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Parenting Support in the 21st Century – Dads Wanted for Research

June 7, 2012
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Parenting Support in the 21st Century – Dads Wanted for Research

Are you a father of a 2-12 year old that uses the internet to get parenting information and support? Researchers at the University of Queensland are interested in finding out parents’ preferences for parenting support, and their use of different...
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Whyalla Male-Out Community Fun Day (SA)

June 5, 2012
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Whyalla Male-Out Community Fun Day (SA)

The WHYALLA MALE-OUT COMMUNITY FUN DAY is fast approaching. The day is being held to coincide with National Men’s Health Week which runs from June 11-17, 2012. The Whyalla event is being held at the University of SA Whyalla Campus on Nicolson Av...
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"Science May Have Just Beaten Prostate Cancer" (USA)

June 3, 2012
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"Science May Have Just Beaten Prostate Cancer" (USA)

How do you know when your new cancer drug is working better than expected? When they shut down the clinical trial so that every participating patient can receive it. Johnson & Johnson's Zytiga is kind of a big deal. The FDA approved its use last y...
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Circle of Security for Dads

June 3, 2012
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Circle of Security for Dads

A Relationship Based Parenting Program A 6 week parenting program with a focus on your relationship with your child and how to strengthen it. Starting on Tues. 29th May 2012 1.30pm – 3.30pm and Wed 6th June, 6.00pm - 8.00pm Remember… &ldqu...
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Effective Men’s Health Promotion – men’s health promotion training program (Sydney)

June 2, 2012
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Effective Men’s Health Promotion – men’s health promotion training program (Sydney)

EFFECTIVE MEN’S HEALTH PROMOTION men’s health promotion training program Forum 1,  Hyde Park Inn, 271 Elizabeth St, Sydney EFFECTIVE MEN’S HEALTH PROMOTION is a new improved version of Australia’s leading men’s health...
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EMALE Issue 111 (June 2012)

June 1, 2012
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EMALE Issue 111 (June 2012)

In this month's issue: 'Mansome' examines men's self-image, grooming ‘Men Care’ project in Coffs Coast Current Training Programs (Effective Ways of Engaging Men, Effective Men’s Health Promotion) more than just a haircut the high cost...
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Mental illness in men costs $3b, says report

May 30, 2012
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Mental illness in men costs $3b, says report

"We must intervene early and invest smarter" ... the Minister for Mental Health, Mark Butler. Photo: Quentin Jones MENTAL ILLNESS in young men costs the Australian economy more than $3 billion per annum, a new report to be launched by the minister for...
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Press Starting To See the Light in Abduction Case | Fathers & Families

May 30, 2012
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Press Starting To See the Light in Abduction Case | Fathers & Families

This case has stirred the Australian press for almost a month now.  I posted this piece about it some two weeks ago.  It’s the case of the Australian woman who moved to Italy to study the language, met an Italian man, married him and ha...
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Father Absence, Father Deficit, Father Hunger | Psychology Today (Canada)

May 23, 2012
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Father Absence, Father Deficit, Father Hunger | Psychology Today (Canada)

Despite President Obama’s 2011 Father’s Day lament on the irresponsibility of “deadbeat fathers” footloose and fancy free from taking responsibility for their children, in fact the two major structural threats to fathers’ ...
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Robyn Urback on shocking anti-male hatred on the SFU campus (Canada)

May 20, 2012
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Robyn Urback on shocking anti-male hatred on the SFU campus (Canada)

The student union at Simon Fraser University in B.C. has made the apparently contentious decision to finance the creation of a Men’s Centre on campus. Motivated, surely, by deep-seeated patriarchal values, the union approved a budget of $30,000 t...
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Men on the Move retreat

May 20, 2012
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Men on the Move retreat

There are just a couple of spots left for the Men on the Move retreat for men at Serpentine this coming weekend. If this has interest for you, we invite you to join with the other men who also seek a greater understanding of themselves; want to improve...
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Prostate Cancer Specialist Nursing Service

May 15, 2012
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Prostate Cancer Specialist Nursing Service

Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia Prostate Cancer Specialist Nursing Service The Prostate Cancer Specialist Nursing Service is a new national program to help those affected by prostate cancer The service will be delivered by a team of expert pros...
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The secret lives of boys

May 14, 2012
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The secret lives of boys

Mud glorious mud ... The joys of being a boy. I’m as much of a fan of martial arts as I am of major dental work. But this week, as I watched my little boy wrap a white belt around his skinny waist, join a line of his mates and learn to kick, my ...
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The Middle Men (TV Documentary)

May 13, 2012
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The Middle Men (TV Documentary)

The Middle Men Wednesday 30 May, 10:00pm The concept of ‘middle age’ is changing as recent generations are living longer and healthier lives. Men in the 21st Century are entering their ‘second adulthoods’ in radically different...
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The Middle Men (UK TV Documentary)

May 13, 2012
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The Middle Men (UK TV Documentary)

The Middle Men Wednesday 30 May, 10:00pm The concept of ‘middle age’ is changing as recent generations are living longer and healthier lives. Men in the 21st Century are entering their ‘second adulthoods’ in radically different...
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Are Dads the New Moms? – WSJ.com

May 11, 2012
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Are Dads the New Moms? – WSJ.com

By SUSAN GREGORY THOMAS Getty Images When K.J. Wiemer got married in the 1990s, he didn't think he was becoming a husband. Rather, he says, he saw himself as "one of two 20-something professionals living together, who were now entering the phase of 'o...
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