Scholarly Studies and Reviews
Health and Fitness
Brophy, Sinead, Rees, Anwen, Knox, Gareth, Baker, Julien, and Thomas, Non E. (2012). Child fitness and father’s BMI are important factors in childhood obesity: A school based cross-sectional study. www.plosone.org 7(5), e36597, 1-7.
Fraser, Josephine, Skouteris, Helen, McCabe, Marita, Ricciardelli, Lina A., Milgrom, Jeannette, and Baur, Louise (2011). Paternal influences on children’s weight gain: A systematic review. Fathering, 9, 252-267.
Freeman, E. Fletcher, R., Collins, C. E., Morgan, P. J., Burrows, T., and Callister, R. (2012). Preventing and treating childhood obesity: Time to target fathers. International journal of Obesity, 36, 12-15.
Garfield, Craig, Isacco, Anthony, and Sahker, Ethan (2012). Religion and spirituality as important components of men's health and wellness: An analytic review. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, 7, 27-37
Garfield, Craig, Isacco, Anthony, and Bartlo, Wendy (2010). Men's health and fatherhood in the urban midwestern United States. International Journal of Men's Health, 9(3), 161-174.
Gustafson, Sabrina L. and Rhodes, Ryan E. (2006). Parental correlates of physical activity in children and early adolescents. Sports Medicine, 36, 79-97.
Mental and Physical Complications
Elder, J. H., Valcante, G. Yarandi, H., White, D., and Elder, T. H. (2005). Evaluating in-home training for fathers of children with autism using single-subject experimentation and group analysis methods. Nursing Research, 54, 22-32.
Kilkey, Majella and Clarke, Harriet (2010). Disabled men and fathering: Opportunities and constraints. Community, Work & Family, 13, 127-146.
Paulson, James F. and Bazemore, Sharnail. D. (2010). Prenatal and postpartum depression in fathers and its association with maternal depression: A meta-analysis. JAMA, 303, 1961-1969.
Ware, J. and Raval, H. (2007). A qualitative investigation of fathers’ experiences of looking after a child with a life-limiting illness. In process and retrospect. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 12, 549-565.
Early Paternal Involvement
Leavitt, Judith Walzer. (2009). Make room for daddy: The journey from waiting room to birthing room. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press.
Plantin, L., Olukoya,, A. A., Ny, P. (2011). Positive health outcomes of fathers’ involvement in pregnancy and childbirth paternal support: A scope study literature review. Fathering, 9, 87-102.
Zvara, Bharathi, Schoppe-Sullivan, Sarah J., and Dush, Claire Kamp. (2013). Fathers’ involvement in child health care: Associations with prenatal involvement, parents’ beliefs, and maternal gatekeeping. Family Relations, 62, 649-661.
Brophy, Sinead, Rees, Anwen, Knox, Gareth, Baker, Julien, and Thomas, Non E. (2012). Child fitness and father’s BMI are important factors in childhood obesity: A school based cross-sectional study. www.plosone.org 7(5), e36597, 1-7.
Fraser, Josephine, Skouteris, Helen, McCabe, Marita, Ricciardelli, Lina A., Milgrom, Jeannette, and Baur, Louise (2011). Paternal influences on children’s weight gain: A systematic review. Fathering, 9, 252-267.
Freeman, E. Fletcher, R., Collins, C. E., Morgan, P. J., Burrows, T., and Callister, R. (2012). Preventing and treating childhood obesity: Time to target fathers. International journal of Obesity, 36, 12-15.
Garfield, Craig, Isacco, Anthony, and Sahker, Ethan (2012). Religion and spirituality as important components of men's health and wellness: An analytic review. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, 7, 27-37
Garfield, Craig, Isacco, Anthony, and Bartlo, Wendy (2010). Men's health and fatherhood in the urban midwestern United States. International Journal of Men's Health, 9(3), 161-174.
Gustafson, Sabrina L. and Rhodes, Ryan E. (2006). Parental correlates of physical activity in children and early adolescents. Sports Medicine, 36, 79-97.
Mental and Physical Complications
Elder, J. H., Valcante, G. Yarandi, H., White, D., and Elder, T. H. (2005). Evaluating in-home training for fathers of children with autism using single-subject experimentation and group analysis methods. Nursing Research, 54, 22-32.
Kilkey, Majella and Clarke, Harriet (2010). Disabled men and fathering: Opportunities and constraints. Community, Work & Family, 13, 127-146.
Paulson, James F. and Bazemore, Sharnail. D. (2010). Prenatal and postpartum depression in fathers and its association with maternal depression: A meta-analysis. JAMA, 303, 1961-1969.
Ware, J. and Raval, H. (2007). A qualitative investigation of fathers’ experiences of looking after a child with a life-limiting illness. In process and retrospect. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 12, 549-565.
Early Paternal Involvement
Leavitt, Judith Walzer. (2009). Make room for daddy: The journey from waiting room to birthing room. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press.
Plantin, L., Olukoya,, A. A., Ny, P. (2011). Positive health outcomes of fathers’ involvement in pregnancy and childbirth paternal support: A scope study literature review. Fathering, 9, 87-102.
Zvara, Bharathi, Schoppe-Sullivan, Sarah J., and Dush, Claire Kamp. (2013). Fathers’ involvement in child health care: Associations with prenatal involvement, parents’ beliefs, and maternal gatekeeping. Family Relations, 62, 649-661.
