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Father Involvement and Psychological Well-Being of Pregnant Women.
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- The Role of Paternal Involvement on Behavioral Sensitive Responses and Neurobiological Activations in Fathers: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2022Pooled it
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- Sociocultural and Structural Determinants of Black Maternal Mental Health: A Scoping Review.Birth (Berkeley, Calif.) · 2026Article
- Comfort in a cross-sector care delivery model to address birth inequities: Learnings from San Francisco's Pregnancy Village.PloS one · 2026Article
- Childbirth Self-Efficacy and Its Associated Factors among Pregnant Women in Arba Minch Town, Southern Ethiopia, 2023: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of pregnancy · 2024Article
- Expectant fathers' health behaviors, infant care intentions, and social-emotional wellbeing in the perinatal period: A latent class analysis and comparison to mothers.Preventive medicine reports · 2023Article
- Black fathers' contributions to maternal mental health.Archives of women's mental health · 2023Article
- Social mobility and perinatal depression in Black women.Frontiers in health services · 2023Article
- Emotional Intelligence, Depression, and Risk Factors in Pregnant Peruvian Andean Adolescents: A Multivariate Logistic Regression Study.International journal of preventive medicine · 2022Article
- Prevalence of Preterm Birth Rate During COVID-19 Lockdown in a Tertiary Care Hospital, Riyadh.Cureus · 2021Article
- Engaging fathers in the first 1000 days to improve perinatal outcomes and prevent obesity: Rationale and design of the First Heroes randomized trial.Contemporary clinical trials · 2021Article
- Family involvement in pregnancy and psychological health among pregnant Black women.Archives of psychiatric nursing · 2021Article
- The Impact of a Father's Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) on the Relationship He Has with the Mother of His Baby.Scientia (Waco, Tex.) · 2021Article
- Paternal impact on the life course development of obesity and type 2 diabetes in the offspring.Diabetologia · 2019Review
- Can support from the father of the baby buffer the adverse effects of depressive symptoms on risk of preterm birth in Black families?AIMS public health · 2018Article
- Fathers Matter: Black Fathers' Relationships with their Partners during Pregnancy and Postpartum.MCN. The American journal of maternal child nursingArticle
- Relationship With the Father of the Baby and Perceived Stress Among Black Women.MCN. The American journal of maternal child nursingArticle
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Abstract
purposeThis study examined the relationships among father of the baby involvement during pregnancy, depressive symptoms, and psychological well-being in African American women. STUDY DESIGN AND
methodsUsing a prospective study design, a sample of 95 pregnant African American women receiving prenatal care at a medical center in Chicago completed the self-report instruments about father of the baby involvement, depressive symptoms, and psychological well-being twice during pregnancy, once at between 15 and 25 weeks and once between 25 and 37 weeks.
resultsEighty percent of women reported that the father of the baby was involved during their pregnancy. Twenty-eight percent of women had clinically relevant depressive symptoms (CES-D scores ≥16) at the first data collection and 25% of women had clinically relevant depressive symptoms at the second data collection. Compared with women who reported no father involvement during pregnancy, women who reported father involvement during pregnancy had lower levels of depressive symptoms and higher levels of psychological well-being. CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS: Fathers' involvement is important during pregnancy; nurses should encourage fathers to participate at prenatal visits and ask questions, and educate fathers on pregnancy process and procedures during prenatal care.
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