A Method to Help New Fathers Develop Parenting Skills

Fathers’ Perceptions of the Immediate Postpartal Period

“…It has been known for quite some time that fathers' participation in childcare is greatly augmented by infor-Nurses can make a difference through better knowledge of the fathers' experiences. mation (Dulac, 1998;Geifer & Nelson, 1981;Wandersman, 1980).…”

Fathers’ Parenting Attitudes During a Child’s First Year

“…Studies by Fein (1976), Giefer andNelson (1981), Wandersman (1980), and Wente and Crockenberg (1976) indicated that fathers were more likely to participate in the care of their infants if they had a basic understanding of infant care. Wente and Crockenberg reported that fathers need more parenting information than that provided by prenatal classes.…”

Development and Evaluation of an Infant‐care Training Program With First‐time Fathers

“…Reprints and copies of the training manual and task analyses may be obtained from Ronald Dachman, North Suburban Center for the Arthritic Diseases, Ltd., 455 South Roselle Road, Suite 100, Schaumburg, Illinois 60193. uation of infant-care training programs for expectant fathers. One artide describes a program to teach fathers a number of infant-care skills, induding folding and changing a diaper, bottle feeding, and holding a newborn (Giefer & Nelson, 1981). The program appeared to be successful in teaching these skills; however, this finding is attenuated by methodological weaknesses induding the use of a one group posttest only design (Cook & Campbell, 1979), lack of performance criterion levels, no reliability data on performance, and reliance on a 4-item questionnaire as the sole outcome measure.…”