Integrating father involvement into early childhood initiatives delivered at scale: key considerations

Integrating father involvement into early childhood initiatives delivered at scale: key considerations

Early child development (ECD) interventions, usually centered around the mother, exclude fathers from contributing to childcare. Research shows that a father’s involvement in childcare can have a positive impact on the child’s growth. In this light, a trial was conducted in rural India wherein a new...

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Published in:Frontiers in public health Vol. 11; p. 1193974
Main Authors: Nair, Sapna, Sinha, Harshula, Holding, Penny
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Switzerland Frontiers Media S.A 19-12-2023
Subjects:
Child, Preschool
childcare
early child development
ECD intervention
ECD intervention childcare
father
father involvement
Fathers
Humans
Male
Parenting
Public Health
father involvement
ECD intervention
ECD intervention childcare
early child development
childcare
father
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Summary:Early child development (ECD) interventions, usually centered around the mother, exclude fathers from contributing to childcare. Research shows that a father’s involvement in childcare can have a positive impact on the child’s growth. In this light, a trial was conducted in rural India wherein a new program component aimed at enhancing fathers’ engagement in early child was incorporated into an existing childcare intervention. The paper highlights the learnings drawn from the trial to present pathways to change, that is, strategies needed to embed father involvement as a component within the intervention ecosystem.
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Edited by: Michele Giannotti, University of Trento, Italy
Reviewed by: Michelle Dow Keawphalouk Narangajavana, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States; Efat Mohamadi, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
ISSN:2296-2565
2296-2565
DOI:10.3389/fpubh.2023.1193974