How your actions impact our futures

The moment a soon-to-be father comes in contact with the maternal and early childhood space, his interactions and initial experiences can potentially set off a chain of events leading to either positive or negative outcomes, for the entire family. As a health professional, your engagement with a soon-to-be father is critically important to his, his family’s, and his child’s health and wellbeing moving forward through the life course4,5. Your actions play a particularly significant role in the futures of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families