在资源有限的背景下,制定和验证一项针对幼儿时期父亲参与的措施
Joshua Jeong1, Berta Bartoli2, Juliet K McCann3
1Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA. joshua.jeong@emory.edu.
BMC public health
|October 25, 2024
概括
一个新的尺度衡量了肯尼亚农村地区父亲在照顾孩子,玩,学习和家务方面的参与. 增加父亲的参与度与更好的儿童发展结果有关.
科学领域:
- 儿童发展 儿童发展
- 家庭研究 家庭研究
- 全球健康 全球健康
背景情况:
- 父亲的参与对于全球儿童和家庭的福祉至关重要.
- 只有有限的工具可以衡量父亲在低资源环境中的参与.
- 这项研究解决了肯尼亚农村地区需要一个有效的天平的需求.
研究的目的:
- 开发和验证一个衡量父亲参与照顾的比例表.
- 评估父亲在照顾孩子,玩,学习和家庭活动中的参与.
- 提供一个工具,用于肯尼亚西部农村和类似的环境.
主要方法:
- 利用了来自肯尼亚西部家长干预试验的基线数据 (n=460).
- 采用探索性和确认性因子分析来确定规模结构.
- 使用回归模型评估构造和预测有效性.
主要成果:
- 一个由四个因素组成的结构出现了:儿童保育,游戏/情感,家务和早期学习.
- 该尺度表现出良好的内部一致性和有效性.
- 父亲在各个领域的参与与孩子的认知,语言,运动和社会情感发展有积极的相关性.
结论:
- 父亲的角色是多维的,包括照顾,玩,学习和家庭贡献.
- 已经建立了一个验证的工具来评估肯尼亚农村的父亲参与.
- 这种规模在全球类似的低资源环境中具有潜在的适用性.
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