An evaluation of the three-year pilot of the peer group support programme Hit the Ground Crawling found that 80 per cent of fathers who took part have continued to use services available through children's centres in East Staffordshire, and 78 per cent said they felt more confident about supporting their child's mother.
Hit the Ground Crawling, developed by the Fatherhood Institute, aims to give fathers more confidence and introduce them to family support services (News, 17 October 2008).
Fathers-to-be are given opportunities to talk to other men about what it is like to be a father and see how to care for a new baby.
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