Re: Engaging with fathers [1 Attachment]

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Many Thanks Sent from my iPhoneOn 10 Dec 2010, at 12:39, " Coles" <lisa@...> wrote:

Hello Sylvia I looked into the feasibility of health visitors’ engagement of fathers in preventing non-accidental head injury: Coles L, L 2009 Including fathers in preventing non-accidental head injury. Community Practitioner 82; (4): 20-23 There is a CPHVA toolkit to use as an intervention teaching aid which particularly addresses the issues of including fathers in preventive work, as they are the main perpetrators of non-accidental head and shaking injuries:Coles L, 2006 Protecting babies’ heads: A teaching toolbox for preventing shaking and head injuries. Community Practitioners and Health Visitors Association, CPHVA Bookshop, London An Australian 2008 report on the need for more policy and research on engaging fathers in early childhood interventions shows the gaps which underpin a lack of engagement of fathers, link attached. In the UK an advisory research review 2008 ‘The Costs and Benefits of Active Fatherhood’, Adrienne Burgess, ‘evidence and insights to inform the development of policy and practice for the DfES/HM Treasury Joint Policy Review on Children and Young People’ published by the then fathers Direct organization , now the Fatherhood Institute. It’s probably still on the website or I can attach if you give me a personal e-mail. It picks up on health visitors (and others) lack of engagement with fathers. http://www.fatherhoodinstitute.org/ I appreciate these reports are not specific to health visiting but in addressing community practice in early childhood intervention they cover a lot of the same ground. Maybe more close is the Fathers Direct/Fatherhood Institute booklet’ Including New Fathers: A Guide for Maternity Professionals’ –useful for terminology, ethnic, pnd , evidence based practice. From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Sylvia BtSent: 10 December 2010 10:27 Subject: Re: Engaging with fathers As a relatively recently qualified health visitor and new to SENATE I'm finding this group an invaluable resource. I'm currently writing my masters dissertation and looking at "how health visitors engage with fathers and meet their emotional needs"I'd be really interested to hear of any current projects that involve health visitors and fathers or indeed any successful interventions that have taken place over the past 10 yearsRegardsSylviaSent from my iPhone