engaging-men

Engaging men

General

Baker P (2018). Men’s Health: Nurse-led Projects in the Community. Queen’s Nursing Institute; London (UK).

Blunt W, Gill DP, Sibbald SL, et al. Optimization of the Hockey Fans in Training (Hockey FIT) weight loss and healthy lifestyle program for male hockey fans. BMC Public Health 2017;17(916). DOI: 10.1186/s12889-017-4926-z.

Carroll P, Kirwan L, Lambe B (2013). Community Based Health Promotion for Men: A Guide for Practitioners. Centre for Health Behaviour Research, Waterford Institute of Technology; Waterford (Ireland).

Carroll P, Kirwan L, Lambe B. Engaging ‘hard to reach’ men in community based health promotions. International Journal of Health Promotion and Education 2014;52(3):120-130. DOI: 10.1080/14635240.2013.876185.

Lefkowich M, Richardson N, Robertson S. “If We Want to Get Men in, Then We Need to Ask Men What They Want”: Pathways to Effective Health Programing for Men. American Journal of Men’s Health 2015;11(5):1512-1524. DOI: 10.1177/1557988315617825.

Leone JE, Rovito MJ, Mullin EM, et al. Development and Testing of a Conceptual Model Regarding Men’s Access to Health Care. American Journal of Men’s Health 201711(2):262–274. DOI: 10.1177/1557988316671637.

Mhando F, Dovel K, Jennings Mayo-Wilson L, et al. Microfinance and Peer Health Leadership Intervention Implementation for Men in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: A Qualitative Assessment of Perceived Economic and Health Outcomes. American Journal of Men’s Health 2020;14(4). DOI: 10.1177/1557988320936892.

Nosa V, Fuavao K, de Silva D. Men’s perception of health and health services on the Island of Niue: a qualitative study. Journal of Global Health Reports 2020;4:e2020054. DOI: 10.29392/001c.13089.

Ocho ON, Archer Gift C. Perceptions of “Male Sensitive” Health Services Among Men in Trinidad and Tobago. Journal of Transcultural Nursing 2021;32(5):493-500. DOI: 10.1177/1043659620968616.

Oliffe JL, McCreary DR, Black N, et al. Canadian Men's Health Literacy: A Nationally Representative Study. Health Promotion Practice 2020;21(6):993-1003. DOI: 10.1177/1524839919837625.

Oliffe JL, Rossnagel E, Bottorff JL, et al. Community-based men’s health promotion programs: eight lessons learnt and their caveats. Health Promotion International 2019; 35(5):1230-1240.

Osborne A, Carroll P, Richardson N, et al. From training to practice: the impact of ENGAGE, Ireland's national men's health training programme. Health Promotion International 2018 Jun 1;33(3):458-467. DOI: 10.1093/heapro/daw100.

Poole G (2020). Making Services Work for Men: A 10-Step Guide to Developing Male-Friendly Health Services. Australian Men’s Health Forum; Sydney (Australia).

Pulerwitz J, Gottert A, Betron M, et al (2019). Do’s and don’ts for engaging men and boys. Male Engagement Task Force, USAID Inter-agency Working Group; Washington DC (USA).

Robertson S, Witty K, Zwolinsky S, et al. Men's health promotion interventions: what have we learned from previous programmes. Community Practitioner 2013 Nov;86(11):38-41.

Robinson M, Robertson, S. Health information needs of men. Health Education Journal 2014;73(2):150-158. DOI: 10.1177/0017896912471039.

Samaritans (2021). Engaging men earlier: a guide to service design. Samaritans; Ewell (UK).

Seaman CE, Green E, Smith B. Reaching at‐risk rural men: An evaluation of a health promotion activity targeting men at a large agricultural event. Health Promotion Journal of Australia 2020. DOI: 10.1002/hpja.394.

Struik LL, Abramowicz A, Riley B, et al. Evaluating a Tool to Support the Integration of Gender in Programs to Promote Men’s Health. American Journal of Men’s Health 2019;13(6). DOI: 10.1177/1557988319883775.

Tong SF, Low WY. Public health strategies to address Asian men's health needs. Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health 2012;24(4):543-55. DOI: 10.1177/1010539512452756.

VicHealth (2020). Framing masculinity: Message guide. Victorian Health Promotion Foundation; Victoria (Australia).

Vincent AD, Drioli-Phillips PG, Le J, et al. Health behaviours of Australian men and the likelihood of attending a dedicated men’s health service. BMC Public Health 2018;18:1078. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-018-5992-6.

Mental health and wellbeing

Englar-Carlson M, Kiselica MS. Affirming the Strengths in Men: A Positive Masculinity Approach to Assisting Male Clients. Journal of Counseling and Development 2013;91:399-409. DOI: 10.1002/j.1556-6676.2013.00111.x.

Rice S, Oliffe J, Seidler Z, et al. Gender norms and the mental health of boys and young men. The Lancet 2021;6(8):E541-E542. DOI: 10.1016/S2468-2667(21)00138-9.

Bird N, McCarthy G, O’Sullivan K. Exploring the Effectiveness of an Integrated Mixed Martial Arts and Psychotherapy Intervention for Young Men’s Mental Health. American Journal of Men’s Health 2019 January-February). DOI: 10.1177/1557988319832121.

Gwyther K, Swann R, Casey K, et al. Developing young men’s wellbeing through community and school-based programs: A systematic review. PLoS ONE 2019;14(5):e0216955. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0216955.

Watkins DC, Goodwill JR, Johnson NC, et al. An Online Behavioral Health Intervention Promoting Mental Health, Manhood, and Social Support for Young Black Men: The YBMen Project. American Journal of Men’s Health 2020;14(4). DOI: 10.1177/1557988320937215.

Abotsie G, Kingerlee R, Fisk A, et al. The men’s wellbeing project: promoting the well-being and mental health of men. Journal of Public Mental Health 2020;19(2):179-189. DOI: 10.1108/JPMH-03-2020-0014.

Ogrodniczuk J, Oliffe J, Beharry J. Heads Up Guys: Canadian online resource for men with depression. Canadian Family Physician 2018;64(2):93-94.

Ogrodniczuk JS, Rice SM, Kealy D, et al. Psychosocial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study of online help-seeking Canadian men. Postgraduate Medicine 2021;133(7):750-759. DOI: 10.1080/00325481.2021.1873027.

Robertson S, Bagnall A, Walker M (2015). Evidence for a gender-based approach to mental health programmes: Identifying the key considerations associated with “being male”. Project Report. The Movember Foundation.

Robertson S, Gough B, Hanna E, et al. Successful mental health promotion with men: the evidence from ‘tacit knowledge’. Health Promotion International 2018;33(2):334-344. DOI: 10.1093/heapro/daw067.

Samaritans (2021). Engaging men earlier: a guide to service design. Samaritans; Ewell (UK).

Schlichthorst M, King K, Reifels L, et al. Using Social Media Networks to Engage Men in Conversations on Masculinity and Suicide: Content Analysis of Man Up Facebook Campaign Data. Social Media and Society 2019;5(4). DOI:10.1177/2056305119880019.

Seaton CL, Bottorff JL, Jones-Bricker M, et al. Men’s Mental Health Promotion Interventions: A Scoping Review. American Journal of Men’s Health 2017;11(6):1823–1837. DOI: 10.1177/1557988317728353.

Seidler ZE, Rice SM, Kealy D, et al. What gets in the way? Men’s perspectives of barriers to mental health services. International Journal of Social Psychiatry 2020;66(2):105-110. DOI:10.1177/0020764019886336.

Seidler ZE, Rice SM, River J, et al. Men’s Mental Health Services: The Case for a Masculinities Model. The Journal of Men’s Studies 2018;26(1):92-104. DOI: 10.1177/1060826517729406.

Sharp P, Bottorff JL., Hunt K, et al. Men’s Perspectives of a Gender-Sensitized Health Promotion Program Targeting Healthy Eating, Active Living, and Social Connectedness. American Journal of Men’s Health 2018;12(6):2157–2166. DOI: 10.1177/1557988318799159.

Sharp P, Stolp S, Bottorff JL, et al. Can lifestyle interventions improve Canadian men's mental health? Outcomes from the HAT TRICK programme. Health Promotion International 2020;36(4):943-951. DOI: 10.1093/heapro/daaa120.

Spandler H, Roy A, Mckeown M. Using Football Metaphor to Engage Men in Therapeutic Support. Journal of Social Work Practice 2014;28(2):229-245, DOI: 10.1080/02650533.2013.853286.

Stein C (2018). Mind Your Language: How men talk about mental health. Men’s Health Forum; London (UK).

Vella SA, Swann C, Batterham M, et al. An Intervention for Mental Health Literacy and Resilience in Organized Sports. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 2021;53(1):139-149. DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000002433.

Whitley R. Men’s Mental Health: Beyond Victim-Blaming. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry 2018;63(9):577-580. DOI: 10.1177/0706743718758041.

Wilkins D (2015). How to Make Mental Health Services Work for Men. Men’s Health Forum; London (UK).

Yousaf O, Grunfeld EA, Hunter MS. A systematic review of the factors associated with delays in medical and psychological help-seeking among men. Health Psychology Review 2015;9(2):264 276. DOI: 10.1080/17437199.2013.840954.

Sexual and reproductive health

UNAIDS (2017). Blind Spot: Reaching out to men and boys. UNAIDS; Geneva (Switzerland).

Narasimhan M, Logie CH, Moody K, et al. The role of self-care interventions on men’s health-seeking behaviours to advance their sexual and reproductive health and rights. Health Research Policy and Systems 2021;19(23). DOI: 10.1186/s12961-020-00655-0.

Shand T, Marcell AV. Engaging Men in Sexual and Reproductive Health. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Global Public Health 2021. DOI: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190632366.013.215

Physical activity

Ashton LM, Morgan PJ, Hutchesson MJ, et al. Young Men’s Preferences for Design and Delivery of Physical Activity and Nutrition Interventions: A Mixed-Methods Study. American Journal of Men’s Health 2017;11(5):1588–1599. DOI: 10.1177/1557988317714141.

Aragão A, Bruna F, de Oliveira ES, et al. Physical activity in men's health promotion programs. Journal of Nursing UFPE 2019;13:e240740. DOI: 10.5205/1981-8963.2019.240740.

Canavan, L (2013). Men on the Move Activity Programme: Evaluation Report. Health Service Executive; Castlebar (Ireland).

Diet and nutrition

Oliffe JL, Bottorff JL, Sharp P, et al. Healthy Eating and Active Living: Rural-Based Working Men’s Perspectives. American Journal of Men’s Health 2017;11(6):1664–1672. DOI: 10.1177/1557988315619372.

Rowlands S, Gough B (2017). Promoting Nutrition in Men’s Health. In: Rippe J. (ed) Nutrition in Lifestyle Medicine. Nutrition and Health. Humana Press, Cham.

Weight and obesity

Lozano-Sufrategui L, Pringle A, Carless D, et al. ‘It brings the lads together’: a critical exploration of older men’s experiences of a weight management programme delivered through a Healthy Stadia project. Sport in Society 2017;20(2):303-315. DOI: 10.1080/17430437.2016.1173912.

Budden T, Dimmock JA, Smith B, et al. Overweight and obese men’s experiences in a sport-based weight loss intervention for men. Psychology of sport and exercise 2020;50:101750. DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2020.101750.

Hunt K, Wyke S, Gray CM, et al. A gender-sensitised weight loss and healthy living programme for overweight and obese men delivered by Scottish Premier League football clubs (FFIT): a pragmatic randomised controlled trial. The Lancet 2014;383(9924):1211-1221. DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)62420-4.

McCarthy M, Richardson N (2011). Report on best practice approaches to tailoring lifestyle interventions for obese men in the primary care setting: A Resource Booklet for Health Care Professionals working with obese men in the Primary Care Setting. Centre for Men’s Health, Carlow IT; Carlow, Ireland.

Robertson C, Archibald D, Avenell A, et al. Systematic reviews of and integrated report on the quantitative, qualitative and economic evidence base for the management of obesity in men. Health Technology Assessment 2014;18(35):1-424. DOI: 10.3310/hta18350.

Wilkins D (2014). How to Make Weight-Loss Services Work for Men. Men’s Health Forum; London (UK).

Cancer

Adams M, Gleeson K, Supramaniam R, et al (2015). Engaging Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in prostate cancer health care programs. Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia; Sydney (Australia).

Watson KS, Siegel LD, Henderson VA, et al. The SHARED Project: A Novel Approach to Engaging African American Men to Address Lung Cancer Disparities. American Journal of Men’s Health 2020;14(5). DOI: 10.1177/1557988320958934.

Madaan S, Reekhaye A, McFarlane J. Survivorship and prostate cancer: The TrueNTH Supported Self Management programme. Trends in Urology and Men’s Health 2016;7:21-24. DOI: 10.1002/tre.502.

Reidy M, Saab MM, Hegarty J, et al. Promoting men’s knowledge of cancer risk reduction: A systematic review of interventions. Patient Education and Counseling 2018;101(8):1322-1336. DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2018.03.002.

Saab, MM, Reidy, M, Hegarty, J, et al. Men's information‐seeking behavior regarding cancer risk and screening: A meta‐narrative systematic review. Psycho‐Oncology 2018; 27: 410-419. DOI: 10.1002/pon.4506.

Cardiovascular disease

Victor RG, Lynch K, Li N, et al. A Cluster-Randomized Trial of Blood-Pressure Reduction in Black Barbershops. New England Journal of Medicine 2018;378:1291-1301. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1717250.

van Doorn D, Richardson N, Osborne A (undated). Farmers Have Hearts: Irish Heart Foundation Heart Health Checks 2013/14. Summary Evaluation Report

. Irish Heart Foundation, Institute of Technology Carlow; Ireland.

Diabetes

Sinclair K, Carty C, Gonzales K, et al. Strong Men, Strong Communities: Design of a Randomized Controlled Trial of a Diabetes Prevention Intervention for American Indian and Alaska Native Men. American Journal of Men’s Health 2020;14(4):1557988320945457. DOI: 10.1177/1557988320945457.

Walker EA, Weiss L, Gary-Webb TL, et al. Power Up for Health: Pilot Study Outcomes of a Diabetes Prevention Program for Men from Disadvantaged Neighborhoods. American Journal of Men’s Health 2018;12(4):989–997. DOI: 10.1177/1557988318758787.

Smoking

Bottorff JL, Oliffe JL, Sarbit G, et al. Evaluation of QuitNow Men: An Online, Men-Centered Smoking Cessation Intervention. Journal of Medical Internet Research 2016;18(4):e83. DOI: 10.2196/jmir.5076.

Alcohol

Torres VN, Williams EC, Ceballos RM, et al. Participant Satisfaction and Acceptability of a Culturally Adapted Brief Intervention to Reduce Unhealthy Alcohol Use Among Latino Immigrant Men. American Journal of Men’s Health 2020; 14(3). DOI: 10.1177/1557988320925652.

Primary care

Canuto K, Wittert G, Harfield S, et al. “I feel more comfortable speaking to a male”: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men’s discourse on utilizing primary health care services. International Journal for Equity in Health 2018;17(1):185. DOI: 10.1186/s12939-018-0902-1.

Baker P. ”Man MOT”: a new approach to primary care for men. Trends in Urology and Men’s Health 2017:8(1):13-16. DOI: 10.1002/tre.559.

Baker P (2018). Men’s Health: Nurse-led Projects in the Community. Queen’s Nursing Institute; London (UK).

Banks I, Baker P. Men and primary care: improving access and outcomes. Trends in Urology and Men’s Health 2013;4(5):39-41. DOI: 10.1002/tre.357.

Dowden J, Mushamiri I, McFeely E, et al. The impact of “male clinics” on health-seeking behaviors of adult men in rural Kenya. PLoS One 2019;14(11):e0224749. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0224749.

Rosu MB, Oliffe JL, Kelly MT. Nurse Practitioners and Men’s Primary Health Care. American Journal of Men’s Health 2017;11(5):1501-1511. DOI: doi:10.1177/1557988315617721.

Strange P, Tenni M. Bendigo CHS Men's Health Clinic - improving access to primary care. Australian Family Physician 2012;41(9):731-3.

Sport-based

Pringle A, Zwolinsky S, McKenna J, et al. Effect of a national programme of men’s health delivered in English Premier League football clubs. Public Health 2013;127(1):18-26. DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2012.10.012.

Spandler H, Roy A, Mckeown M. Using Football Metaphor to Engage Men in Therapeutic Support. Journal of Social Work Practice 2014;28(2):229-245, DOI: 10.1080/02650533.2013.853286.

Digital delivery

Ogrodniczuk J, Oliffe J, Beharry J. Heads Up Guys: Canadian online resource for men with depression. Canadian Family Physician 2018;64(2):93-94.

Oliffe JL, Black N, Bbus MA, et al. Mapping Canadian Men’s Recent and Intended Health Behavior Changes Through the Don’t Change Much Electronic Health Program. Journal of Medical Internet Research 2020;22(5):e16174. DOI: 10.2196/16174.

Oliffe JL, Black N, Yiu J, et al. Promoting Men’s Health With the “Don’t Change Much” e-Program. American Journal of Men’s Health 2021;15(2). DOI: 10.1177/15579883211001189.

Workplace

Johnson ST, Stolp S, Seaton C, et al. A Men’s Workplace Health Intervention: Results of the POWERPLAY Program Pilot Study. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2016;58(8): 765–7. DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000793.

Seaton CL, Bottorff JL, Oliffe JL, et al. Acceptability of the POWERPLAY Program: A Workplace Health Promotion Intervention for Men. American Journal of Men’s Health 2017;11(6):1809-1822. doi:10.1177/1557988317728354.

Seaton CL, Bottorff JL, Oliffe JL, et al. Mental health promotion in male-dominated workplaces: Perspectives of male employees and workplace representatives. Psychology of Men & Masculinities 2019 Oct;20(4):541. DOI: 10.1037/men0000182.

Seaton CL, Bottorff JL, Soprovich AL, et al. Men’s Physical Activity and Sleep Following a Workplace Health Intervention: Findings from the POWERPLAY STEP Up challenge. American Journal of Men’s Health 2021. DOI: doi:10.1177/1557988320988472.

Soprovich AL, Seaton CL, Bottorff JL, et al. A systematic review of workplace behavioral interventions to promote sleep health in men. Sleep Health 2020;6(3):418-430. DOI: 10.1016/j.sleh.2020.04.008.

van Doorn D, Richardson N, Osborne A (undated). Farmers Have Hearts: Irish Heart Foundation Heart Health Checks 2013/14. Summary Evaluation Report

. Irish Heart Foundation, Institute of Technology Carlow; Ireland.

Other

Galdas P (2015). How to Engage Men in Self-Management Support. Men’s Health Forum; London (UK).

Houle J, Meunier S, Coulombe S, et al. Peer Positive Social Control and Men’s Health-Promoting Behaviors. American Journal of Men’s Health 2017;11(5): 1569–1579. DOI: 10.1177/1557988317711605

Kelly D, Steiner A, Mason H, et al. Men’s sheds as an alternative healthcare route? A qualitative study of the impact of Men’s sheds on user’s health improvement behaviours. BMC Public Health 2021;21(553). DOI: 10.1186/s12889-021-10585-3.

King K, Schlichthorst M, Reifels L, et al. Impacts of a Documentary about Masculinity and Men’s Health. American Journal of Men’s Health 2018;12(5):1604-1614. DOI: 10.1177/1557988318777927.

Laserson AK, Oliffe JL, Krist J, et al. HPV Vaccine and College-Age Men: A Scoping Review. American Journal of Men’s Health 2020;14(6). DOI: 10.1177/1557988320973826.

Lefkowich M, Richardson N. Men’s health in alternative spaces: exploring men’s sheds in Ireland. Health Promotion International 2018;33(3):525–535. DOI: 10.1093/heapro/daw091.

Lopriore S, Turnbull D, Martin SA. A thematic analysis of men's help-seeking on an Australian health helpline. Health Promotion Journal of Australia 2021. DOI: 10.1002/hpja.458.

Mackert M, Guadagno M, Lazard A, et al. Engaging Men in Prenatal Health Promotion: A Pilot Evaluation of Targeted e-Health Content. American Journal of Men’s Health 2017;11(3):719-725. DOI: 10.1177/1557988316679562.

Marlow MA, Pambasange MA, Francisco C, et al. Notes from the Field: Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Regarding Yellow Fever Vaccination Among Men During an Outbreak — Luanda, Angola, 2016. MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 2017;66:117-118. DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6604a6.

McGrath A, Murphy N, Richardson N. Study protocol: evaluation of sheds for life (SFL): a community-based men’s health initiative designed “for shedders by shedders” in Irish Men’s sheds using a hybrid effectiveness-implementation design. BMC Public Health 2021;21:801. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-021-10823-8.

Misan GM, Oosterbroek C, Wilson NJ. Informing health promotion in rural men’s sheds by examination of participant health status, concerns, interests, knowledge and behaviours. Health Promotion Journal of Australia 2018;16;28(3):207-16. DOI: 10.1071/HE16081.

Smith H, Botfield JR, Soares M, et al. Effectiveness of a peer education gender and health project for men in Timor‐Leste. Health Promotion Journal of Australia 2021;32:335-343. DOI: 10.1002/hpja.359.

von Essen BS. Opportunities to Address Men’s Health During the Perinatal Period—Puerto Rico, 2017. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 2021;69(5152):1638-1641. DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm695152a2.

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