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Working with fathers to improve children’s well-being: What’s going on out there?

Working with fathers to improve children’s well-being: What’s going on out there?. Jonathan Scourfield Cardiff University. Why work with fathers?. There is plenty of evidence that fathers influence long-term outcomes for children, positively and negatively.

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Working with fathers to improve children’s well-being: What’s going on out there?

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  1. Working with fathers to improve children’s well-being: What’s going on out there? • Jonathan Scourfield Cardiff University

  2. Why work with fathers? • There is plenty of evidence that fathers influence long-term outcomes for children, positively and negatively. • Evidence on interventions is less clear • Relatively little evidence for fathers specifically • What we do know shows a mixed picture • Parenting interventions involving fathers as well as mothers are more effective (Lundahlet al., 2008) • But fathers gain less from some parenting programmes than mothers (Wilson et al., 2012)

  3. Practitioner survey Web-based (qualtrics) 221 respondents from 53% of UK local authorities • 63% universal services • 29% targeted on fathers who are vulnerable or in need of support • 8% specialist services for fathers with complex needs

  4. The commonest named interventions * The only one for fathers only

  5. Numbers of fathers in last 12 months

  6. Intervention ideology

  7. Intervention theory

  8. Recruiting fathers to interventions • Attitudinal orientation • Assumption of fathers’ involvement from the start • Better data and recording systems • Flexible working hours • Special events for fathers and children • Providing food as a draw • Acknowledging the need for cultural diversity • Recruitment via mothers • Use of text messaging and email We need to know more about what works in recruiting fathers. Contact me if interested (scourfield@cardiff.ac.uk)

  9. http://workingwithfathers.weebly.com/ References Lundahl, B., Tollefson, D., Risser, H. and Lovejoy, M. (2008) A meta-analysis of father involvement in parent training. Research on Social Work Practice 18: 97-106. Wilson, P., Rush, R., Hussey, S., Puckering, C., Sim, F., Allely, C.S., Doku, P., McConnachie, A. and Gillberg, C. (2012) How evidence-based is an 'evidence-based parenting program'? A PRISMA systematic review and meta-analysis of Triple P. BMC Medicine, 10:130.

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