A National Men’s Health Strategy in Australia: Tips for Implementation

Smith, James

doi:10.22374/ijmsch.v1i1.15

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“…[63][64][65][66][67] This has paralleled scholarship advocating for a social determinants approach to men's health. [68][69][70][71][72][73] Commentary in this space has frequently examined links between gender, specifically masculinities, and men's health. 33,[64][65][66][67]71,[74][75][76][77][78][79][80][81][82][83][84] This has typically focused on vulnerable, marginalised, and minority groups of boys and men.…”

Section: Understanding Health Inequities Faced By Vulnerable and Margmentioning

confidence: 99%

COVID-19, Equity and Men’s Health

Smith

Griffith

White

et al. 2020

International Journal of Men's Social and Community Health

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In March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) reflected a global pandemic. Early epidemiological analyses demonstrated that boys and men have similar rates of COVID-19 infection to girls and women. However, boys and men appear to be disproportionately impacted with respect to severity and mortality, including those from marginalised or minority backgrounds. Yet, considerations of sex and gender, and their relationship to health and social inequities, have been absent from recent COVID-19 policy and practice pandemic responses. This evidence-based commentary discusses the nexus between COVID-19, equity, and boys and men’s health from a broad public health perspective. Using scholarship about intersections between race and gender; and poverty, social determinants of health, and gender; we explain why a health equity lens is important to address the health and social inequities boys and men face during pandemics. This contribution provides guidance about future global public healthpandemic responses for society’s most vulnerable groups of boys and men.

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Section: Understanding Health Inequities Faced By Vulnerable and Margmentioning

confidence: 99%

COVID-19, Equity and Men’s Health

Smith

Griffith

White

et al. 2020

International Journal of Men's Social and Community Health

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“…In spite of a limited presence in the literature, Australian programs in this space continue to increase in number and prominence, gaining access to thousands of men and boys each year 2 (Tomazin & Prytz, 2021). The relative absence of empirical examination of these programs represents a gap in the otherwise well-established field of men and masculinities research in Australia, which includes foundational theoretical contributions to conceptualisations of hegemonic masculinity from Connell (1987), extensive scholarship on a range of issues relating to men and boys, including but not limited to men’s health (including a national health strategy for men: Smith, 2018), and mental health (including extensive research into the role of Men’s Sheds – Wilson & Cordier, 2013, see also, e.g. Courtenay, 2000) as well as the impact of sporting culture, men’s bodies, sexuality and homosocial intimacy (Ralph & Roberts, 2020; Waling, 2019).…”

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‘Men Actually Need to Practice the Conversation’: Collective Learnings from Australian Programs Seeking to Challenge Outdated Masculine Stereotypes and Norms

Stewart

Roberts

Wright

et al. 2022

The Journal of Men’s Studies

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Programs working with men and boys in relation to gender equality are increasing. Little is known, however, about how these programs go beyond raising awareness, to supporting attitude and behaviour change in their participants. In response, 17 facilitators from eight Australian organisations were interviewed to identify program design and delivery strategies that increase male participants’ engagement. Analysis of interview data revealed three themes and seven subthemes, which were crosschecked against survey data from 79 program participants. The themes were the provision of a safe, judgement-free environment; encouraging and supporting growth in participants; and the central role of the facilitators in the success of the first two themes, and in the delivery of programs more generally. Facilitator and participants held mostly consistent perspectives, which were comparable with the existing literature; variations from the literature were noted, however, regarding the lack of efficacy of single-session programs and the relevance of facilitator gender.

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“…2 The men's health community already knows that equity-based men's health policy approaches are critical. [1][2][3] While advocacy of this nature has been evident over the past decade, 4,5 there has been minimal evidence of action at national and global levels. COVID-19 and the Black Lives Matter movement have both reinforced why ambivalence towards equity and men's health is no longer an option.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…1,2,6 We recognize that girls and women also face patriarchy, unequal power relations, and other inequities that need to change. 4,5 However, we also need to move beyond simplistic academic and policy discourses that fail to locate the roots of men's poor health in structural factors, and too often create an unproductive binary between men's and women's health. 2,3,6 While a more gender-inclusive global health policy agenda is important and can help to advance gender-transformative approaches that can benefit both men and women, 2,3 we also need to think more broadly.…”

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confidence: 99%