11th December 2024
We are delighted to publish a new Good Practice Point (GPP) for health visitors on the importance of supporting fathers.
All parents have a unique and significant role in promoting their family health and wellbeing, and any person can experience difficulties during their transition to parenthood, whether they are a mother or birthing person, father, co-mother or non-birthing parent. This GPP focuses specifically on the importance of the support that health visitors offer to fathers* during the perinatal period.
*The iHV has adopted a gender-additive approach to the language we use in policies, resources, projects, and events. A gender-additive approach means using both gendered language alongside gender-neutral language, to ensure that everyone is represented and included.
For the purpose of this publication, the term father includes those who are: biological or non-biological parents; residing with or separately from their partner and baby; in a relationship with or separated from their child’s other parent; heterosexual, gay, bisexual or transgender; an adoptive or step-parent.
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