Canadian men’s health stigma, masculine role norms and lifestyle behaviors

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 535-543
Author(s):  
Donald R McCreary ◽  
John L Oliffe ◽  
Nick Black ◽  
Ryan Flannigan ◽  
Joe Rachert ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Premature Mortality ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Men’S Health ◽  
Men's Health ◽  
Lifestyle Behaviors ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Stratified Sample ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Masculine Role ◽  
Role Norms

AbstractMen are at high risk for both morbidity and premature mortality from several of the most common serious diseases. Although numerous factors have been identified to explain men’s risk, this study focused on the relationship between lifestyle behaviors, health-related self-stigma and masculine role norms. An age and location stratified sample of 2000 Canadian men completed measures assessing five lifestyle behaviors (smoking, alcohol use, sleep, diet and exercise), a screen for depression, and measures of self-stigma and masculine role norms. The results showed that elements of both health-related self-stigma and masculine role norms were associated with increased risk for being above the clinical threshold for four of the lifestyle behaviors and depression. The most frequent and largest relationships were associated with exercise and depression. The total number of lifestyle behaviors for which participants were above the clinical cut-points was also associated with self-stigma and masculine role norms. These findings demonstrate the importance of health-related self-stigma and masculine role norms as potential barriers to men’s health and well-being.

Decolonising the health and well-being of Aboriginal men in Australia

2020 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacob Prehn ◽  
Douglas Ezzy
Keyword(s):  
Health Outcomes ◽  
State Government ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Men’S Health ◽  
Men's Health ◽  
Adventure Therapy ◽  
Male Health ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Effective Models

Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander men have the worst health of any group in Australia. Despite this, relevant policies do not specifically explain how the issue will be improved. Existing research demonstrates the complexity of the problems facing Australian Indigenous men. The intersection of masculinity and Indigeneity, compounded by colonisation, historical policies, stigma, marginalisation, trauma, grief and loss of identity are key factors that shape these poor health outcomes. These outcomes are acknowledged in federal and some state government policies but not implemented. The article argues for a holistic and decolonised approach to Australian Aboriginal men’s health. Effective models of intervention to improve men’s health outcomes include men’s health clinics, men’s groups, Men’s Sheds, men’s health camps/bush adventure therapy, fathering groups and mentoring programs. Further research needs to be undertaken, with a greater emphasis on preventative health measures, adequate specific funding, culturally and gender appropriate responses to health, and government policy development and implementation covering Aboriginal male health.

scholarly journals The Tennessee Men’s Health Report Card: A Model for Men’s Health Policy Advocacy and Education

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 155798831988258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Derek M. Griffith ◽  
Andrea R. Semlow ◽  
Mike Leventhal ◽  
Clare Sullivan
Keyword(s):  
Medical Center ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Men’S Health ◽  
Report Card ◽  
The State ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Men's Health ◽  
Health Report ◽  
Vanderbilt University

Tennessee is the only state in the United States that has regularly published a document monitoring men’s health and assessing men’s health disparities. Vanderbilt University, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, the Tennessee Department of Health, Meharry Medical College, Tennessee Men’s Health Network, and health providers and advocates across the state have come together to publish a set of indicators as the Tennessee Men’s Health Report Card (TMHRC). This article describes the origins, structure, development, and lessons learned from publishing report cards in 2010, 2012, 2014, and 2017. The report card highlights statistically significant changes in trends over time, identifies racial, ethnic, age, and geographic differences among men, highlights connections to regional and statewide public health initiatives, and suggests priorities for improving men’s health in Tennessee. State data were compared to Healthy People 2020 Objectives and graded based on the degree of discrepancy between the goal and the current reality for Tennessee men. Over the four iterations of the report card, the TMHRC team has made significant adjustments to the ways they analyze and present the data, utilize grades and graphics, consider the implications of the data for the economic well-being of the state, and disseminate the findings across the state to different stakeholders. It is important to go beyond creating a summary of information; rather, data should be shared in ways that are easily understood, actionable, and applicable to different audiences. It is also critical to highlight promising policy and programmatic initiatives to improve men’s health in the state.

scholarly journals Men’s Health-Related Magazines: A Retrospective Study of What They Recommend and the Evidence Addressing Their Recommendations

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 155798832093690
Author(s):  
Mohamed A. Jalloh ◽  
Mitchell J. Barnett ◽  
Eric J. Ip
Keyword(s):  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Men’S Health ◽  
Men's Health ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Media Messages ◽  
Large Populations ◽  
Health Related

Magazines have traditionally been an effective medium for delivering health media messages to large populations or specific groups. In this retrospective cross-sectional study, we evaluated nine issues from 2016 publications of American men’s health-related magazines ( Men’s Health and Men’s Fitness) to evaluate their recommendations and determine their validity by examining corresponding evidence found in the peer-reviewed scientific literature. We extracted health recommendations ( n = 161) from both magazines and independently searched and evaluated evidence addressing the recommendations. We could find at least a case study or higher quality evidence addressing only 42% of the 161 recommendations (80 recommendations from Men’s Health and 81 recommendations from Men’s Fitness). For recommendations from Men’s Health, evidence supported approximately 23% of the 80 recommendations, while evidence was unclear, nonexistent, or contradictory for approximately 77% of the recommendations. For recommendations from Men’s Fitness, evidence supported approximately 25% of the 81 recommendations, while evidence was unclear, nonexistent, or contradictory for approximately 75% of the recommendations. The majority of recommendations made in men’s health-related magazines appear to lack credible peer-reviewed evidence; therefore, patients should discuss such recommendations with health-care providers before implementing.

Confronting Racism and Sexism to Improve Men’s Health

2007 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henrie M. Treadwell ◽  
Mary E. Northridge ◽  
Traci N. Bethea
Keyword(s):  
Healing Process ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Men’S Health ◽  
Men's Health ◽  
Social Constructs ◽  
Race And Gender ◽  
Extended Families ◽  
Men Of Color ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Health And Well Being

Two fundamental determinants of men’s health are confronted—racism and sexism—that the authors believe underlie many of the health disparities documented between women and men and place men of color at particular disadvantage in U.S. society. In doing so, the authors contend that race and gender, as well as racism and sexism, are social constructs and, therefore, amenable to change. They hope to allay concerns that gains in the health of men will come at the expense of continued advances in the health of women. Instead, by better understanding how the harsh intersections of racism and sexism have contorted roles for men of color and damaged their social ties, a healing process in intimate relationships, extended families, and entire communities may be fostered. Only by reforming historical injustices and reuniting men with their partners, families, and communities will sustained improvements in their health and well-being be realized.

scholarly journals Social Media and Men’s Health: A Content Analysis of Twitter Conversations During the 2013 Movember Campaigns in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 1627-1641 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline A. Bravo ◽  
Laurie Hoffman-Goetz
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Health Risks ◽  
The United States ◽  
Men’S Health ◽  
Men's Health ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Health Related

The Movember Foundation raises awareness and funds for men’s health issues such as prostate and testicular cancers in conjunction with a moustache contest. The 2013 Movember campaigns in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom shared the same goal of creating conversations about men’s health that lead to increased awareness and understanding of the health risks men face. Our objective was to explore Twitter conversations to identify whether the 2013 Movember campaigns sparked global conversations about prostate cancer, testicular cancer, and other men’s health issues. We conducted a content analysis of 12,666 tweets posted during the 2013 Movember campaigns in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom (4,222 tweets from each country) to investigate whether tweets were health-related or non-health-related and to determine what topics dominated conversations. Few tweets ( n = 84, 0.7% of 12,666 tweets) provided content-rich or actionable health information that would lead to awareness and understanding of men’s health risks. While moustache growing and grooming was the most popular topic in U.S. tweets, conversations about community engagement were most common in Canadian and U.K. tweets. Significantly more tweets co-opted the Movember campaign to market products or contests in the United States than Canada and the United Kingdom ( p < .05). Findings from this content analysis of Twitter suggest that the 2013 Movember campaigns in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom sparked few conversations about prostate and testicular cancers that could potentially lead to greater awareness and understanding of important men’s health issues.

A Proposed Longitudinal Study of Boys' and Men's Health and Well-being in Greater Sydney, Australia

2008 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 192-209
Author(s):  
Abdul Monaem ◽  
John J. Macdonald ◽  
Micheal Woods ◽  
Rodney Hughes ◽  
Michael Orchard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Men’S Health ◽  
Men's Health ◽  
Health And Well Being ◽  
Sydney Australia

GO Men's Health Program

2009 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 39-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda Burton ◽  
Matthew Atherton ◽  
Anna Nygaard
Keyword(s):  
Health Services ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Health Program ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Men’S Health ◽  
Health Improvement ◽  
Men's Health ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Engaging Men ◽  
Health And Well Being

In 2008, NHS Halton & St Helens in the United Kingdom launched a Men's Health program pilot focusing on encouraging men to take better care of their health and to make more use of available health services. Targeting men living in the most deprived wards in Halton, the Men's Health program offers a wide variety of activities just for men, all designed to support and enable equal and convenient access to lifestyle and general health services. The pilot program draws upon best practice by developing a social marketing approach that supports men to choose from a range of tailored activities designed to improve their health and well-being. The Men's Health program is part of the wider Health Improvement Team's program and has demonstrated a range of quantitative and qualitative successes in engaging men living in the most deprived wards. A key element to the design and development of the Men's Health program is the continuous dialogue and refining activities to ensure that men are encouraged to contribute in the shaping of such activities and wider delivery of the program.

Applying Social Marketing to Healthcare

2014 ◽  
pp. 78-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria do Rosário Cabrita ◽  
Miriam Cabrita
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Social Marketing ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Lifestyle Behaviors ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Planning Decisions ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Health Care Consumer ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Marketing Approach

There is now an emerging view of health care as a sector of the economy. The subject is increasingly gaining the interest of policy makers and health care industry researchers as a way of modifying the incidence and impact of unhealthy behavior and disease. Health-related social marketing is the systematic application of commercial marketing principles to achieve behavioral goals relevant to improving health and reducing health inequalities. Whilst commercial marketing seeks to influence behavior for profit, social marketing encourages behaviors that provide well being for individuals or for society as a whole. Several studies set out the importance of using a social marketing approach to encourage positive health behavior. There are therefore a number of challenges and opportunities for social marketing to be used to change health care consumer behavior. Social marketing has been used to persuade a specific audience, mainly through mass media, to adopt an idea, a practice, a product, or all three. To develop social marketing programs, marketers must know about the problem to be addressed, understand the audience to be targeted, and interpret the environment in which the program will be applied. The premise is that all program planning decisions must emanate from a consideration of the consumers’ wants, demands, and needs. The aim of this chapter is to examine ways in which social marketing can help to promote health care attitudes. Exploring key concepts, the study focuses on the application of social marketing theory and principles to healthcare. Using a social marketing approach, it was examines the program UpForIt, which aims to influence students aged 16-24 years old to increase their levels of physical activity and adopt healthy eating behaviors. By examining strategies implemented, it identifies that young adults are willing to voluntarily change their lifestyle behaviors, given the appropriate target audience.

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