In the USA, as many as 1 in 6 women nationwide become adolescent mothers, making
adolescent pregnancy and childbearing issues a frequently encountered occurrence by …

Although adolescent pregnancy and birth rates have decreased immensely in the past
decade, child bearing and child rearing by young parents pose challenges to the health care …

This text deals with the same kinds of problems addressed by self-help books and self-
realization programs: anxiety, frustration, loneliness, depression, self-control. However, it …

Background Defining male involvement during pregnancy is essential for the development
of future research and appropriate interventions to optimize services aiming to improve birth …

The prevention of unintended adolescent pregnancy is an important goal of the American
Academy of Pediatrics and our society. Although adolescent pregnancy and birth rates have …

Over the last twenty years it has become recognized that fathers play a crucial role in child
development and subsequent adult status and behaviour. This book presents the state-of …

This study utilized a large sample of two-parent families from low-income rural communities
to examine the contributions of father education and vocabulary, during picture book …

Most of the many existing ways to conceive and measure paternal relationships incorporate
ways to gauge father involvement. Although father involvement is a well‐established …

The quality of father–child interactions has become a focus of increasing research in the
field of child development. We examined the potential contribution of father–child …

This study examines whether levels of father engagement (eg, verbal stimulation,
caregiving, and physical play) vary by race/ethnicity using a model that controls for fathers' …