Objective: This study aims to determine the effect of planned educatıon made on the web envıronment for fathers wıth preterm chıldren on the perceptıon of the role of fathers and care skılls
Methods: This research, planned in a quasi-experimental type, involved 30 study-30 control groups of fathers. The data were collected web-based using the Introductory fact sheet, marriage fit scale, fatherhood role perception scale, and successful test for prematurely born baby care. In the analysis of the data, descriptive statistics, chi-square, t-test in independent groups, and analysis of variance were used in repeated measurements.
Results: The mean age of fathers was 29.46±4.52 for working group fathers and 31.6±4.78 for control group fathers. After web-based education, it was found that the average score for marital compliance was higher in working group fathers than fathers in the control group. It was determined that the perceptions of the fatherhood role were high after education, especially among fathers in the study group. Positive perceptions of fatherhood role from the lower dimensions of the scale and perceptions of fatherhood role in child sexuality were found to be high in the lower dimension of the scoring average, and negative perceptions of fatherhood role were low in the lower dimension score average.
Conclusion: According to our research results, the web-based education-oriented initiative was found to be effective in fathers' marital harmony, fatherhood role perception, and success tests. This study is a good indicator that an innovative approach can be effective in education. It is recommended that this topic be examined in a qualitative dimension with different research designs with more widely attended samples.