The 2020 National Men’s Health Gathering in May will focus on a wide-range of themes regarded as critical to the future of male health in Australia.

Professor Alistair Thomson, professor of history at Monash University in Melbourne, will be taking an historical view of fatherhood in his keynote address at the Australian Fatherhood Research symposium in May.

Independent MP Helen Haines, who represents the regional Victorian seat of Indi, has come out in support for new fathers, suggesting that men need more support during their partners’ pregnancy.

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Newly crowned Sunshine Coast Father of the Year Thomas Docking is part of a growing movement wanting to help dads learn about fatherhood in an environment that has more appeal than a typical health ward or local neighbour house play group.

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As a modern dad and relatively new father himself, writer Luke Benedictus and his business partners Jeremy Macvean and Andrew McUtchen believed there was a dearth of material on the subject of parenting from a blokes’ perspective.

A new South Australian study submitted to the journal of Qualitative Health Research this week shows that many new fathers feel anxious and excluded about becoming a father and a huge opportunity is missed during the perinatal period to engage and support them.

A new Deakin University study exploring why some men choose not to have children aims to shed insights into a topic that has had little air time in Australia.