Fatherhood Education with Latino Fathers: A Mixed-Method Evaluation

Considering Contextual Influences on Fatherhood Program Participants’ Experiences

“…Group differences were explored based on geographic setting of the programs (rural or urban), race of the father, and sequencing of services (case management and parenting classes). While a few recent fatherhood programs focus on specific racial and ethnic populations of fathers (e.g., Native fathers: Kelley, Small, and Charani 2020; Latino fathers: Turner et al 2023), there is a general lack of attention to race and ethnicity in most fatherhood evaluations. There are no studies of fatherhood programs that have considered the participant and program characteristics examined in this study individually or jointly as moderators.…”

“…One recent study found that race was not a significant predictor of program attrition, although the sample was majority White participants (Laxman, Higginbotham, and Bradford 2019). To our knowledge, no study has explored differences in individual outcomes after fatherhood program participation by race, although there have been a handful of studies that have assessed individual outcomes within specific racial subgroups (e.g., Latino fathers: Concha et al 2016; Turner et al 2023 Black fathers: Roy and Dyson 2010; Native fathers: Kelley et al 2020). A qualitative evaluation of mostly Black (84%) fatherhood program participants (Holcomb et al 2015) indicated that men in the PACT evaluation experienced childhoods marked by financial and family instability and comparison studies demonstrate differing levels of economic stability by race (Joshi et al 2022), suggesting Black fathers may be especially prone to enter fatherhood programs with economic challenges.…”