Young Fathers Participating in a Fatherhood Program: Their Expectations and Perceived Benefits
By Ruth S. Buzi, Ph.D., Mahasin Saleh, M.S.W., Maxine L. Weinman, Dr.P.H., & Peggy B. Smith, Ph.D.
The Prevention Researcher,
Volume 11, Number 4, 2004, Pages 18-20, Item# A114-BUZI
This research is based on open-ended questions as part of a needs assessment for participants in a young fathers program. The sample consisted of 54 African American fathers with an average age of 22. These young men first became fathers at about 19 years of age. While over half of the young men entered the program with goals related to the well-being and improvement of their families, at follow-up over half reported the program had assisted them in the area of self-improvement not family-improvement. This change of focus is examined in the context of adolescent developmental tasks.
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Teen Fathers
The Prevention Researcher,
Volume 11, Number 4, 2004
Concern about teen parents has focused attention almost exclusively on teen mothers. Consequently, teen fathers are often neglected as potential resources for their children, as well as clients who have their own, usually unmet, needs. This issue focuses exclusively on adolescent fathers.
This issue also featured these articles:
- • 'Being There:' The Perception of Fatherhood Among a Group of African American Adolescent Fathers, Pages 6-9
- • Involvement by Young, Unmarried Fathers Before and After Their Baby's Birth, Pages 14-17
- • Teen Fathers: An Introduction, Pages 3-5
- • Teenage Fatherhood and Involvement in Delinquent Behavior, Pages 10-13
- • Young Fathers Participating in a Fatherhood Program: Their Expectations and Perceived Benefits, Pages 18-20
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