When fathers are involved in caregiving from the beginning of their child’s life, they are more likely to stay involved, resulting in more gender equality between spouses and in positive cognitive and psychosocial health outcomes for children. It has been shown, however, that professional experts often focus predominantly on and build trust relationships with mothers rather than fathers. In this paper, drawing on interviews with and observations of pre- and postnatal healthcare professionals in the Netherlands, Germany, and Poland, I examine in which institutional contexts these professionals did activate and build trust relationships with fathers, while envisioning them as caregivers.

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专业人士何时会在分娩过程中设想并信任父亲作为照顾者？荷兰、德国和波兰产前和产后保健专业人员对父亲的评估比较

当父亲从孩子的生命一开始就参与照顾他们时，他们更有可能继续参与，从而导致配偶之间的性别更加平等，并为孩子带来积极的认知和心理健康结果。然而，事实表明，专业专家通常主要关注并与母亲而不是父亲建立信任关系。在这篇论文中，我利用对荷兰、德国和波兰产前和产后保健专业人员的采访和观察，研究了这些专业人员在哪些制度背景下确实激活并与父亲建立了信任关系，同时将他们设想为照顾者。