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Office of Head Start, National Center on Parent, Family and Community Engagement, Early Head Start National Resource Center, Head Start Resource Center. 2013. Head Start father engagement birth to five programming guide. Washington, DC: U.S. Office of Head Start, 68 pp.

Annotation: This guide addresses serving expectant fathers and fathers of infants, toddlers, and preschoolers and is designed for all Head Start staff. Other service providers who work with fathers, including teachers, home visitors, or parent leaders, may also find the guide useful. The guide is divided into three parts: (1) the foundations of father engagement programming, (2) program impact areas of father engagement, and (3) a toolkit. Related resources also are included. This new resource builds on the Office of Head Start's Parent, Family and Community Engagement Framework.

Contact: Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Head Start, Washington, DC 20201, Telephone: (866) 763-6481 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov Available from the website.

Keywords: Early Head Start, Father child relations, Fathers, Head Start, Paternal behavior, Program development, Young children

Texas Office of the Attorney General. 2011. Maps for new dads (rev.). Austin, TX: Texas Office of the Attorney General, 55 pp.

Annotation: This guide for new fathers explains how to take care of a new baby. It includes a prenatal checklist to help fathers know what to expect before the baby is born, guidelines on supporting and maintaining a healthy partnership with the baby's mother, and advice on being a responsible father after the baby is born. The guide addresses common concerns and fears, basic care of a newborn, and the importance of ongoing involvement in your baby's life. Included are hands-on activities and notes intended to help fathers become responsible parents. The guide is available in English and Spanish. Supplemental materials include a guide for making a mobile to hang over the baby's crib, posters, and other brochures.

Contact: Texas Office of the Attorney General, P.O. Box 12548, Austin, TX 78711-2548, Telephone: (512) 936-1737 Fax: (512) 469-3157 Web Site: http://www.oag.state.tx.us Available from the website.

Keywords: Child rearing, Consumer education materials, Father child relations, Fathers, Infant care, Parenting, Paternal behavior, Prenatal care, Spanish language materials

Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, Commission on Paternal Involvement in Pregnancy Outcomes. 2010. Commission outlook: Best and promising practices for improving research, policy and practice on paternal involvement in pregnancy outcomes. Washington, DC: Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, 9 pp.

Annotation: This report provides policy, research, and practice recommendations related to paternal involvement in pregnancy outcomes, with the goal of offering best and promising practices to address policy barriers and increase the involvement of men and expectant fathers in family planning, preconception health and care, reproductive health, maternal and child health research, and clinical practice.

Contact: Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, 805 15th Street, 2nd Floor, Washington, DC 20005, Telephone: (202) 789-3500 Fax: (202) 789-6390 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.jointcenter.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Families, Family planning, Fathers, Paternal behavior, Preconception care, Pregnancy, Public policy, Reproductive health, Research

Gomby D. 2005. Home visitation in 2005: Outcomes for children and parents. Washington, DC: Invest in Kids Working Group, Committee for Economic Development, 88 pp. (Invest in kids working paper no. 7)

Annotation: This paper explores the extent to which research indicates that home visitation produces benefits for parents and children. The paper focuses on primary prevention programs that send individuals into the home of families with pregnant women, newborns, or children under age 5 on an ongoing basis and that seek to improve the lives of children by encouraging changes in the attitudes, knowledge, and/or behaviors of the parents. Topics include commonalities and differences across programs, benefits by outcome, long-term outcomes, delivering home visiting in combination with other services, costs and cost-benefit analyses, and the importance of quality services.

Contact: Partnership for America's Economic Success, 1025 F Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20004, Telephone: (202) 552-2000 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.PartnershipforSuccess.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Attitudes, Behavior, Child health, Costs, Health services, Home visiting, Infant health, Low income groups, Maternal behavior, Parenting attitudes, Parents, Paternal behavior, Pregnant women, Programs, Young children

Doherty WJ. 2004. An intervention for the transition to fatherhood: Final report. St. Paul, MN: Department of Family Social Science, University of Minnesota, 108 pp.

Annotation: This report summarizes a randomized clinical control trial on the effectiveness of an educational intervention for fathers during the transition to fatherhood to (1) increase father involvement with children, (2) enhance the quality of father-child relationships, (3) promote coparenting partnerships, and (4) decrease parenting stress. Report contents include an introduction to the study; a review of the literature including the conceptual framework on fathering, the coparental relationship, mother factors, and father factors; an overview of the study methods, design, and variables; data analysis; results; and discussion. Also included are a list of products generated during the study, references, statistics presented in table formats, and appendices including an overview of the curriculum and a qualitative analyses of the parent education classes. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchlibrary.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Curricula, Father child relations, Fathers, Final reports, MCH research, Parent child relations, Parent education, Parent participation, Parenting attitudes, Paternal behavior

Chatham-Savannah Healthy Start Initiative. 1996. [Promotional materials]. Savannah, GA: Chatham-Savannah Healthy Start Initiative, 5 items.

Annotation: This information package consists of a pamphlet, a newsletter, and three promotional fliers from the Chatham-Savannah Healthy Start Initiative. The pamphlet recounts the history of the Initiative and includes summarizes the services it provides. These include prenatal care education efforts and efforts to procure appropriate human services for pregnant women to reduce the incidence of infant mortality and low birthweight infants particularly among African American women. The pamphlet indicates that other services include reducing the number of births to adolescents, improving child health, providing family support services, and encouraging fathers to take more responsibility for their families. The newsletter includes topical articles about the Initiative's activities in these areas, and the fliers promote the Initiative's community-based educational courses. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Chatham-Savannah Healthy Start Initiative, 408 East Bay Street, P.O. Box 10212, Savannah, GA 31401, Telephone: (912) 651-6810 Contact Phone: (912) 651-6630 Fax: (912) 651-6814 E-mail: Web Site: http://www.youthfutures.com Price unknown.

Keywords: Audiovisual materials, Blacks, Educational programs, Family support, Fathers, Health promotion, Infant mortality, Low birthweight infants, Newsletters, Outreach, Parenting, Paternal behavior, Perinatal health, Pregnant women, Prevention programs, Program descriptions, Responsibility, Service coordination

Rom M. 1994. "Family friendly" welfare reform: Using welfare policies to strengthen the family. Washington, DC: Georgetown University, Graduate Public Policy Program; Arlington, VA: National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health, 13 pp. (DC Family Policy Seminar background briefing report)

Annotation: This report provides a brief introduction to issues addressed by a DC Family Policy Seminar in November 1994 which focused most directly on the role of the father in the welfare family and considered such issues as paternity establishment, child support, training and work problems, and barriers to marriage. Volume 1 (written by Mark Rom) provides an introduction and background on the topic of family friendly welfare reform and briefly describes the key issues involving welfare and marriage, paternity establishment, and economic support. Volume 2 provides highlights of the seminar's discussions. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health, Georgetown University, Telephone: (202) 784-9770 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.ncemch.org Available from the website.

Keywords: District of Columbia, Family income, Fathers, Paternal behavior, Paternity, Welfare programs, Welfare reform

Grams A. 1960. Parent education and the behavioral sciences: Relationships between research findings and policies and practices in parent education. Washington, DC: U.S. Children's Bureau, 52 pp. (Children's Bureau publication; no. 379-1960)

Annotation: This booklet provides a summary of a conference held in Minneapolis, MN, in August 1958. The conference was sponsored by the Institute of Child Development and Welfare, University of Minnesota, and the Children's Bureau, and it dealt with questions such as (1) how is parental behavior determined?, (2) can it be modified?, and (3) if it can, by what means and under what conditions? The booklet discusses the conference purpose and plan and provides information on the following topics: (1) the role concept in parental education, (2) determinants of parental behavior, (3) modification of parental behavior, (4) parent education and personality change, (5) parent education and research, and (6) problems for research emerging during the conference. References and a list of conference participants are included. It is a publication of the U.S. Department of Labor, Children's Bureau.

Contact: Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchlibrary.org

Keywords: Conference proceedings, Education, Maternal behavior, Parenting, Parenting attitudes, Parenting skills, Parents, Paternal behavior, Research