{"title":"Can Social Integration and Social Support Help to Explain Racial Disparities in Health Care Utilization Among Men with Diabetes?","authors":"Jaclynn M Hawkins, Jamie Mitchell","doi":"10.3149/jmh.1601.66","DOIUrl":"10.3149/jmh.1601.66","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Discovering the mechanisms through which racial and ethnic background influence health is critical to better understanding racial disparities in health among men with a diabetes diagnosis. The present study examines whether social support and social integration mediate or buffer the relationship between race and health care utilization among U.S. men.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>This study used a sub-sample from the 2001 National Health Interview Survey that included Latino, African American, non-Latino White men living with self-reported diabetes (<i>n</i> = 7,148).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Findings revealed that African American men with high levels of social integration were less likely to forego care (OR = 0.234, [CI = 0.053,1.045]). Also, African American men who did not attend church had higher odds of foregoing care (OR = 0.222, [CI = 0.110,0.448]).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The effect of social networks operate differently for African American men with diabetes compared to non-Latino white men. Identifying racial differences in the influence of social networks on health will assist in developing interventions that may help to decrease gender and race gaps in health for men with diabetes.</p>","PeriodicalId":88000,"journal":{"name":"International journal of men's health","volume":"16 1","pages":"66-83"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6280016/pdf/nihms-996622.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36811867","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The intersection between masculinity and health among rural immigrant Latino men.","authors":"Jason Daniel-Ulloa, Christina J. Sun, S. Rhodes","doi":"10.3149/JMH.1601.84","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3149/JMH.1601.84","url":null,"abstract":"Latino men experience health disparities in STI/HIV, diabetes, hypertension, and cancer. Gender roles likely play a role in risk behaviors and outcomes; however, there has been little focus on masculinity in Latino men. We conducted 20 semi-structured interviews with Latino men living in North Carolina. The interviews, conducted by a trained bilingual/bicultural Latino male, prompted discussion around work, family, and stress. Four themes were identified: masculine roles of being a family provider and protector, sources of stress, family responsibility and interconnectedness to health, and coping mechanism. For Latino men, masculinity may have both positive and negative influences on health. For example, the role of family provider may contribute to coping and be a stressor simultaneously. Future research should examine masculinity as a positive and a negative health influence and the additional impacts of gender roles on mens' health.","PeriodicalId":88000,"journal":{"name":"International journal of men's health","volume":"16 1 1","pages":"84-95"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69860481","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The intersection between masculinity and health among rural immigrant Latino men.","authors":"Jason Daniel-Ulloa, Christina Sun, Scott D Rhodes","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Latino men experience health disparities in STI/HIV, diabetes, hypertension, and cancer. Gender roles likely play a role in risk behaviors and outcomes; however, there has been little focus on masculinity in Latino men. We conducted 20 semi-structured interviews with Latino men living in North Carolina. The interviews, conducted by a trained bilingual/bicultural Latino male, prompted discussion around work, family, and stress. Four themes were identified: masculine roles of being a family provider and protector, sources of stress, family responsibility and interconnectedness to health, and coping mechanism. For Latino men, masculinity may have both positive and negative influences on health. For example, the role of family provider may contribute to coping and be a stressor simultaneously. Future research should examine masculinity as a positive and a negative health influence and the additional impacts of gender roles on mens' health.</p>","PeriodicalId":88000,"journal":{"name":"International journal of men's health","volume":"16 1","pages":"84-95"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5798237/pdf/nihms935674.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35813950","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Rice, H. Aucote, A. Möller-Leimkühler, A. Parker, Ryan A. Kaplan, Z. Seidler, H. Dhillon, G. Amminger
{"title":"Conformity to Masculine Norms and the Mediating Role of Internalised Shame on Men's Depression: Findings from an Australian Community Sample","authors":"S. Rice, H. Aucote, A. Möller-Leimkühler, A. Parker, Ryan A. Kaplan, Z. Seidler, H. Dhillon, G. Amminger","doi":"10.3149/JMH.1502.157","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3149/JMH.1502.157","url":null,"abstract":"Conformity to masculine norms has been associated with elevated levels of depression in men. Men’s perceived failure to achieve internalised expected standards may in turn precipitate maladaptive self-conscious affect, including shame. The current study explored whether internalised shame mediated the relationship between men’s conformity to masculine norms and depression. Online self-report data was provided by a community sample of adult males (n = 545; mean age = 38.94 years). Direct and indirect effects were evaluated. A significant mediation effect was observed whereby higher masculinity significantly predicted depression symptoms, via higher shame proneness. This indirect effect was of medium magnitude. Findings are discussed within the framework of help seeking and suggestions are made for managing shame proneness in clinical settings.","PeriodicalId":88000,"journal":{"name":"International journal of men's health","volume":"85 1","pages":"157"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69860175","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Holton, K. Hammarberg, Heather Rowe, M. Kirkman, Lynne Jordan, K. McNamee, C. Bayly, J. McBain, V. Sinnott, J. Fisher
{"title":"Men’s fertility knowledge and childbearing attitudes, desires and outcomes: findings from the Understanding fertility management in contemporary Australia survey","authors":"S. Holton, K. Hammarberg, Heather Rowe, M. Kirkman, Lynne Jordan, K. McNamee, C. Bayly, J. McBain, V. Sinnott, J. Fisher","doi":"10.3149/JMH.1503.215","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3149/JMH.1503.215","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":88000,"journal":{"name":"International journal of men's health","volume":"15 1","pages":"215-228"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69860779","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effects of an appearance-focussed versus a health-focussed intervention on men's attitudes towards UV exposure","authors":"A. Owen, S. Grogan, D. Clark-Carter, E. Buckley","doi":"10.3149/JMH.1501.34","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3149/JMH.1501.34","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigated men’s experiences of an appearance-focussed, facial-ageing, intervention designed to increase sun protection intentions, compared to a health literature intervention. Seventy men took part, with thirty-five in each condition. The men completed questionnaires at baseline, post-intervention and six months post-intervention. There was a significant improvement in sun benefit attitudes, sun risk attitudes and sun protection intentions in both groups, although there was no significant difference between the conditions. At six months followup, however, there was a significant difference in sun protection use, with those in the facial-ageing intervention condition using significantly more protection. It is suggested that in the future, interventions that incorporate both health and appearance factors are designed, in order to utilise the strengths of both interventions.","PeriodicalId":88000,"journal":{"name":"International journal of men's health","volume":"74 1","pages":"34"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69860161","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"“Men Behaving Badly”: Patriarchy, Public Policy and Health Inequalities","authors":"A. Scott-Samuel, P. Crawshaw, A. Oakley","doi":"10.3149/JMH.1403.250","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3149/JMH.1403.250","url":null,"abstract":"Gender is under-represented in the literature on health inequalities and social determinants of health; the latter are in turn under-represented in the literature on gender in general and on men and masculinities in particular. Furthermore, research and policy on gender and health frequently individualise issues of inequality, neglecting structural and systemic root causes of differential rates and experiences of morbidity and mortality. This article highlights the patriarchal social structures, attitudes and practices that, we argue, are common antecedents of these inequalities and suggests ways in which research and public policy can begin to address them. Patriarchy and hegemonic masculinity must be challenged as part of a wider set of social structural determinants of health.","PeriodicalId":88000,"journal":{"name":"International journal of men's health","volume":"14 1","pages":"250-258"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-11-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69860075","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Houle, S. Meunier, S. Coulombe, G. Tremblay, I. Gaboury, Francine deMontigny, L. Cloutier, N. Auger, B. Roy, H. Dion, François-Olivier Bernard, B. Lavoie
{"title":"Masculinity Ideology among Male Workers and Its Relationship to Self-Reported Health Behaviors","authors":"J. Houle, S. Meunier, S. Coulombe, G. Tremblay, I. Gaboury, Francine deMontigny, L. Cloutier, N. Auger, B. Roy, H. Dion, François-Olivier Bernard, B. Lavoie","doi":"10.3149/JMH.1402.163","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3149/JMH.1402.163","url":null,"abstract":"This study examines the association between masculinity ideology and health-promoting behaviors (HPB) among male workers. In total, 669 participants completed the Male Role Norms Inventory and the Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile II, which measures six HPBs (nutrition, physical activity, stress management, interpersonal relations, health responsibility, and spiritual growth). Results show that masculinity ideology was associated with HPBs, controlling for socioeconomic characteristics. Men who consider themselves poor and have low education endorsed masculinity norms more strongly and adopted fewer HPBs. Restrictive Emotionality was negatively associated with all HPBs, while Negativity Toward Sexual Minorities was negatively associated with physical activity and interpersonal relations. Avoidance of Femininity and Toughness were positively associated with physical activity. This study suggests that men’s endorsement of masculinity norms should be considered in health promotion programs.","PeriodicalId":88000,"journal":{"name":"International journal of men's health","volume":"14 1","pages":"163"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69860424","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Rethinking Gender, Men and Masculinity: Representations of Men in the South Asian Reproductive and Sexual Health Literatures","authors":"K. Hasan, P. Aggleton, A. Persson","doi":"10.3149/JMH.1402.146","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3149/JMH.1402.146","url":null,"abstract":"In global public health and international development, there is a growing emphasis on engaging with and addressing men in relation to gender and health. In the reproductive and sexual health arena, however, relatively little research to date has focused on men in South Asian contexts. In this paper we explore this issue in the context of South Asia with the aim of moving beyond somewhat stereotypical and essentialist representations of men to suggest more productive modes of engagement— both in the sexual and reproductive health (SRH) literature and with respect to policy and programs within the region. To do this, we draw on the work of Raewyn Connell and Judith Butler among others to advance new understandings of men and masculinity in relation to SRH in South Asian contexts. We contrast these against recurrent patterns in representations of men in the existing literature and interrogate some of the assumptions underpinning such representations. We argue that there is a need to re-think men, gender and sexual health in South Asian contexts, and highlight some profitable ways of doing so, drawing on international experience to date.","PeriodicalId":88000,"journal":{"name":"International journal of men's health","volume":"14 1","pages":"146"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69860346","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Men’s Accounts of Reactions to Two Sources of Information on Negative Effects of UV Exposure: Facial Morphing and a Health Promotion Fact Sheet","authors":"Emma Loosemore, S. Grogan","doi":"10.3149/JMH.1402.183","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3149/JMH.1402.183","url":null,"abstract":"This study explored young men’s experiences of two sources of information designed to encourage UV protection and investigated which of these was perceived as having the most potential to impact on future UV protection/exposure. Eight men aged 18 to 35 years were shown an information sheet on health-related effects of UV exposure, and images of their own faces aged with and without UV exposure using ageing software. Participants were interviewed to explore reactions to these sources of information, and current and predicted sun protection and exposure. Men found both sources of information interesting and influential, and thematic analysis revealed three master themes: ‘gendered health and appearance attitudes’, ‘UV exposure as a risky health behaviour’, and ‘taking future preventative measures’. Implications for research and health care practice are discussed.","PeriodicalId":88000,"journal":{"name":"International journal of men's health","volume":"14 1","pages":"183"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69860012","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}