BACKGROUND The importance of involving men in reproductive, maternal and child health programs is increasingly recognised globally. In the Pacific region, most maternal and child health services do not actively engage expectant fathers and fathers of young children and few studies have been conducted on the challenges, benefits and opportunities for involving fathers. This study explores the at...

Background: The life style is formed and stabilized in adolescence. Since consumption of fruits and vegetables may affect the risk of chronic diseases, their low consumption during adolescence is very important. Knowledge and skill is considered as one of the main determinants of this behavior. This study aimed to investigate the Knowledge and skill of proper consumption of fruit and vegetables...

BACKGROUND Taking care of children diagnosed with cancer affects parents' professional life. The impact in the long-term however, is not clear. We aimed to compare the employment situation of parents of long-term childhood cancer survivors with control parents of the general population, and to identify clinical and socio-demographic factors associated with parental employment. METHODS As part...

the importance of education through interactive discussion-forums and seminars on family skills in coping with stress of having a child with autistic spectrum disorder (asd) seems to be under-attended. this prompted a local initiative entitled smart (shiraz multidisciplinary autism research team), to document the personal impact of autism on a preliminary group of parents and identify the corre...

Objectives: This study investigated how fathers’ use of psychological control affects adolescents’ subjective well-being, mediated by their internalized shame and ambivalent emotional expression. Additionally, potential gender differences in these relationships were also examined.Methods: A total 235 middle-school students (118 boys, 117 girls) recruited independent samples t-tests, Pearson cor...

K E Y WORDS: Adolescent Mothers; Biological Fathers; Family Life. Adolescent birth rates have increased every year since 1987, after remaining rather stable or falling throughout the earlier decades. A recent report cites that there were 62 births to every 1000 women aged 15-19; one-fourth of African-American women had their first birth before they reached age 19 (Child Trends, 1994). High teen...

Relying on new data from fathers in the Fragile Families and Child WellBeing survey (n=2,903), I examine fathers’ reports of the “most important” perceived paternal role among six different domains: providing economic support, direct care, love and affection, protection, discipline, and teaching the child about life. Approximately half of all fathers identified providing love and affection as t...

conclusions transition to fatherhood extends beyond only moderate mental and social changes, and may be influenced by cultural background and beliefs. therefore, caregivers should be aware of fathers' changes and needs during pregnancy, and support them while taking into consideration their culture and beliefs. results through analysis of fathers’ experiences of their wives’ pregnancy, four cat...