Healio (10/21, Gramigna) reports, “Children whose fathers have poor mental health are more than twice as likely also to have poor mental health,” researchers concluded after using “data for 75,879 children from the 2011 to 2012 National Survey of Children’s Health” to estimate “prevalence and odds of poor mental and physical health among children based on the overall and mental health status of fathers, as well as pertinent sociodemographic covariates.” The findings were published online Oct. 9 in the journal Health Equity.
Related Links:
— “Child mental health status may be closely linked to father’s, “Joe Gramigna, Healio, October 21, 2019