Exploring how fathers access child safety information

Exploring fathers' perceptions of parenting a child with Asperger syndrome.

This study explores Irish fathers' perceptions of parenting a child with Asperger syndrome (AS). Ethical approval was granted by the service provider, and Husserlian phenomenological approach facilitated the exploration. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews of nine fathers in the West region of Ireland. Data were transcribed and analysed using Colaizzi's (1978) method. The stu...

Fathers and child neglect.

OBJECTIVE To examine the association between father involvement and child neglect. DESIGN Cohort study. SETTING Participants were recruited from an inner-city pediatric primary care clinic and a clinic for children at risk for human immunodeficiency virus infection in a teaching hospital. PARTICIPANTS Mothers and fathers or father figures, and 244 five-year olds participating in a longitu...

Safety & Health Information Improving Online Access & Delivery

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How old are U.S. fathers?

One in every six U.S. birth certificates have no information on the age of the baby's father; for more than four in 10 babies born to adolescent women, no data are available on the father's age. Information from mothers aged 15-49 who had babies in 1988 and were surveyed in the National Maternal and Infant Health Survey indicates that fathers for whom age is not reported on the birth certificat...

How do adolescents access health information?