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Practitioner survey

We want to improve the health support fathers receive – especially when they first become dads.
As a professional with experience of delivering services to families, we want to know what you think, and about what most needs to change.
Your answers will be anonymised – but if you’d be willing to talk to us, please share your email address so we can get in touch with you.

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* 1. About you

What’s your job role?

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* 2. Have you taken part in Fatherhood Institute training?

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* 3. In your view, compared to five years ago, how is the health support expectant/new fathers receive in your area?

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* 4. Which of the following do you think is the biggest challenge to improving the health support dads receive? Use the up and down arrows to rank the following in order of importance:

  1. Lack of funding to develop father-inclusive services
  2. Lack of focus on fathers by service commissioners
  3. Lack of workforce capacity to engage with fathers
  4. Practitioners focusing only on the mother and child
  5. Services not engaging effectively with fathers
  6. Fathers not wanting or engaging with services
  7. Something else (please specify)

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* 5. We are calling for dads to receive a health check in their baby’s first year. Do you agree with this campaign ‘ask’?

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* 6. If yes ... Who should provide the health check?

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* 7. What impact do you think health checks for dads could have?

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* 8. In your everyday work, do you open fathers' health records?

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* 9. If there was an ‘official’, nationally mandated guidance for working with new fathers, would that help improve the health support dads receive?

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* 10. If there was an ‘official’, national resource for new fathers, e.g a guide or app with information, support and advice - would that help improve the health support dads receive?

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* 11. Are you aware of any projects or new approaches in your area, to improve the health support fathers receive? If so, please share some details

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* 12. Would you be happy to speak to us about fathers’ health? If so please share your email below

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* 13. Tick this box if you would also be open to talking to selected journalists

Thank you so much for your time. Do please sign our open letter to Wes Streeting if you’d like to – and share it widely!
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