Assets
Healthy Men, Healthy Families Healthy Nation
List of Supporting Documents & Research Papers
‘Fathers in Families’
© 2005 — documents the high cost of fatherlessness and the subsequent cost to our health as a nation.
Published by Dads4Kids/The Fatherhood Foundation.
‘21 Reasons Why Marriage Matters’
© 2004 — documents the health benefits of strong sustainable marriage to men and women.
Published by Dads4Kids/The Fatherhood Foundation.
‘16 Reasons for Sexual Integrity’
Booklet © 2005 — documents the benefits of promoting quality relationships between men and women, which shows that the practice of sexual integrity safeguards human health.
Published by Dads4Kids/The Fatherhood Foundation.
‘21 Reasons Why Gender Matters’
© 2007 — documents the gender differences between men and women, and the need to celebrate our complementarity; outlines the health benefits that come from positive family relationships.
Published at GenderMatters.org.au
‘Mortality over the 20th Century’
A great reference tool for analysis of mortality in Australia.
Report by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).
‘The Roseto Effect’
An independent referenced article on the powerful effects of positive relationships for good health.
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