%0 Journal Article
%T From Man to Father: Norwegian First-Time Fathers£¿¡é£¿£¿£¿£¿ Experience of the Transition to Fatherhood | Insight Medical Publishing
%A Beate Solberg
%A Kari Glavin
%J December, 2018
%D 2018
%R 10.21767/1791-809X.1000569
%X Objective: To explore how men experience becoming a father for the first time and how they perceive their role during their partner¡¯s pregnancy, childbirth and the early period with a newborn child. Methods: The study had a qualitative design. Nine individual interviews were conducted with first-time fathers. Qualitative content analysis was used to interpret the data material. Results: The men¡¯s ages were from 25 to 45 years. They were all Norwegian, seven were cohabitants, and two were married. Four categories describing fathers¡¯ experience of the transition to their role as fathers were identified: Expectations of fatherhood, delivery, barriers to the father¡¯s role, and facilitators of the father¡¯s role. Conclusion: Development of the fatherhood role is a process in which the man transitions from relating to the abstractness of pregnancy via concretization through birth to the realization phase after birth. Growth in the father¡¯s positive engagement depends on a sense of mastery, meaningfulness, control and manageability in relation to his child, his partner and his new everyday life. Identified factors facilitate or inhibit the development of a positive fatherhood role. The sum of the factors determines how this role is experienced. Insight into the fatherhood role is important to enable health professionals to provide personalized follow-up of high quality in the health services. Better follow-up will enable public health nurses and midwives to strengthen the role of both the individual father and the family as a whole. This will in turn contribute to better health and development for the child.
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