Rodrigo Dornelas, Thaynara Alves Dos Santos, Daniela Sena de Oliveira, Roxane de Alencar Irineu, Aline Brito, Kelly Silva
Violence in schools and the voice of teachers
CoDAS
investigate nature paternal mental health problems causes coping strategies used fathers young children age 2 years conducted indepth interviews fathers mothers community leaders community health workers well focus group discussions fathersonly mothersonly mixed groups fathers mothers respondents provided perspectives psychosocial challenges affecting fathers fathers responded mental health problems data triangulated across stakeholders analysed using thematic content analysis study conducted four communities mwanza tanzania total sample included 56 fathers 56 mothers 8 community stakeholders equally distributed across four communities respondents highlighted spectrum mental health concerns affecting fathers including elevated parenting stress depressive symptoms anxiety causes paternal mental health problems included poverty childrelated concerns marital problems family illness asked paternal coping strategies fathers mothers shared fathers mostly turned negative coping strategies manage distress paternal alcohol use poor conflict resolution strategies however respondents also shared fathers used positive coping strategies seeking social support family friends engaging exercise leisure activities relying faith overall study highlights importance supporting positive mental health among fathers findings inform design psychosocial programme components integrated within parenting interventions promote wellbeing specifically fathers ultimately improve family caregiving environment