Fathers' beliefs about parenting and fathers' clubs to promote child health in rural Haiti

Elizabeth Sloand; Bette Gebrian; Nan Marie Astone

doi:10.1177/1049732311425054

Fathers' beliefs about parenting and fathers' clubs to promote child health in rural Haiti

Elizabeth Sloand, Bette Gebrian, Nan Marie Astone

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Health care providers are challenged to use culturally appropriate, low-technology approaches to improve child health in resource-poor countries. Village fathers' clubs is one approach used in rural Haiti since 1994. Fathers meet regularly for health education and community-building activities. Our aim was to investigate parenting practices and beliefs among Haitian fathers of young children and to explore their views on fathers' clubs. We conducted semistructured interviews with 18 fathers. Themes identified were fathers' involvement in routine care of their children, the close partnerships of fathers and mothers in child care, fathers' responsibilities to their communities, and fathers' clubs as an important supportive institution for the Haitian fathers and their families. Rural Haitian fathers reported taking a very active role in the lives of their families and children. Increased involvement of fathers should be explored as a strategy to improve child health and survival in other parts of Haiti and throughout the world.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	488-498
Number of pages	11
Journal	Qualitative Health Research
Volume	22
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732311425054
State	Published - Apr 2012
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Caribbean people / cultures
children
families
fathers, fathering
health care

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Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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