Health Visitor Survey

Question Title

* 1. Which health visiting service do you practice in?

Halton

Oldham

Warrington

Question Title

* 2. Do you discuss the mental health of fathers during contacts with families?

Always

Sometimes

Never

Question Title

* 3. If you do discuss the mental health of fathers, during which visits do you do so?

Every contact with family

Antenatal contact

New birth contact

6-8 week contact

3-4 month contact

9-12 month contact

2 year contact

If need identified

Do not assess

Question Title

* 4. As part of your universal practice do you signpost fathers to any resources or other services to support their mental health should they need this?

Yes

Question Title

* 5. If yes, what support services or resources do you signpost fathers towards?

Health visitor

Mental health services such as Healthy Minds/IAPT

Father focused support services (e.g. Dad Matters, Dad Pad, Fathers Institute)

Solihull Approach resources

Other (please share):

Question Title

* 6. Do you assess the mental health of fathers using a mental health screening tool?

Yes

No, but use clinical professional judgement

Do not assess

Question Title

* 7. If yes, which screening tool do you use? (Tick all that apply)

Generalized Anxiety Disorder 2-item (GAD-2)

Patient Health Questionnaire-2 (PHQ-2)

Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9)

Generalised Anxiety Disorder Assessment (GAD-7)

Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS)

Other (please share):

Question Title

* 8. Have you experienced any of the following barriers with assessing father’s mental health? Please choose the three most relevant themes:

Lack of capacity due to time restraints/caseload levels

Limited face to face contact with fathers

Prioritise assessment of mothers mental health

Not confident with assessing or supporting fathers with mental health needs

Limited knowledge of fathers mental health needs

Fathers may not be receptive to discussion about their mental health.

Other (please share):

Question Title

* 9. On a scale of 1-10 how confident do you feel about discussing and exploring mental health with fathers (1 = not confident and 10 = very confident)

Question Title

* 10. Have you attended any perinatal mental health training which covers the mental health of fathers?

Yes

Question Title

* 11. In your opinion would father focused mental health training support your own practice?

Yes

No opinion

Health Visitor Survey

Question Title

* 1. Which health visiting service do you practice in?

Question Title

* 2. Do you discuss the mental health of fathers during contacts with families?

Question Title

* 3. If you do discuss the mental health of fathers, during which visits do you do so?

Question Title

* 4. As part of your universal practice do you signpost fathers to any resources or other services to support their mental health should they need this?

Question Title

* 5. If yes, what support services or resources do you signpost fathers towards?

Question Title

* 6. Do you assess the mental health of fathers using a mental health screening tool?

Question Title

* 7. If yes, which screening tool do you use? (Tick all that apply)

Question Title

* 8. Have you experienced any of the following barriers with assessing father’s mental health? Please choose the three most relevant themes:

Question Title

* 9. On a scale of 1-10 how confident do you feel about discussing and exploring mental health with fathers (1 = not confident and 10 = very confident)

Question Title

* 10. Have you attended any perinatal mental health training which covers the mental health of fathers?

Question Title

* 11. In your opinion would father focused mental health training support your own practice?

Question Title

* 12. Is there anything else you would like to share about supporting fathers mental health?