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Fathering
Promoting Positive Father Involvement
Annie Devault (Edited by), Gilles Forget (Edited by), Diane Dubeau (Edited by)
9781442628762
Paperback / softback, published 27 October 2015
288 pages, 7 figures
21.8 x 15.6 x 1.8 cm, 0.44 kg
In the past few decades, researchers and practitioners have moved away from the idea of fatherhood as a single, monolithic concept. Examining the challenges of vulnerable fathers such as those in poverty or in prison, they have developed valuable new strategies for cultivating the positive involvement of fathers in the lives of their children. Drawing on the innovative work of ProspÈre, a Quebec organization that brought together fathers, university researchers, and health and social service practitioners, Fathering details innovative approaches that support positive father involvement. It provides numerous examples of strategies and interventions with fathers, lessons learned from these practices on how to better support vulnerable fathers and families, and in-depth information on ways of designing, implementing, evaluating, and disseminating the results of participatory action research (PAR) – a methodology which put fathers at the heart of the project’s decision-making.
Foreword (Kerry Daly)
Introduction (Annie Devault, Gilles Forget, and Diane Dubeau)
Chapter 1: Traditions, Tensions and Trends in Participatory Action Research (Sandrina de Finney and Jessica Ball)
Chapter 2: Father Involvement: A Multi-faceted Concept (Diane Dubeau, Annie Devault, and Daniel Paquette)
Chapter 3: Mobilizing Actors in Participatory Action Research: Promoting Father Involvement in Two Vulnerable Communities in Quebec (GeneviÈve Turcotte and Francine Ouellet)
Chapter 4: The Challenging Evaluation of Complex Interventions (Diane Dubeau, GeneviÈve Turcotte, Francine Ouellet and Sylvain Coutu)
Chapter 5: A Retrospective Look at the Partnership between Researchers and Actors (Gilles Forget and Dominic Bizot)
Chapter 6: Support for Father Involvement in a Socio-professional Integration Context (Annie Devault, Gilles Forget, Francine Ouellet, Marie-Pierre Milcent, and Jeanne DorÉ)
Chapter 7: Fathers behind Bars: A Participatory Action Research Project to Support Father Involvement following Incarceration (Diane Dubeau, Martine Barrette, and Denis Lafortune)
Chapter 8: An Outreach and Support Program for Socioeconomically Vulnerable Fathers (GeneviÈve Turcotte, Gilles Forget, Francine Ouellet and Isabelle Sanchez)
Chapter 9: Knowledge Transfer: Moving Evidence into Practice (Gilles Forget)
Conclusion: Fathering: New Paths, Future Possibilities (Annie Devault, Gilles Forget, and Diane Dubeau)
Appendix 1: Father Involvement Questionnaire
Appendix 2: Methodological Parameters of the Impacts of Evaluation