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Title Fathering : promoting positive father involvement / edited by Annie Devault, Gilles Forget, and Diane Dubeau
Published Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2015]
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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 273 pages) : illustrations
Contents Traditions, tensions, and trends in participatory action research / Sandrina de Finney and Jessica Ball -- Father involvement: A multifaceted concept / Diane Dubeau, Annie Devault, and Daniel Paquette -- Mobilizing actors in participatory action research: Promoting father involvement in two vulnerable communities in Quebec / Geneviève Turcotte and Francine Ouellet -- The challenging evaluation of complex interventions / Diane Dubeau [and 3 others] -- A retrospective look at the partnership between researchers and actors / Gilles Forget and Dominic Bizot -- Support for father involvement in a socio-professional integration context / Annie Devault [and 4 others] -- Fathers behind bars: A participatory action research project to support father involvement following incarceration / Diane Dubeau, Martine Barrette, and Denis Lafortune -- An outreach and support program for socio-economically vulnerable fathers / Geneviève Turcotte [and 3 others] -- Knowledge transfer: Moving evidence into practice / Gilles Forget -- Conclusion: Fathering: new paths, future possibilities / Annie Devault, Gilles Foret, and Diane Dubeau
Summary "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."-- From publisher's website
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Print version record
Subject Fatherhood.
Father and child.
Fathers.
Parenting.
Father-Child Relations
Fathers
Parenting
fathers.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
PSYCHOLOGY -- General.
Father and child
Fatherhood
Fathers
Parenting
Form Electronic book
Author Devault, Annie, 1963- author, editor.
Forget, Gilles, author, editor.
Dubeau, Diane, 1961- author, editor.
ISBN 9781442624672
1442624671