Peer-reviewed article
Collaborative Parenting: Fatherhood and Motherhood Role Transformations Amidst COVID-19 Crisis and Implication on Child Well-being in Mukono District, Uganda
Proscovia Nalwadda, Nicolette Vanessa Roman, Gerald Bwenvu, Joshua Mugambwa ·
Summary
Written by AI, not yet AICS's view · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001This study examined how parental roles changed during the COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda and how collaborative parenting affected child well-being. Using interviews with parents in Mukono district, researchers found that the way mothers and fathers worked together or separately during the crisis influenced their children's outcomes. The research highlights that collaborative parenting approaches appear to support better child well-being during crises.
Key points
- Pre-existing parental role constructions influenced how roles evolved during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Child well-being outcomes differed depending on whether parents fulfilled roles individually or collaboratively
- The study emphasizes the importance of collaborative parental roles for child well-being
- Research was conducted in Nakisunga sub-county and Goma division of Mukono district
Limitations
The study uses qualitative phenomenological design without a comparison group, so it cannot establish causality or quantify the magnitude of effects on child well-being. The findings are specific to one district in Uganda and may not generalise to other contexts.
Abstract
The major occurrences of COVID-19 in Uganda and their impact on parental roles in Uganda are not negligible. Using a qualitative phenomenological design, with in-depth interviews and thematic analysis, this study interrogated how collaborative parenting influenced motherhood and fatherhood role transformations amidst the COVID-19 crisis and its implication on child well-being in Mukono district, Uganda. While global literature documents these changes since the 18th century, empirical evidence in Africa, particularly Uganda, is limited. Conducted in the Nakisunga sub-county and Goma division, findings indicate that pre-existing parental role constructions influenced role evolution during the pandemic, affecting child well-being differently depending on whether parents fulfilled roles individually or collaboratively. The study highlights the importance of collaborative parental roles. Recommendations and implications of the theory are embedded
Findings the Hub has extracted
Each claim below is labelled by its type of design and links back to this report.
- Intervention
- Collaborative parenting (mothers and fathers working together on parental roles)
- Population
- Parents and families in Mukono district, Uganda, during the COVID-19 pandemic
Key finding
Child well-being was affected differently depending on whether parents fulfilled roles individually or collaboratively