My Daddy Matters Because...
The report provides the findings of a national Canadian survey on practices that promote the involvement of fathers in caregiving.
| Category | Parenting and Childcare: Fathers |
| Details | The production of the second national project has lead to the production of tools to support the agencies reaching out to fathers and supporting their involvement. The survey of Canadian agencies who receive support from the P.A.C.E./P.C.N.P. program is important because it has lead to the creation of a directory of agencies which facilitate the contact among those who want to be informed on activities, programs, services and resources available from coast to coast. It also allows us to question the conditions necessary to facilitate the support to fathers and to promote the implementation of effective practices. The implementation of father-specific activities still remains the goal of few agencies. One third of the respondents do not offer any activity and this does not include agencies which did not respond to the survey. However, the analysis also shows that the situation is improving but still requires many efforts to reach our goal to implement comprehensive and global father involvement practices across Canada. The evolution of support practices to the involvement of fathers also shows that a number of agencies, despite difficult circumstances and limited resources, innovate and experiment new practices with fathers in their communities. The continuity and the breadth of these actions appear to demonstrate both the fathers’ interest in activities, services, resources and programs and the attainment of the goal to increase the health and well being of children. |
| Author | National Project on Fathering |
| Sponsor | Health Canada’s Community Action Program for Children and the Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program CAPC/CPNP |
| Publication Date | June 2004 |
| Source | www.mydad.ca |
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| Availability | Download the report: My Daddy Matters Because... |
| Related Links | Download the: Father's Toolkit Download the study: The Effects of Father Involvement: A Summary of the Research Evidence |
