Parenting Teamwork: The Impact of a Fathering Intervention on Mothers and Infants in Vietnam

A multifaceted, relationally focused intervention involving group and individual pre‐ and postnatal counseling, print resources, and community resources encouraged 390 fathers of newborn infants in Vietnam to responsively support mothers and work with them as a parenting team. Both partners complete...

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Published in:Child development 2020-03, Vol.91 (2), p.e345-e364
Main Authors: Rempel, John K., Rempel, Lynn A., Hoa, Dinh T.P., Vui, Le T., Long, Tran K.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Breast feeding
Breast Feeding - statistics & numerical data
Breastfeeding & lactation
Child Development
Community resources
Counseling
Father-Child Relations
Fathering
Female
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Infants
Interpersonal relations
Intervention
Male
Mother-Child Relations
Mothers
Newborn babies
Parenting - psychology
Parents & parenting
Postpartum period
Quality
Questionnaires
Responsiveness
Teamwork
Vietnam
Working mothers
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Summary:A multifaceted, relationally focused intervention involving group and individual pre‐ and postnatal counseling, print resources, and community resources encouraged 390 fathers of newborn infants in Vietnam to responsively support mothers and work with them as a parenting team. Both partners completed questionnaires prebirth and 1‐, 4‐, and 9‐months postbirth on measures of breastfeeding support, exclusive breastfeeding duration, relationship quality, and infant development. Compared to 412 comparison group couples, intervention couples evidenced greater father support, especially in terms of helping and responsiveness to the mother's needs. This support predicted longer exclusive breastfeeding duration, improved relationship quality, and higher levels of infant development at 9 months. Sensitively working together with mothers as a coordinated team enhanced couple's relationship functioning and improved children's developmental outcomes.
ISSN:0009-3920
1467-8624
DOI:10.1111/cdev.13244