ArticleMaternal and child health journal2018
Father Early Engagement Behaviors and Infant Low Birth Weight.
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- Moderation of parental socioeconomic status on the relationship between birth health and developmental coordination disorder at early years.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2023Article
- Paternal Education and Its Impact on Breastfeeding Initiation and Duration: An Understudied and Often Overlooked Factor in U.S. Breastfeeding Practices.Breastfeeding medicine : the official journal of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine · 2022Article
- Paternal Education and Infant Health: Variation by Race/Ethnicity.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2021Article
- Fathers' involvement in perinatal healthcare in Australia: experiences and reflections of Ethiopian-Australian men and women.BMC health services research · 2021Article
- Mobile Apps as Audience-Centered Health Communication Platforms.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2021Article
- Present as a partner and a parent: Mothers' and fathers' perspectives on father participation in prenatal care.Infant mental health journal · 2021Article
- Does Time with Dad in Childhood Pay Off in Adolescence?Journal of marriage and the family · 2020Article
- Manifestation and Associated Factors of Pregnancy-Related Worries in Expectant Fathers.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2020Article
- "Just Be There": Desired Partner Behaviors Among Pregnant People Living With Opioid Use Disorder, a Qualitative Study.Journal of addiction medicineArticle
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Abstract
Objective To examine the association of father early engagement behaviors and infant low birth weight (LBW) among unmarried, urban couples. Methods Participants were from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, a birth-cohort study of urban families. We conducted cross-sectional analyses of data from interviews with unmarried mothers and fathers (N = 2726) that took place at the time of their child's birth. Early engagement behaviors were based on fathers' self-report of whether during the pregnancy they gave mothers money to buy things for the baby, helped in other ways like providing transportation to prenatal clinics, and attended the birth. Results Most (68.9%) fathers engaged in all three early engagement behaviors; 22% engaged in 2 behaviors; and 9.1% engaged in 1 or 0 early engagement behaviors. LBW more than doubled when comparing infants of fathers who engaged in all three early engagement behaviors (9.6% predicted probability of LBW) to those fathers who engaged in no early engagement behaviors (over 22% predicted probability of LBW). Conclusion Infant and maternal health may benefit from intervention to encourage positive father engagement during pregnancy.
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