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An unfortunate corollary is that serologic tests can become less sensitive as the infections progress, obviously because of the decreased immune response upon which these tests are based. In addition, immune complexes form, trapping Bb antibodies. These complexed antibodies are not detected by serologic testing. Not surprisingly the seronegative patient will convert to seropositive 36% of the time after antibiotic treatment has begun and a recovery is underway. Similarly, the antibody titer may rise, and the number of bands on the western blot may increase as treatment progresses and the patient recovers. Only years after a successfully treated infection will. | Father s Involvement as a Determinant of Child Health Jessica Ball . . Ken Moselle . Steve Pedersen . Paper prepared for the Public Health Agency of Canada Population Health Fund Project Father Involvement for Healthy Child Outcomes Partners Supporting Knowledge Development and Transfer March 1 2007. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent official policy of the Public Health Agency of Canada. Jessica Ball 2007 CONTENTS Executive Summary 2 Introduction 4 A salutogenic perspective 5 Defining constructs 6 Impacts of father s involvement on child development and father well-being 7 Linking father s involvement to determinants of health 8 Expanding assessment of father s instrumentality in pathways to child health 13 Theoretical frameworks 14 Bronfenbrenner s ecological systems theory Hertzman s social aggregation model Family pathways to child health Schor and Menaghan Wadsworth s model of accumulated risk to health from family sources Re search revi ew 18 Search approach Peer-reviewed literature Non-refereed informally published literature Key informants Fatherhood and or men s health websites Summary of research evidence A conceptual framework for future research 29 Conclusion 32 References 33 Father s Involvement as a Determinant of Child Health Jessica Ball . . Ken Moselle . Steve Pedersen . Executive Summary This report explored the question What are the theoretical and empirical foundations for justifying investments in promoting and reinforcing positive father s involvement as indirect investments in children s health One objective of this report is to bring forward some possible conceptual frameworks for generating hypotheses about how fathers may contribute to children s health. A second objective is to bring some research evidence to bear on hypothesized links between variables that make up the framework. A third objective is to stimulate thinking about a research agenda that could tease out the impacts of