University of Connecticut School of Social Work , Hartford , CT , USA.
Health Disparities Institute, UConn Health , Farmington , CT , USA.
Soc Work Public Health. 2019;34(7):583-595. doi: 10.1080/19371918.2019.1635946. Epub 2019 Jun 30.
Despite the recognized importance of fathers to children's well-being, there is a lack of research exploring the impact of parenting interventions on young fathers. Further, little work has been done to identify whether fatherhood interventions differentially benefit specific subgroups of fathers, including Hispanic subgroups.This research examines a 15-week fatherhood intervention for African American, Puerto Rican, and non-Puerto Rican Hispanic young fathers. Data were collected from 312 fathers ages 15-24 at baseline, post-intervention (15 weeks), and at 8 months, 12 months, and 16 months post-baseline follow-up. Latent growth models were used to examine differential shapes of change for the three groups. Results suggest different intervention responses across the three groups on risky parenting attitudes, African American fathers in the study indicated more risky parenting attitudes than Hispanic and Puerto Rican fathers. The practice and research implications of disaggregating data for minority fathers, particularly for Latino subgroups, are discussed.
尽管人们认识到父亲对孩子幸福的重要性，但对于育儿干预对年轻父亲的影响的研究还很缺乏。此外，很少有工作来确定父亲干预措施是否会使特定的父亲亚组（包括西班牙裔亚组）受益。本研究考察了一项针对非裔美国、波多黎各和非波多黎各西班牙裔年轻父亲的 15 周育儿干预措施。在基线、干预后（15 周）以及基线后 8 个月、12 个月和 16 个月，从 312 名 15-24 岁的父亲那里收集了数据。使用潜在增长模型来检查这三个组的变化形状的差异。结果表明，在风险育儿态度方面，这三个组的干预反应不同，研究中的非裔美国父亲表现出比西班牙裔和波多黎各父亲更危险的育儿态度。讨论了为少数族裔父亲（特别是拉丁裔亚组）细分数据的实践和研究意义。
