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Global Action on Men's Health Database

Mengage has collaborated with Global Action on Men’s Health (GAMH) on a global database of resources aimed at policymakers, service providers and others who want to find out more about how to take action on men’s health.

The database accompanies the GAMH report, Delivering Men’s Health: A guide for policymakers and service providers - https://gamh.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Delivering-Mens-Health-report.pdf, that was published in September 2021. This new resource covers interventions from around the world in policy development, health information provision, sports- and community-based initiatives, self-management programmes, and workplace, digital, primary care and other services. It provides a clear signpost to the steps that need to be taken to make a real difference.

We very much hope you will find it useful in your work to improve men’s health. GAMH and Mengage will continue to add new information to the database to ensure it is as up-to-date as possible. Any suggestions for new items, or comments on the existing database, should be sent to office@gamh.org.

Please note that many of the papers in the database are open-access and therefore free to use. Unfortunately, some are located behind paywalls. However, every entry contains at least an accessible abstract.

Policy

General Policies

National men’s health policies in Ireland and Australia: What are the challenges associated with transitioning from development to implementation?
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0033350611001466

The men’s health gap: men must be included in the global health equity agenda:
https://www.scielosp.org/article/bwho/2014.v92n8/618-620/

Men’s health: time for a new approach to policy and practice?
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5344012/

Worth the paper they’re written on? the potential role of national men’s health policies:
https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/332744/Eurohealth-21-4-27-29-eng.pdf.pdf

Specific Policies

Ireland Men’s Health Policy 2017:
https://www.lenus.ie/handle/10147/621003

Men's Health Policy – Ireland:
https://www.ijmsch.com/index.php/IJMSCH/article/view/4

Men's Health Policy – Iran:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/308618448_Devising_a_National_Men's_Health_Policy_Document_The_Current_Challenges_to_Men's_Health_in_Iran

Report on Brazil's men's health policy – IDS:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/337311703_Beyond_the_Prostate_Brazil's_National_Healthcare_Policy_for_Men_PNAISH_EMERGE_Case_Study_1

WA Men's Health and Wellbeing Policy:
https://www.mhfi.org/WAMensHealthPolicy.pdf

South Africa: 
https://knowledgehub.health.gov.za/system/files/elibdownloads/2023-04/Men%2526%2523039%253Bs%2520Health%2520Strategy.pdf

Malaysia:
https://hq.moh.gov.my/bpkk/images/3.Penerbitan/2.Orang_Awam/5.Kesihatan_Dewasa/2.PDF/5Mens_Health_Plan_of_Action_Malaysia.pdf

Making the case for men's health

Who Self-Cares Wins:
https://gamh.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Who-Self-Cares-Wins.GAMH_.April-2019.Final-report.pdf

From the margins to the mainstream: Next steps:
https://gamh.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/From-the-Margins-to-the-Mainstream-Next-Steps.October-2020.Final_.Highres.pdf

The men’s health gap: men must be included in the global health equity agenda:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4147416/

Jabs for the boys: how the Campaign for gender-neutral HPV Vaccination was won in the UK:
https://www.ijmsch.com/index.php/IJMSCH/article/view/18/13

Men’s health: time for a new approach to policy and practice?
https://jogh.org/documents/issue201701/jogh-07-010306.pdf

Men's health: COVID-19 pandemic highlights need for overdue policy action:
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31303-9/fulltext

Changing men or changing health systems? A scoping review of interventions, services and programmes targeting men’s health in sub-Saharan Africa:
https://equityhealthj.biomedcentral.com/counter/pdf/10.1186/s12939-021-01428-z.pdf

The Economic Burden Shouldered by Public and Private Entities as a Consequence of Health Disparities Between Men and Women:
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1557988311421214

Missing men with tuberculosis: the need to address structural influences and implement targeted and multidimensional interventions:
https://gh.bmj.com/content/5/5/e002255

Cost of the Man Box:
https://www.equimundo.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Cost-of-the-Man-Box-Summary-Web.pdf

Hiding in plain sight: Men’s health and the response of global organisations:
https://gamh.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Hiding-in-Plain-Sight.GAMH-report.june2018.final-publication.pdf

Gender and global health: evidence, policy, and inconvenient truths:
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(13)60253-6/fulltext

Raising the profile of men's health:
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(19)32759-X/fulltext

Don’t Change Much: The Economic Impact of Modest Health Behavior Changes in Middle-Aged Men:
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1557988316671567

Masculine norms and men’s health: Making the connections:
https://www.equimundo.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Masculine-Norms-Mens-Health-Report_007_Web.pdf

A Call for Gender-Inclusive Global Health Strategies:
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1557988317723424

BLIND SPOT:
https://www.unaids.org/sites/default/files/media_asset/blind_spot_en.pdf

The health and well-being of men in the WHO European Region: better health through a gender approach:
https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/329686

Statistics

Gender norms

Affirming the strengths in men: A positive masculinity approach to assisting male clients:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/j.1556-6676.2013.00111.x

Gender norms and the mental health of boys and young men:
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(21)00138-9/fulltext

Men’s health risk and protective behaviours: The effects of masculinity and masculine norms:
https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2019-17782-003

MASCULINE NORMS AND MEN’S HEALTH: MAKING THE CONNECTIONS: 
https://www.equimundo.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Masculine-Norms-Mens-Health-Report_007_Web.pdf

‘Dudes Are Meant to be Tough as Nails’: The Complex Nexus Between Masculinities, Culture and Health Literacy From the Perspective of Young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Males – Implications for Policy and Practice: 
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1557988320936121

Masculinity and men's health service use across four social generations: Findings from Australia's Ten to Men study: 
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352827321001130?via%3Dihub

Equity and intersectionality

General

Men’s Health Equity:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.4324/9781315167428/men-health-equity-derek-griffith-marino-bruce-roland-thorpe-jr

Our response to covid-19 must not be gender blind nor a gender battle:
https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2021/07/02/our-response-to-covid-19-must-not-be-gender-blind-nor-a-gender-battle/

Equity, gender and health: New directions for global men’s health promotion:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/hpja.337

Why gender equality is good for men’s health and why this matters now:
https://www.ajpmonline.org/article/S0749-3797(21)00086-6/fulltext#%20

Young Men

Young men’s preferences for design and delivery of physical activity and nutrition interventions: A mixed-methods study:
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1557988317714141

Exploring the effectiveness of an integrated mixed martial arts and psychotherapy intervention for young men’s mental health:
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1557988319832121

Developing young men’s wellbeing through community and school-based programs: A systematic review:
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0216955

An online behavioural health intervention promoting mental health, manhood, and social support for young black men: The YBMen Project:
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1557988320937215

Operationalising positive masculinity: a theoretical synthesis and school-based framework to engage boys and young men:
https://academic.oup.com/heapro/article/37/1/daab031/6220389?login=true

Older Men

Ethnic Minority Men

Minority men’s engagement with health promotion (Boyz2men): an exploratory cross-sectional study:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140673619328697

Factors associated with black men’s preference for health information:
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1524839916664488

Participant satisfaction and acceptability of a culturally adapted brief intervention to reduce unhealthy alcohol use among Latino immigrant men:
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1557988320925652

A cluster-randomised trial of blood-pressure reduction in black barbershops:
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1717250

An online behavioural health intervention promoting mental health, manhood and social support for young black men: The YBMen project:
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1557988320937215

Indigenous/First Nations Men

Engaging Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in prostate cancer health care programs:
https://www.pcfa.org.au/media/591619/ATSI-Monographs-in-Prostate-Cancer.pdf

“I feel more comfortable speaking to a male”: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men’s discourse on utilising primary health care services:
https://equityhealthj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12939-018-0902-1

The DUDES club – A brotherhood for men’s health:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4907575/

Our response to covid-19 must not be gender blind nor a gender battle:
https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2021/07/02/our-response-to-covid-19-must-not-be-gender-blind-nor-a-gender-battle/

Implications of critical race theory for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men’s health:
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(21)00100-5/fulltext?rss=yes

Strong men, strong communities: Design of a randomised controlled trial of a diabetes prevention intervention for American Indian and Alaska Native men:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7412907/

An intersectional mixed methods approach to Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander men’s health:
https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Faap0000156

‘Dudes are meant to be tough as nails’: The complex nexus between masculinities, culture and health literacy from the perspective of young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Males – Implications for policy and practice:
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1557988320936121

Gender Diverse Men

Gay men’s explanation of health and how to improve it:
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1049732313484196

Ageing is coastal and rural communities – Exploring the factors underlying health inequalities for older men, older people from ethnic minorities, and older LGBTQ+ people:
https://www.ageuk.org.uk/globalassets/age-uk/documents/reports-and-publications/reports-and-briefings/health--wellbeing/ageing-in-coastal-and-rural-communities/final-ageing-in-coastal-and-rural-communities.pdf

Other

Power Up for Health: Pilot study outcomes of a diabetes prevention program for men from disadvantaged neighbourhoods:
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1557988318758787

Engaging men

General

Men’s Health – Nurse-led Project in the Community:
https://www.qni.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Mens-Health-Report-2018-1.pdf

Engaging ‘hard to reach’ men in community-based health promotions:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14635240.2013.876185

Development and testing of a conceptual model regarding men’s access to health care:
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1557988316671637

Microfinance and peer health leadership intervention implementation for men in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: A qualitative assessment of perceived economic and health outcomes:
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1557988320936892

Men’s perception of health and health services on the Island of Niue: a qualitative study:
https://www.joghr.org/article/13089-mens-perception-of-health-and-health-services-on-the-island-of-niue-a-qualitative-study

Perceptions of ‘male sensitive’ health services among men in Trinidad and Tobago:  
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1043659620968616

Canadian men’s health literacy: A nationally representative study:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30884981/

From training to practice: the impact of ENGAGE, Ireland’s national men’s health training programme:
https://academic.oup.com/heapro/article/33/3/458/2739033?login=true

Making services work for men – A 10-step guide to developing male-friendly health services:
https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/amhf/pages/1351/attachments/original/1606261947/HOW_TO_DEVELOP_MALE-FRIENDLY_SERVICE__WEB.pdf?1606261947

Do’s & Don’ts for engaging men and boys:
https://www.igwg.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Male-Engagement-DosDonts-Final-ENGLISH.pdf

Men’s health promotion interventions: what have we learned from previous programmes:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24369567/

Health information needs of men:
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0017896912471039

Engaging men earlier: A guide to service design:
https://media.samaritans.org/documents/Samaritans_Handbook_for_mens_wellbeing_services_2021.pdf

Reaching at-risk rural men: An evaluation of a health promotion activity targeting men at a large agricultural event:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hpja.394

Evaluating a tool to support the integration of gender in programs to promote men’s health:
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1557988319883775

Public health strategies to address Asian men’s health needs:
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1010539512452756

Framing masculinity – Message guide:
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1010539512452756

Health behaviours of Australian men and the likelihood of attending a dedicated men’s health service:
https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-018-5992-6

Sexual and Reproductive Health

Sport-based

‘It brings the lads together’: a critical exploration of older men’s experiences of a weight management programme delivered through a Healthy Stadia project:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17430437.2016.1173912

Overweight and obese men’s experiences in a sport-based weight loss intervention for men:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1469029220300868?via%3Dihub

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 control trial:
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS0140-6736(13)62420-4/fulltext

Effect of a national programme of men’s health delivered in English Premier League football clubs:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0033350612003666

Using football metaphor to engage men in therapeutic support:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02650533.2013.853286?scroll=top&needAccess=true

An intervention for mental health literacy and resilience in organised sports:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7737879/

Digital delivery

Evaluation of QuitNow Men: An online, men-centred smoking cessation intervention:
https://www.jmir.org/2016/4/e83/

HeadsUpGuys – Canadian online resource for men with depression:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5964376/pdf/0640093.pdf

Psychosocial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study of online help-seeking Canadian men:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epub/10.1080/00325481.2021.1873027?needAccess=true

Mapping Canadian men’s recent and intended health behaviour changes through the don’t change much electronic health program:
https://www.jmir.org/2020/5/e16174/

Promoting men’s health with the ‘don’t change much’ e-program:
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/15579883211001189

Using social media networks to engage men in conversations on masculinity and suicide: Content analysis of Man Up Facebook Campaign data:
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2056305119880019

Workplace

A men’s workplace health intervention – Results of the POWERPLAY Program pilot study:
https://journals.lww.com/joem/Fulltext/2016/08000/A_Men_s_Workplace_Health_Intervention__Results_of.4.aspx

Mental health promotion in male-dominated workplaces: Perspectives of male employees and workplace representatives:
https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2018-49409-001.html

Men’s physical activity and sleep following a workplace health intervention: Findings from the POWERPLAY STEP Up challenge:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33622063/

A systematic review of workplace behavioural interventions to promote sleep health in men:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352721820301212?via%3Dihub

Irish Heart Foundation – Farmers Have Hearts:
http://irishheart.ie/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/FHH_report_Summary_final_13th_May.pdf

Other

Peer positive social control and men’s health-promoting behaviours:
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1557988317711605

Men’s sheds as an alternative healthcare route? A qualitative study of the impact of Men’s sheds on user’s health improvement behaviours:
https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-021-10585-3

Impacts of a documentary about masculinity and men’s health:
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1557988318777927

HPV vaccine and college-age men: A scoping review:
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1557988320973826

Men’s health in alternative spaces: exploring men’s sheds in Ireland:
https://academic.oup.com/heapro/article/33/3/525/3091848?login=true

A thematic analysis of men’s help-seeking on an Australian health helpline:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33462867/

Engaging men in prenatal health promotion: A pilot evaluation of targeted e-health content:
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1557988316679562

Informing health promotion in rural men’s sheds by examination of participant health status, concerns, interests, knowledge and behaviours:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1071/HE16081

Informing health promotion in rural men’s sheds by examination of participant health status, concerns, interests, knowledge and behaviours:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1071/HE16081

Effectiveness of a peer education gender and health project for men in Timor-Leste:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hpja.359

Opportunities to address men’s health during the perinatal period – Puerto Rico, 2017:
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm695152a2.htm

Men's Health Organisations

Men’s Health Forum (Great Britain):
https://www.menshealthforum.org.uk/

Men’s Health Forum (Ireland):
https://www.mhfi.org/

Men’s Health Forum (Denmark):
https://sundmand.dk/

Men’s Health Foundation (Germany):
https://www.stiftung-maennergesundheit.de/start

Men’s Health Network (USA):
https://menshealthnetwork.org/

Canadian Men’s Health Foundation:
https://menshealthfoundation.ca/

Australian Men’s Health Forum:
https://www.amhf.org.au/

Movember:
https://au.movember.com/

Partnership for Male Youth (USA):
https://www.partnershipformaleyouth.org/