Understanding Fathers’ Contributions to Family Well-Being and Applying Father Inclusive Practices within Families

For over 50 years, extensive research outcomes support the multifaceted positive effects of paternal involvement on various aspects of family and children’s well-being. Nurses are in a privileged position to promote fathers’ status as being on equal footing with mothers within a family-centered care approach and to act as ambassadors for fathers, mothers, and co-parents. This interactive workshop will incorporate theoretical underpinnings of father involvement and its contribution on family’s, mothers’, children’s and fathers’ welfare, as well as propose an intervention model to implement father inclusive practices within health care and community settings.