农村社区的男士小屋与心理健康:探索社区计划的益处

Clark Banack, Kyle Y. Whitfield, Serena Isley
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北美农村地区仍然缺乏社区层面的心理健康支持。本探索性研究探讨了 "男子工棚"(Men's Sheds)是否为加拿大阿尔伯塔省农村社区的成员带来积极的心理健康成果。"男子工棚 "是一个自下而上、由社区驱动的团体,旨在通过模仿 "工作-生活 "中的社交和协作环节,创造机会参与基于项目的木工、金属加工或机械加工,从而为退休和老年男性的心理健康提供支持。通过对阿尔伯塔省两个农村 "男子工棚 "的参与者进行一系列半结构式访谈,以及社会人口学和自我评分问卷调查,我们证明,这些 "工棚 "的参与者通过创造机会增进友谊、树立目标感和融入感,从而在心理健康方面获得了明显而显著的益处。尽管在某些情况下不能替代更为正式的心理健康支持,但我们得出结论,支持在农村地区组建新的 "男子小屋",是对弱势公民群体心理健康的一项值得投资的举措。
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Men’s Sheds and Mental Health in Rural Communities: Exploring the Benefits of a Community-Level Program
Rural regions across North America continue to suffer from a lack of community-level mental health supports. This exploratory study explores whether Men’s Sheds, bottom-up, community-driven groups designed to support retired and older men’s mental health by mimicking the social and collaborative aspects of “work-life” by creating opportunities to engage in project-based woodworking, metalworking or mechanics, are generating positive mental health outcomes for their members in rural communities in Alberta, Canada. Relying on a set of semi-structured interviews with participants across two rural Alberta Men’s Sheds, in addition to a sociodemographic and self-rating questionnaire, we demonstrate that the participants in these Sheds enjoy clear and significant mental health benefits by generating opportunities for camaraderie, a sense of purpose and a sense of inclusion. Although not an appropriate substitute for more formal mental health supports in certain situations, we conclude that supporting the formation of new Men’s Sheds throughout rural areas represents a worthwhile investment in the mental health of a group of vulnerable citizens.
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