About ORIGINS
The ultimate goal of The ORIGINS Project is to reduce the rising epidemic of non-communicable diseases through 'a healthy start to life'.
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The ultimate goal of The ORIGINS Project is to reduce the rising epidemic of non-communicable diseases through 'a healthy start to life'.
As well as ORIGINS long-term core research, there are a number of clinical trials, early interventions and shorter-term research studies that sit within ORIGINS. Known as sub-projects, these studies look at multiple aspects of child and family health and development.
The ORIGINS Project provides researchers, students, clinicians and universities with a unique opportunity to play a crucial role in changing the health of future generations.
Providing expectant and new Dads with a health check-up
The CARE-Dads Study is aimed at providing expectant Dads with a health check-up.
Dads play an important role within the family as their involvement in child-rearing enhances the health of their children. Studies have shown that a father’s involvement in his child’s life can be associated with positive child outcomes.
A healthy dad is an important part of a nurturing early environment, ORIGINS will provide a range of studies to explore ways to improve the health of dads-to be – the CARE-Dads Study is the first step.
The aim of the CARE-Dads study is to evaluate the risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease in expectant fathers.
Recruitment for this study is now closed and stage one of this program is complete.
Participation involved two time points, once during pregnancy and then at or around the ORIGINS clinic visit when their child is one year of age.