associations with maternal mental health and child development outcomes in rural Pakistan

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Coping with homeschooling and caring for children during the UK COVID-19 lockdown: voices of working mothers&nbsp;

Coping with homeschooling and caring for children during the UK COVID-19 lockdown: voices of working mothers&nbsp;

Social, biological, and programmatic factors linking adolescent pregnancy and early childhood undernutrition: a path analysis of India's 2016 National Family and Health Survey

Father involvement in the first year of life: Associations with maternal mental health and child development outcomes in rural Pakistan

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Coping with homeschooling and caring for children during the UK COVID-19 lockdown: voices of working mothers

Coping with homeschooling and caring for children during the UK COVID-19 lockdown: voices of working mothers