The Father's Function Status After Transition to Fatherhood and its Related Factors
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Background And Objectives
Men's participation in family care programs is one of the important strategies in maternal and child health care. The present study aimed to evaluate the father's function after the transition to fatherhood stage and its related factors.Materials And Methods
The study was a cross-sectional design that conducted in Zanjan between 2012-2013. The function of 403fatherswere investigated whose wives had delivered in last 8 weeks. The samples were selected randomly, and the data was collected using the Inventory of Functional Status- Father (IFS-F) scale, which in the father's function were categorized according to the median cut-off point. The content validity and reliability of the scale was approved using Content Validity Ratio (CVR=0.89) and Cronbachs Alpha in the function of the components were 0.52- 0.90, respectively. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and kruskal-Wallis H test (Acceptable P valueResults
The highest and lowest mean score of father's function belonged to the job and social dimensions, respectively. There was an increased level of father's participation in home activities (23.2%), and taking care of the other children (30.4%) compared to pregnancy period. The father's function dropped by 7% and 27.6% in their job and social activity dimensions, respectively. A significant association was found between the mean score of father's function and the marriage age, the number of children, educational level, and the time of first fatherhood experience.Conclusion
Moderate father's function in most of the fatherhood dimensions was remarked in the current study. Given that the importance of the men's participation in maternal and child health care, and influencing of the demographic characteristics on this process, it is recommended that the fathers, and young fathers with low education level particularly, to be attended fatherhood preparations courses.Keywords:
Postnatal , Family care , Fathers , Function , Iran
Language:
Persian
Published:
Preventive Care in Nursing & Midwifery Journal, Volume:6 Issue: 1, 2016
Pages:
62 to 71
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