Westney O E, Cole O J, Munford T L
School of Human Ecology, Howard University, Washington, D.C.
J Adolesc Health Care. 1988 May;9(3):214-8. doi: 10.1016/0197-0070(88)90074-5.
This study assesses the impact of a prenatal education program dealing with human sexuality, pregnancy, prenatal care, labor, delivery, and infant and child care on the unwed expectant adolescent father. It also assesses the relationship between the father's knowledge in these areas and his supportive behaviors toward the adolescent mother and the expected infant. The 28 black 15-18-year-old adolescent males who volunteered to participate in the study were randomly assigned to an experimental group (n = 15) or a control group (n = 13). Each was pretested (T-1) with Form A of a 75-item prenatal questionnaire, and posttested (T-2) with Form B of the same instrument after an intervention for the experimental group, or 4 weeks after the initial assessment for the comparison group. Findings suggest significant gains in knowledge for the experimental group at T-2 versus T-1 with regard to 1) pregnancy and prenatal care, and 2) infant development and child care. The data also suggest that fathers who were more informed tended to report more supportive behaviors toward the mother and the infant.
本研究评估了一项关于人类性行为、怀孕、产前护理、分娩及婴幼儿护理的产前教育项目对未婚未成年准父亲的影响。同时，研究还评估了父亲在这些领域的知识水平与他对未成年母亲及预期出生婴儿的支持行为之间的关系。28名年龄在15至18岁的黑人青少年男性志愿者参与了此项研究，他们被随机分为实验组（n = 15）和对照组（n = 13）。每位参与者都在初始阶段（T - 1）接受了一份包含75个项目的产前调查问卷的A版测试，实验组在接受干预后，或对照组在初次评估4周后，接受了同一问卷B版的后测（T - 2）。研究结果表明，与T - 1相比，实验组在T - 2时，在以下两个方面的知识有显著提升：1）怀孕和产前护理；2）婴儿发育和儿童护理。数据还表明，知识掌握程度较高的父亲往往报告对母亲和婴儿有更多的支持行为。
