Benzies Karen, Magill-Evans Joyce, Harrison Margaret J, MacPhail Sandra, Kimak Cathy
Faculty of Nursing, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Public Health Nurs. 2008 Sep-Oct;25(5):431-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2008.00727.x.
To determine the utility of a parenting education program for fathers of infants, and to determine which fathers benefited.
Fathers' perceptions of the program's utility were captured in a brief, structured interview. Using secondary data analysis, pretest/posttest father-infant interaction scores of fathers who improved were compared with those of fathers who did not. Demographic predictors of improvement were identified using multiple regression.
Community sample of 81 adult, English-speaking, primarily European Canadian, first-time fathers of 5-month-old infants, who participated in the intervention group of a randomized controlled trial.
When infants were 5 and 6 months old, videotaped self-modeling and positive feedback about father-infant interaction were provided by specially trained nurses.
Father-infant interaction was assessed at baseline (5 months) and outcome (8 months) using the Nursing Child Assessment Teaching Scale.
Fathers found the program useful, indicating that their needs for educational programs are different from mothers. Controlling for baseline interactions, demographic variables did not significantly predict fathers' outcome interactions.
The program may prove useful in public health settings where implementing programs for fathers of infants is a priority. Future research needs to explore other predictors to identify fathers who will benefit from the program.
确定一项针对婴儿父亲的育儿教育项目的效用，并确定哪些父亲从中受益。
通过简短的结构化访谈获取父亲们对该项目效用的看法。使用二次数据分析，将有所改善的父亲与未改善的父亲在干预前/后的亲子互动得分进行比较。使用多元回归确定改善情况的人口统计学预测因素。
来自社区的81名成年男性样本，他们讲英语，主要是加拿大欧洲裔，是5个月大婴儿的首次父亲，且参与了一项随机对照试验的干预组。
当婴儿5个月和6个月大时，由经过专门培训的护士提供关于亲子互动的录像自我示范和积极反馈。
使用《护理儿童评估教学量表》在基线期（5个月）和结果期（8个月）评估亲子互动情况。
父亲们认为该项目有用，表明他们对教育项目的需求与母亲不同。在控制基线互动的情况下，人口统计学变量并不能显著预测父亲的结果互动情况。
该项目在将为婴儿父亲实施项目作为优先事项的公共卫生环境中可能被证明是有用的。未来的研究需要探索其他预测因素，以确定能从该项目中受益的父亲。
