Bringing Fathers In is a series of smart, punchy, evidence-based information sheets backed up with a series of online research summaries.
The Fatherhood Institute is pledging its support to the 1001 Critical Days campaign – relaunched in the UK Parliament this week by a cross-party group of MPs.
Jeremy Davies writes:
This morning we were contacted by a radio journalist who wanted us to comment on a study suggesting that, and I quote, “it might be best for dads not to be present at the birth of their children”.
Jeremy Davies writes:
Two years ago the Fatherhood Institute published a global research review which identified and explored the evidence on parenting and other programmes’ promotion of father-involvement in the first eight years of children’s lives.
Our 2012 review, Fatherhood: Parenting Programmes and Policy – A Critical Review of Best Practice, examined evidence from across the world about parenting and other programmes’ focus on father-involvement as a means to impact on family violence, child abuse, children’s health or learning.
Babies do better when planned by both parents
Husbands who understand the risk of pregnancy complications will support their wife’s use of appropriate services
Mother-to-child transmission of HIV can be prevented when mothers stick to their medication supported by their husbands or partners.