Australian Fatherhood Research Consortium (AFRC) Steering Committee
Committee Name
Australian Fatherhood Research Consortium (AFRC) Steering Committee
Committee Type
EXTERNAL
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Description
The Australian Fatherhood Research Consortium (AFRC) was established in April 2017 at the Fatherhood Research in Australia Symposium II, held at Deakin University, Melbourne and co-hosted by the Family Action Centre, University of Newcastle. This consortium aims to: 1. Advance the science of fatherhood; 2. Inform practice and policy that supports men and their families; 3. Promote healthy inclusion of fathers in family life. Four working groups co-ordinate the national multi-site and multi-institutional collaboration. Our first domain of enquiry was fatherhood and sleep, specifically associations between fathers’ sleep and mental health, culminating in https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1871519219307322?via%3Dihub https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0266613820301108