Men's Health Literacy in Australia: In Search of a Gender Lens

Peerson, Anita; Saunders, Margo

doi:10.3149/jmh.1002.111

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“…Sex/gender are thereby, both, conflated and positioned as variables impacting on health outcomes in ways that are identifiable and quantifiable (see Courtenay ). Whilst the paucity of gender analysis in relation to health and health inequalities has been observed more generally (see for example Broom ; Crawshaw ; Peerson & Saunders ), this is especially evident in gender‐specific health policy (Herrett & Schofield :560)—and men's health in particular (Scott‐Samuel et al. )—worldwide.…”

Section: The Same But Different: Men's Health Women's Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…:12). Gender‐sensitive analysis, as observed by Peerson and Saunders (:126), involves substantially more than just “controlling for sex”. Rather, a gendered approach to health recognises that gender relations are “consistently lived out as general body practices, some of which produce illness, disability and premature mortality” (Connell et al.…”

Section: The Same But Different: Men's Health Women's Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

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“Respect for each gender”: Gender, equity and backlash in Australia's male health policy

Seymour

2018

Aust J Social Issues

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Australia is one of the few countries which has specific health policies for boys/men and girls/women as distinct groups. In this article I present an analysis of the discourses of gender, equity and disadvantage drawn upon in Australia's men's health policy. Through comparison with the women's health policy, I show that a dual focus on the essential differences between men and women and the ways in which the health system has failed men contribute to an adversarial gender politics, positioning men and women as rivals with competing needs. Reflecting broader debates concerning the negative impact of societal change on boys/ men,

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Section: The Same But Different: Men's Health Women's Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Same But Different: Men's Health Women's Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

“Respect for each gender”: Gender, equity and backlash in Australia's male health policy

Seymour

2018

Aust J Social Issues

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“…There is also general agreement that we need reliable measurement tools in both areas of application (Abel, 2008;Sorensen et al, 2012) that can be used to measure the HL of different age groups, genders or language contexts (Baker et al, 2002;Wolf et al, 2005;Ishikawa et al, 2008;Peerson and Saunders, 2011). Though a great deal of effort has been devoted to developing and testing HL measures in the clinical realm [see e.g.…”

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Health literacy among young adults: a short survey tool for public health and health promotion research

Abel

Hofmann

Ackermann

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Health Promot. Int.

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SUMMARYHealth literacy (HL) is context-specific. In public health and health promotion, HL in the private realm refers to individuals' knowledge and skills to prevent disease and to promote health in everyday life. However, there is a scarcity of measurement tools explicitly geared to private realm contexts. Our aim was to develop and test a short survey tool that captures different dimensions of HL in the context of family and friends. We used cross-sectional data from the Swiss Federal Surveys of Adolescents from 2010 to 2011, comprising 7983 males and 366 females between 18 and 25 years. HL was assessed through a set of eight items (self-reports). We used principal component analysis to explore the underlying factor structure among these items in the male sample and confirmatory factor analysis to verify the factor structure in the female sample. The results showed that the tested item set represented dimensions of functional, interactive and critical HL. Two sub-dimensions, understanding versus finding health-relevant information, denoted functional HL. Interactive and critical HL were each represented with two items. A sum score based on all eight items (Cronbach's a: 0.64) showed expected positive associations with own and parental education among males and females ( p , 0.05). The short item set appears to be a feasible measurement tool to assess HL in the private realm. Its broader application in survey studies may help to improve our understanding of how this form of HL is distributed in the general population.

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“…It also contradicts the literature that has found men to be more overconfident about financial issues than women (Barber and Odean 2001). However, studies have found gender differences in health care and health behavior (Bierman 2007;Peerson and Saunders 2011;Vart 2010). Women typically play a lead role in managing family health care issues.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 74%

Building Health Insurance Literacy: Evidence from the Smart Choice Health Insurance™ Program

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Men's Health Literacy in Australia: In Search of a Gender Lens

Cited by 35 publications

References 94 publications

“Respect for each gender”: Gender, equity and backlash in Australia's male health policy

“Respect for each gender”: Gender, equity and backlash in Australia's male health policy

Health literacy among young adults: a short survey tool for public health and health promotion research

Building Health Insurance Literacy: Evidence from the Smart Choice Health Insurance™ Program

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