In the SS sample, a 0.72
IhV melt-phase polymer was raised in the solid-state reactor to a 0.76
IhV, matching that of the melt-phase material (CoPET-3, Table 1).
One parent in each family was interviewed by a child psychiatrist (
IHV) at first admission (24 mothers, 1 father) and at followup (22 mothers, 3 fathers), using a semistructured parent interview.
From day one of a career in health visiting, practitioners are encouraged to keep reflective journals both to support their practice and provide evidence for revalidation (
iHV, 2014).
While working as
IHV Perinatal Mental Health Champions, and training the health visiting workforce in London North West Healthcare, it became apparent that there was a general lack of standardised resources for postnatal depression, especially for fathers.
When fathers do more baby care and housework, mothers experience less stress and depression, fathers are happier and adjust better to fatherhood, and babies do better (
iHV, 2014).
* The Institute of Health Visiting (
IHV) commissioned us to produce a summary of research on father engagement for its 'Good practice points' series (www.fatherhoodinstitute.