Thesis (M.S.W.)--Smith College School for Social Work, Northampton, Mass., 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (p.48-50).

Thesis (M.S.W.)--Smith College School for Social Work, Northampton, Mass., 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 76-79).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 1996. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 83-96). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 1996. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 83-96). Also available on the Internet.

Submitted by Irene Nascimento (irene.kessia@ufpe.br) on 2016-10-19T18:34:25Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) CLEIDE MARIA PONTES ENVIADA 19.10.16.pdf: 1706853 bytes, checksum: cfdcf95f7e1bb2b1f4282dcdeb6881f3 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-10-19T18:34:25Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) CLEIDE MARIA PONTES ENVIADA 19.10.16.pdf: 1706853 bytes, checksum: cfdcf95f7e1bb2b1f4282dcdeb6881f3 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-08-30 / CNPQ / Esta tese tem o objetivo de elaborar e propor estratégias para que o homem participe do processo da amamentação, desde criança até tornar-se pai. Realizamos um estudo bibliográfico para nos apropriar do contexto e buscar o referencial teórico — a construção histórica, social e cultural da paternidade — fundamentado em vários autores, que ancorou toda a tese. Analisando as implicações desta construção no modelo de participação do pai na amamentação, foi percebido que desde a pré-história, os meninos e, consequentemente, os homens foram alijados do mundo feminino, incluindo o aleitar. Os três outros estudos foram conduzidos pela pesquisa qualitativa, que nos possibilitou a mergulhar no universo de significados, adequando-se ao objeto da tese. Nestes estudos, para coleta de informações, optamos pelas técnicas de grupo de discussão e da entrevista semi-estruturada. As informações obtidas foram analisadas através da análise de conteúdo, na modalidade temática, e da análise do conteúdo manifesto. Os participantes foram 11 homens e nove mulheres que estavam presentes no seminário sobre amamentação, promovido pela UFPE, e 17 casais, residentes na favela do Bode, Recife-PE. Da análise das informações emergiram oito temas: envolvimento no ciclo grávido-puerperal e no processo da amamentação; significados e sentimentos sobre amamentação; significados do ato de amamentar em público; maneiras do pai tornar-se aliado no processo da amamentação; recordações ambíguas/esmaecidas sobre amamentação durante a infância; conhecimento sobre amamentação centrado na saúde da criança, responsabilidade da mulher e economia para o pai; diferentes comportamentos apresentados pelo pai durante a sua participação no ciclo grávido-puerperal direcionada à amamentação; sentimentos entrelaçados de fragilidades ao amamentar e a sexualidade do casal; além disso, os eixos norteadores (família, escola e instituição de saúde) e os subsídios (conhecimento sobre amamentação; participação do pai desde o pré-natal; ações do profissional, da companheira de acolhimento durante o amamentar e estratégias para envolver 13 o pai nesta prática), que proporcionaram a construção da proposta. Esta proposta de intervenção está centrada na implantação do ambulatório de amamentação, que compreende consulta à família, desde o pré-natal até os seis meses de vida da criança, e no projeto de socialização de meninos e meninas pró-amamentação. O desenvolvimento desta proposta, como projeto piloto, deverá acontecer numa instituição de saúde e escola, respectivamente. Desta forma, acreditamos que a sua essência irá contribuir para transformar a cultura da amamentação, onde homens e mulheres irão compartilhar os sucessos e as dificuldades, advindos desta prática milenar. Isto poderá ser um dos caminhos para aumentar a duração mediana da amamentação. / This thesis aims to develop and propose some strategies in order to include men into the breastfeeding process, since childhood. We performed a bibliographical research in order to be proficient in the context and to look for a theoretical constructo - the historical, social and cultural construction of fatherhood – based on several authors, that has permeated the entire work. Analyzing the implications of that constructo, in a model for the participation of the father in breastfeeding , we noticed that since pre-history boys, and consequently men, have been sent apart from the feminine world, including breastfeeding. Three other studies have been conducted through a qualitative research, what made it possible to enter the universe of meanings intended for the thesis. In those studies, in order to collect data, we chose the group of discussion and the semi-structured interview techniques. The results have been analyzed through content analysis, in thematic modality, and manifested content analysis. Eleven men and nine women that participated voluntarily in a seminar on breastfeeding, promoted by the Federal University of Pernambuco, and seventeen couples that lived in a peripheral region (Favela do Bode) of Recife, capital of the State of Pernambuco, Brazil, were the subjects of the research. Eight themes have emerged from the analysis: involvement in pregnancypuerperal cycle and breastfeeding, meaning and feeling concerning breastfeeding; meaning of breastfeeding in public; how to turn a father into a breastfeeding ally; ambiguous/faded memories about breastfeeding during childhood; knowledge about breastfeeding centered on the child's health, the mother's responsibility and the father's savings; different father behaviors towards breastfeeding, during his participation in the pregnancy-puerperal cycle; mixed feelings between emotional weaknesses towards breastfeeding and the couple sexual behavior. Besides, there also emerged some guiding axis (school, family and health institutions), and some basic concepts (knowledge on breastfeeding; father participation since pre-natal care; actions from the health staff, the companion, and actions to include during 15 breastfeeding, besides the strategies to involve the father on that practice) that have helped to build the proposal. This interventional proposal is centered in building an outpatient breastfeeding unit that encompasses the family, since pre-natal care till the child is six months old and a socialization program for boys and girls pro-breastfeeding. The development of the proposal, as a pilot project, should happen respectively in institutions that offer health assistance and education. We believe that this format will contribute to transform the breastfeeding culture, where men and women will share the success and the problems that happen in that ancient practice. That could be one of the ways to improve the median durations of breastfeeding.

Issues concerning children may be the most intense and emotive areas of divorce and can lead to spectacular legal battles. Social work practice revealed that it is often the father who leaves the court, stripped of his fatherhood by a court order that only grants him limited access to his own children. Some divorced fathers disengage from their children's lives but there is documented evidence of South African fathers who desire continuity in their relationships with their children after divorce. An interest in these fathers prompted this study. Fathers who challenged maternal custody were selected since it was assumed that their lived experiences would include non-custodial as well as custodial fatherhood. The study was approached from a constructivist position and was further informed by a family systems theory. South African and international literature was perused followed by an exploratory study on the relatively uncharted terrain of paternal custody. A qualitative method was used and one unstructured interview with a schedule was conducted with each of the five respondents who were selected according to non-probability purposive sampling methods. Interviews were recorded and transcribed verbatim. Data was analysed cross-sectionally around certain themes and categories that were extracted from the data. The most significant findings of the study which appear to resemble some earlier national and international findings, are summarised as follows: Some fathers appear to have sound motives for pursuing custody of their children. These fathers, if afforded the opportunity, find fulfilment in parenting their children whom they perceive to be happy and prosperous in their care. There are fathers in whom divorce causes clear and profound signs of distress which appear to be related to the loss of the pre-divorce father I child relationship. The feeling of powerlessness to effect the well-being of their children as they see it was emphasised. Recommendations generated from these findings relate to the elimination of gender bias from custody decisions, including fathers in therapeutic interventions with divorced families and the provision of family courts and mediation services as suggested in the White Paper for Social Welfare. Recommendations for future research are also presented.

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Child development--Father's personality--Early child-care experience of fathers--Playfulness--Employment--Marriage status--Psychological support--Middle-class fathers.

Society perceives that fathers are taking a more active role within the family, this role is referred to as the conduct of father's, but what is perhaps changing more rapidly is the culture of fatherhood, or the shift in society's perception of what roles each parent is to play. The purpose of this study was to compare the caregiving roles of mothers and fathers during mealtime. Specifically, do mother's as compared to father's attend to more of the maintenance tasks required by children during this task oriented situation? The major goal of the researcher was to determine if the father's under study are taking on as much responsibility within the home as current literature seems to suggest. Three families were observed during three separate meals each to determine which parent was fulfilling what needs the child may have had and who seemed to provide the needed child care during meals. Field notes were taken after each observation and these data were coded according to 26 coding categories. After the data were coded, analysis indicated similarities and differences among the families, both of which provided useful insights into the general, as well as specific, research questions. The families observed did maintain a fairly traditional division of labor as all of the families included mothers that stay home and father's that work at a university. All mothers had meals waiting for their husbands when they got home. The mothers seated themselves closest to the youngest children, the one’s most likely to need help during the meal. Gender differences in parental behavior were seen only occasionally, probably due to the seating arrangement as well as the level of activity of the mother at the times observed. Father's were seen to have interacted more with the older children in a social capacity, although many signs of care such as changing diapers and helping to cut up food by them were also observed. Finally, with regards to discipline the families were each different. Each household had a different means of division of power. By this it is meant that in one family the father had the ultimate decision in matters and gave permission for things such as leaving the table while in the other two families the mother had the final say. The dominance of the mother as a disciplinarian can be explained, in part, by the fact that the mother was the one with the children most of the day and interacted more on a maintenance basis than a social or play basis as the fathers often did. The mother’s primary concern was meeting the needs of the child, not social interaction. / Master of Science