One Plus One e-bulletin, No 5, May 2007
     
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Contents:
News from One Plus One
Research and policy news
About One Plus One
 
   
     
  News from One Plus One  
     
  One Plus One was invited to run a Masterclass on 9th May with Fathers Direct for the Health Led Parenting Project (DoH/DfES) pilot site, as part of the Family Nurse Partnership. Entitled Supporting couple and father-child relationships, the masterclass provided evidence-based knowledge around the impact of parental relationships on children and the involvement of fathers. The day was structured to allow smaller group working around possible scenarios that those supporting young and new families may face. There was excellent feedback from the day.  
     
  Penny Mansfield, Director of One Plus One and Clare Negreira, Head of Practice Development and Training attended a seminar with Professor David Olds to discuss the implementation of the Nurse Family Partnership model in the UK.  
     
  Penny also recorded an interview for the University of the Air (Japan's equivalent of the Open University) which will be broadcast as part of their Family Studies programme.  
     
  This month YoungMinds Magazine published an article on the impact of parental conflict on children, The conflict zone, written by Penny and Fiona Hovsepian, Head of Knowledge Dissemination. Information about YoungMinds can be found here. Penny also provided comment for an article in The Times, written by Rosemary Bennett, Social Affairs Correspondent. The article, Couples that live apart . . . stay together, can be read here.  
     
 

One Plus One has received funding for training a new cohort of trainers. The One Plus One Training Team held a residential Train the Trainer week for the Brief Encounters® course at the end of May. A dozen enthusiastic and skilled trainers gathered at Knuston Hall in Northamptonshire to be trained using the newly revamped 3-day Brief Encounters® course.

 
     
   
     
  Research and policy news  
     
  We regularly monitor and select information from Government departments, research centres, publishers, and relationship and family organisations. Below you will find a listing of news from the last month. Each headline provides a link to the original news release. A regularly updated news board can be found in our National Information Centre on Relationships.  
     
  Policy and Practice  
 
Funds from the DfES to assist parental involvement in their children's learning
The Pregnancy Book 2007 published by the Department of Health
Updated alcohol advice for pregnant women from the Department of Health
2007 edition of Birth to five from the Department of Health
Governance of Sure Start Children's Centres and Extended Schools Guidance
£340 million to improve the lives of disabled children
Speech by Professor David Olds
DWP publishes response to consultation on Child Maintenance White Paper
Possible case against the CSA
National Breastfeeding Awareness Week
 
 
Employment Relations Minister announces new paternity leave proposals
Our health, our care, our say - one year on: research report from the Department of Health
Supporting victims of forced marriage
New Deal Plus for Lone Parents Qualitative Evaluation from the DWP
 
     
  Research and Statistics  
 
Fall in teenage pregnancy rates
New survey from the NSPCC
Research study from JRF on poverty and disadvantage among prisoners' families
Research on conflict in conversation from the ESRC
New data from the Millennium Cohort Study, British Cohort Study and National Child Development Study
Briefing paper from AIFS
 
     
  Journal Articles  
 
May's edition of the Journal of Marriage and Family includes a Symposium on Transformative Processes in Marriage including an article by Frank D. Fincham, Scott M. Stanley & Steven R.H. Beach which is listed below, as well as comments from, among others Paul R. Amato. To view the full contents of this edition click here

Child gender and father involvement in fragile families by Lundberg S, McLanahan S, Rose E, Demography, Volume 44, Number 1pp79-92. To visit the Demography website click here

Transformative Processes in Marriage: An Analysis of Emerging Trends
by Frank D. Fincham, Scott M. Stanley, Steven R.H. Beach, Journal of Marriage and Family, Volume 69, Number 2 pp275-292. To visit the Journal of Marriage and Family website click here

Parental Beliefs About Nonresident Fathers' Obligations and Rights by I-Fen Lin & Sara S. McLanahan, Journal of Marriage and Family, Volume 69, Number 2 pp389-398. To visit the Journal of Marriage and Family website click here

Transformative Processes in Marriage: Some Thoughts from a Sociologist by Paul R. Amato, Journal of Marriage and Family, Volume 69, Number 2 pp305-309. To visit the Journal of Marriage and Family website click here
Exploring perceptions of online infidelity by Branden H. Henline, Leanne K. Lamke & Michael D. Howard, Personal Relationships, Volume 14, Number 1 pp113-128. To visit the Personal Relationships website click here
Why couples still Believe in Common-law Marriage by Rebecca Probert, Family Law, Volume 37, May 2007, pp403-406. To visit the Family Law website click here
 

Cohabitants, Contracts and Commissioners by Chris Barton, Family Law, Volume 37, May 2007, pp407-412. To visit the Family Law website click here

     
   
     
  About One Plus One  
     
  One Plus One is a team of researchers, practitioners and information specialists whose aim is to enhance understanding of how family relationships contribute to the well being of adults and children through three key activities:  
 
inquiring - monitoring and evaluating knowledge about relationships and effective support in order to develop key messages for policy and practice;
informing - creating imaginative formats for key messages tailored to different audiences, and raising awareness of the impact of couple relationships on the well being of individuals, families and communities;
innovating - developing innovative ways of getting specialist knowledge and skills about adult family relationships and early intervention to everyone working in the frontline with families, thereby adding value to existing practice.