Consulting With First Nations Communities to Develop Text-Based Support for Grieving Fathers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The loss occasioned through miscarriage, stillbirth or neonatal death is recognised as a traumatic event causing grief and sorrow in fathers. While the rate of Indigenous perinatal deaths is almost twice that of non-Indigenous, there is little support available for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander grieving fathers.

Objective

The SMS4DeadlyDads team partnered with Red Nose, the national charity supporting grieving parents, to co-design text-based support for grieving fathers with community representatives and clinicians.

Design

A 2-year consultation process with Indigenous services and stakeholders took place in urban and remote locations in Australia. The support for fathers following perinatal loss was assessed, and messages were adapted from those fo

SUBMITTER: Hammond C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12477625 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature