Working Out Dads Project
- Project status: Active
Research area: Population Health > Intergenerational Health
The Working Out Dads project is evaluating ways to promote men’s health and wellbeing during early fatherhood.
Being a dad of young children can be fun and rewarding, but it can also be stressful at times.
Being a dad of young children can be fun and rewarding, but it can also be stressful at times.
Information for participants
The Working Out Dads project will evaluate two different approaches.
Working Out Dads
A 6-week face-to-face group of 6-10 fathers, which includes time for discussion about being a dad, managing work and family life, and strategies to cope with stress. It also includes a 30-minute group personal training session with a personal trainer.
Talking About Being a Dad
A brief discussion over the phone with a health professional from Tweddle Child & Family Health Service about what it is like to be a dad, about your health and wellbeing, and what resources and services are available for fathers.
We will compare these two approaches to work out which is most effective in promoting fathers’ health and wellbeing. This project will gather important evidence about whether we should make the program more widely available to other fathers in the future.
The Working Out Dad's trial
Contact us
Working Out Dads
Murdoch Children's Research Institute
The Royal Children's Hospital
50 Flemington Road
Parkville VIC 3052
Australia
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