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Mental health

G113 ENGAGING FATHERS WITH PARENTING: THE BENEFITS OF AN AGE PACED NEWSLETTER IN THE FIRST 2 YEARS OF LIFE
T. Waterston, B. Welsh.Department of Child Health, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

Background: The quality of parenting is recognised to be hugely influential in predicting success in education, emotional security, and good health. Much is known about how to engage mothers in understanding the needs of their infant but fathers are much harder to reach. Only quite recently have fathers been seen as an important focus for information and education about young children. Yet there is evidence that more paternal involvement with a child leads to better educational outcomes.

Methods: We have studied the effects of an age paced parenting newsletter in a birth cohort since 2002 using a randomised case control design. The newsletter is entitled Baby Express and is sent out to the parents’ home monthly in the first year of life and twice monthly thereafter. The content centres on emotional development, parent to child interaction, and play. . . . [Full text of this article]