Tova B. Walsh

TL;DR: The findings suggest that strategies are responsive to the specific cultural, economic, and contextual concerns of the local community, with nuanced messages and appropriate messengers to deepen men and boys’ engagement.

TL;DR: Exposure to risks such as poverty is an important factor driving the overrepresentation of minority groups in the child welfare system, and effective strategies for reducing maltreatment must include strategies for reduced poverty and supporting young at-risk mothers.

TL;DR: Helping fathers understand their children's behavior in the context of age-typical responses to separation and reunion may help them to renew parent-child relationships and reengage in optimal parenting of their young children.

TL;DR: Ultrasound appointments may offer an opportunity to engage men to promote positive partnering and parenting across the lifespan and suggest that ultrasound attendance contributes to paternal feelings of connection to the unborn baby and motivation to change behavior.

TL;DR: Qualitative research was conducted with military fathers of young children who had experienced separation from their families during deployment to inform a richer understanding of these experiences and implications for intervention programs include the provision of parenting and self-care skills and inclusion of the father's parenting partner in the intervention.