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Filter by:The aim of this study is to provide infant care training to fathers and to measure father-infant attachment and maternal postpartum depression and quality of life.
Based on findings from our prior trials with parents of children with learning and attentional disabilities and parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (Kuhlthau et al., 2020; Park et al., 2020; IRB approved: #:2016P001622 and 2016P002037 respectively), the investigators propose to pilot test and refine the adapted resiliency intervention (SMART-3RP) among fathers of children with special health care needs.
Postnatal depression (PND) is a type of depression that can occur in some parents after the birth of their baby. PND has been estimated to affect 1 in 10 new parents; mothers in particular are at an increased risk of developing PND in the first year after childbirth. Symptoms of PND include a persistent feeling of sadness or low mood, a lack of enjoyment and loss of interest in the wider world, lack of energy and feeling tired all the time, difficulty bonding with your baby, withdrawing from contact with other people and problems concentrating and making decisions. Research has shown that mothers with PND have more cognitive, behavioural and interpersonal issues, and lower mood, energy and concentration than mothers without PND. Current treatments for PND include self-help resources, support from local and national organisations, psychological therapy or antidepressants with varying success rates. Further research is required to investigate accessible, cost-effective preventions or treatments for new mothers who are at risk or have been diagnosed with PND. There is also a pressing need to investigate natural alternatives to medication, especially for breastfeeding mothers who do not want to expose their infants to pharmaceuticals through breast milk. Flavonoids are naturally occurring compounds found in high levels in foods such as berry and citrus fruits, leafy green vegetables, tea, dark chocolate and red wine. Evidence suggests that consumption of high flavonoid foods can improve health and cognitive outcomes. Prior research investigating daily dietary flavonoid intervention in a postnatal population for 2 weeks indicated significantly higher physical quality of life and significantly lower state anxiety in mothers of infants under 1 year old, at the end of the intervention. These benefits were not observed in the control group. This data shows promise for the management of mood in a key period for mothers and their babies, where risk of PND is high. The research aim of the current study will be to further these investigations to see whether implementation of a high flavonoid diet across a 2 week period positively affects maternal mental health, specifically mood, anxiety, depressive symptoms and perceived quality of life. The study will involve recruiting mothers of infants under 6 months old to take part in an online study investigating diet and mental health. Mothers will be assigned to either a high flavonoid diet or a control condition for 2 weeks. They will complete online questionnaires (Positive and Negative Affect Scale (PANAS), Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), Postpartum-Specific Anxiety Scale (PSAS), World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL), State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) and Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ) at the start (day 0) and end (day 14) of the dietary intervention. In this study, a sub-sample of fathers will also be recruited to take part in the same study to assess if dietary or mood outcomes are similar or different in this population. This pilot data will inform future research of dietary interventions in new fathers. The study does not pose ethical issues. Participants will be asked to complete non-invasive questionnaires about their mood and quality of life. For those in the high flavonoid group the change to diet will not be extreme; this group will be encouraged to include 2 items from a list of high flavonoid foods in their daily food consumption. All participants will be provided with helplines and web links upon debrief should they wish to seek further support. The helplines provided will be Samaritans UK and PANDAs Foundation. Web links to NHS, MIND and the Association for Postnatal Illness will also be listed.
The purpose of this study is to assess the acceptability and feasibility of screening common mental health difficulties in fathers and partners of women accessing perinatal mental health services.
The main hypothesis of this study is that Kangaroo Father Care (KFC) will positively impact acute physiologic and long-term behavioral outcomes in infants, fathers, and families.
The majority of men experiencing opioid use disorder and receiving treatment are fathers. Substance use, transitions between in-patient and out-patient treatment, and reunification as a family, all create considerable strain and are predictive of a host of negative long-term outcomes including increased rates of relapse for fathers and elevated risk for behavioral, emotional, and substance use problems in their children. Evidence-based parenting interventions for fathers are lacking in general, yet are exceedingly rare for fathers participating in opioid use disorder treatment, even though the extant research literature suggests the integration of services is not only timely but may help engage and retain fathers in treatment and produce protective factors for children. The goal of this project is to develop and evaluate a prototype of a usable innovative web-based program that integrates existing evidence-based parenting programs, yet tailored specifically to fathers with opioid use disorder and designed for the opioid treatment context in order to promote the implementation and dissemination of father specific empirically-supported treatment.
The purpose of this study is to identify changes in parenting, relationship, and financial responsibility outcomes among program participants and to identify processes through which the Dads' Club program affects performance outcomes.
Breastfeeding is recommended for preterm infants. Development of breastfeeding is an important issue, requiring the involvement of medical and paramedical staff in neonatal units. There are few data concerning the fathers of preterm infants. However, the role of the father is identified in the literature as a key factor in the initiation and continuation of breastfeeding. In our neonatal unit care, reasons for breastfeeding high rates are not identified but may be related to the father being in close and constant contact with the medical and paramedical staff. In fact, fathers are often first in contact with caregivers. They can be invested in the implementation of nursing care, skin to skin, as well as being asked to support the development of their child in the service and at home. The aims of this study are to: - Analyze the beliefs, social representations and the experience of the fathers of premature infants hospitalized in intensive care unit concerning breastfeeding. - Analyze the factors facilitating and inhibiting the initiation and continuation of breastfeeding. - Consider strategies of care and support that can be used for the families of premature infants and of children born at term. - Explore the expectations of medical staff with regards to the management of children and families, their practices, identify the role attributed to the father. - Initiate and facilitate reflexivity of medical and paramedical staff about their respective practices
The purpose of this study is to determine the efficacy of Family Foundations that is to be delivered concurrently with home visiting. Delivered prenatally and postnatally, Family Foundations is a coparenting prevention program for new mothers and fathers that is designed to optimize child outcomes by teaching parents how to work together in raising their child. Using a randomized clinical trial design, families will be assigned to receive Family Foundations + home visiting or home visiting alone. A comprehensive assessment is administered at baseline and then at post-intervention, and 9 and 18 months later. It is hypothesized that families receiving Family Foundations will improve in their resolving of conflict from pre-intervention through follow-up. Additional anticipated outcomes are that those receiving the intervention will have more involved fathers, mothers and fathers will report less conflict, and children will have better emotional and behavioral outcomes relative to those who receive home visiting alone.