Through collaboration with our research and medical partners, Early Engagement advances research into paternal perinatal mental health and father-focused interventions, with the goal of understanding the benefits of father perinatal preparation on pregnancy health, the marital bond, and the child’s longterm well-being.
Three main factors that affect first time fathers’ mental health and wellbeing during their transition to fatherhood were identified: the formation of the fatherhood identity, competing challenges of the new fatherhood role and negative feelings and fears relating to it.
Examines the profound importance of antenatal paternal education, highlighting its substantial benefits for fathers, mothers, and children alike.
While there has long (rightly) been a focus on Postpartum Depression, Paternal Perinatal Depression (PPND), experienced between 5 and 25% of all new fathers, remains far less researched, discussed, or understood.
