Working with fathers to improve children's well-being
Results of a survey exploring service provision and intervention approach in the UK
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11339136 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jonathan Scourfield (0000-0001-6218-8158, Cardiff University, corresponding author), Sin Yi Cheung (0000-0002-9913-1451, Cardiff University), Geraldine Macdonald (0000-0002-6846-7235, Queen's University Belfast) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Pages | 40-50 |
| Publication date | 2014-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Children and Youth Services Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0190-7409 • E-ISSN: 1873-7765 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.childyouth.2014.04.009 |
| OpenAlex | W2104881433 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 19 |
| References cited | 18 |
Interventions for fathers are a recent growth area in family services. Although some specific approaches are beginning to be evaluated, there is little known about what kinds of interventions are more generally being used in practice. A web-based survey of practitioners was conducted in the UK, with contact being made via local authority service managers. Two hundred and twenty-one responses were received from 53% of local authorities. Both interventions specifically for fathers and services for both parents were targeted in the survey. Results are reported on organisational location; targeting of services; type of intervention; numbers and percentages of men attending services, recruitment of fathers; evaluation strategies; and ideological and theoretical approaches. Numbers of fathers engaged are relatively low – e.g. the median annual number of fathers attending structured parenting courses was eight and in courses for both parents, 21% of those attending were men. Responses on ideological and theoretical approaches suggest that overt gender politics play only a small part, but that the dominant views of practitioners are in line with mainstream approaches to parenting support. Cognitive and behavioral approaches were the most popular
Developmental psychology · Ideology · Intervention (counseling · Mainstream · Medical education · Political science · Politics · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Service (business · Early Childhood Education and Development · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 19 |
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| Citations per year | 1,58 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2026 (13) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 19 |