PIMH: Fathers

• Dad Info
  Provides essential information for fathers on becoming a father, relationships with children, rights at work, separation and divorce.
  
  Publisher: Dad Info Ltd
  Published Date: 2009
  
  
• Postnatal depression: fathers have it too
  In a meta-analysis of 43 studies, published in JAMA on May 19, James Paulson and Sharnail Bazemore concluded that the overall rate of paternal depression between the first trimester and 1 year after birth was 10·4%—more ...
  
  Publisher: The Lancet
  Published Date: 2010
  
  
• Fatherhood report
  Report that explores the links between young people's relationships with their fathers and their mothers, and their well-being and self-esteem.
  
  Publisher: The Children's Society
  Published Date: 2010
  
  
• Collecting fathers' contact details: what the law says
  Making sure your agency registers key information about all dads as a matter of course is a MUST. In fact for all agency staff to ROUTINELY gather such details is the single most important step to engaging with substanti ...
  
  Publisher: Fatherhood Institute
  Published Date: 2010
  
  
• Fatherhood Institute Research Summary: Fathers and postnatal depression
  This is the updated version of a report first published in April 2010 which looks at the father’s role in mothers’ depression and the prevalence of depression among new fathers, as well as its impact on infants and child ...
  
  Publisher: Fatherhood Institute
  Published Date: 2010
  
  
• CAFCA Practice sheet: engaging fathers in child and family services
  For a variety of reasons, fathers are less likely to engage in contact with child and family services. However, in recent years, fathers have become more involved in parenting and research has shown that this involvement ...
  
  Publisher: Communities and Families Clearinghouse Australia (CAFCA)
  Published Date: 2010
  
  
• The fatherhood report 2010-11: the fairness in families index - an international index to measure egalitarian parenting in high income countries
  The new ‘Fairness in Families’ index showing countries’ ability to support equal parenting, published by the Fatherhood Institute, is the first of its kind, drawing on OECD data and validated by an international advisory ...
  
  Publisher: The Fatherhood Institute
  Published Date: 2010
  
  
• Working with risky fathers - Fathers matter volume 3: research findings on working with domestically abusive fathers and their involvement with children’s social care services
  This two-year research project, builds upon previous studies which examined barriers to the way in which fathers of children in need, at risk, or in care, are involved by Children's Services. The research recognized the ...
  
  Publisher: Family Rights Group
  Published Date: 2011
  
  
• Men in families and family policy in a changing world
  A United Nations report argues that traditional fatherhood is being replaced by more fluid and flexible relationships between fathers and offspring across many parts of the world. ‘Social fatherhood’ is now the norm for ...
  
  Publisher: Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations
  Published Date: 2011
  
  
• Working with young fathers in children’s centres
  New article on the Supporting Young Fathers Network website. It provides an exploration of how Children’s Centres engage with young fathers in practice and the key issues involved.
  
  Publisher: Young People in Focus
  Published Date: 2011
  
  
• Fathers' depression related to positive and negative parenting behaviors with 1-year-old children
  OBJECTIVE To examine the associations between depression in fathers of 1-year-old children and specific positive and negative parenting behaviors discussed by pediatric providers at well-child visits
  
  Publisher: Pediatrics
  Published Date: 2011
  
  
• Exploration of the links among fathers' unresolved states of mind with respect to attachment, atypical paternal behavior, and disorganized infant–father attachment
  Atypical maternal behavior has consistently been identified as a precursor of disorganized infant–mother attachment, but to date, no research has examined the role of atypical paternal behavior in the development of diso ...
  
  Publisher: Infant Mental Health Journal
  Published Date: 2011
  
  
• Anxiety and depression in women and men from early pregnancy to 3-months postpartum
  To investigate high-anxiety and depression in women and men from early pregnancy to 3-months postpartum, 260 Portuguese couples filled in the State-Anxiety Inventory and the Edinburgh Post-Natal Depression Scale at the f ...
  
  Publisher: Archives of Women's Mental Health
  Published Date: 2011
  
  
• Changing fatherhood: an exploratory qualitative study with African and African Caribbean men in England
  This paper presents findings from a qualitative study undertaken with 46 African and African Caribbean men exploring their experiences of fatherhood. Data analysis was informed by Connell’s theoretical work on changing g ...
  
  Publisher: Children & Society
  Published Date: 2011
  
  
• Fathering in Australia among couple families with young children: Research highlights
  New information about fathering in Australia has recently been published, in a report titled Fathering in Australia Among Couple Families With Young Children (Baxter & Smart, 2010). The report aimed to increase under ...
  
  Publisher: Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS)
  Published Date: 2011
  
  
• What difference can fathers make? Early paternal absence compromises Peruvian children's growth
  Considerable evidence suggests that fathers' absence from home has a negative short- and long-term impact on children's health, psychosocial development, cognition and educational experience. The researchers assessed the ...
  
  Publisher: Maternal and Child Nutrition
  Published Date: 2012
  
  
• Using video feedback to improve early father–infant interaction: a pilot study
  Preventive interventions with parents of infants have tended to focus on mothers. Recent research focused on fathers suggests that their involvement in interventions might enhance effectiveness. One effective approach wi ...
  
  Publisher: Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry
  Published Date: 2012
  
  
• Dad and partner pay: implications for policy-makers and practitioners
  On 1 January 2013, Australia introduced two weeks of government-funded Dad and partner pay for eligible working fathers or partners, including adopting parents and same-sex partner parents. This paper uses existing liter ...
  
  Publisher: Child Family Community Australia, Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS)
  Published Date: 2013