1st Edition
Men’s Health Equity A Handbook
Worldwide, men have more opportunities, privileges, and power, yet they also have shorter life expectancies than women. Why is this? Why are there stark differences in the burden of disease, quality of life, and length of life amongst men, by race, ethnicity, (dis)ability status, sexual orientation, gender identity, rurality, and national context? Why is this a largely unexplored area of research? Men’s Health Equity is the first volume to describe men’s health equity as a field of study that emerged from gaps in and between research on men’s health and health inequities.
This handbook provides a comprehensive review of foundations of the field; summarizes the issues unique to different populations; discusses key frameworks for studying and exploring issues that cut across populations in the United States, Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, Central America, and South America; and offers strategies for improving the health of key population groups and achieving men’s health equity overall. This book systematically explores the underlying causes of these differences, describes the specific challenges faced by particular groups of men, and offers policy and programmatic strategies to improve the health and well-being of men and pursue men’s health equity. Men’s Health Equity will be the first collection to present the state of the science in this field, its progress, its breadth, and its future.
This book is an invaluable resource for scholars, researchers, students, and professionals interested in men’s health equity, men’s health, psychology of men’s health, gender studies, public health, and global health.
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Masculinity and Men’s Health Disparities: Conceptual and Theoretical Challenges
- Precarious Manhood for Men’s Health and Men’s Health Disparities
- Fatherhood as a Social Context for Reducing Men’s Health Disparities: Lessons Learned from the Fathers and Sons Program
- Young Adulthood and Health Disparities in African American Males
- Middle-Aged Men’s Health: Patterns and Causes of Health Inequities During a Pivotal Period in the Life Course
- Men’s Health in Later Life: Diverse and Intersecting Contexts
- Measuring the Dimensions of African American Manhood: A Factor Analysis
- Being a Man in the Countryside: How Rural Men Navigate Health and Masculinity
- Urban Men’s Health: How Urban Environments Affect Black Men’s Health
- Incarceration as Determinant of Poor Health Outcomes
- The Public Health Disparities of Domestic Violence: Including the Perspectives and Health of Ethnic-Minority Men
- Global Men’s Health Policy
- Health, Public, and Social Policy
- What Influences Adolescent Black Male Development and Well-Being? Implications of the Limits and Opportunities of Social Policy
- Male Health Behaviors
- Considerations in Men’s Mental Health Promotion and Treatment
- Depression, Trauma, and Suicide Among Adolescent and Young Adult Males
- Men’s Trauma, Depression, and Suicide in Adulthood
- Cancer Disparities in Men
- Diabetes Health Disparities in Men: A Brief Review of the Influence of Gender on the Onset and Progression of Diabetes in Men and Implications for Interventions and Practice
- The Health of Gay and Bisexual Men: Theoretical Approaches and Policy Implications
- Transgender and Intersex Men
- Health Disparities Among Men with Disabilities and Functional Limitations
- Asian American Men’s Health: Applications of the Racial-Cultural Framework
- Understanding Health Inequalities Experienced by Black Men: Fundamental Links Between Racism, Socioeconomic Position, and Social Mobility
- Understanding Health and Health Disparities in European American Boys and Men
- Cultural, Social and Historical Factors Influencing Latino Men’s Health
- Seeking Health and Well-Being for Indigenous North American Men
- Achieving Health Equity for Native Hawaiian Men: Aia I Hea Ka Wai A Kāne
- Understanding Inequities in Men’s Health in Australia: What Do We Know?
- Which Men? Inequality, Ethnicity, and Gender in Brazil’s National Men’s Health Program
- Picturing Intersectionality in Men’s Suicide Research: A Photovoice Case Study of Gay and Bisexual Men
- Regional Variation in Determinants of Men’s Health: Comparison of South, Central, and North America
- Life Course Perspective: Implications for Men’s Health Equity
- Afterword
- Conclusion
Part I: Psychosocial and Developmental Foundations of Men’s Health Equity
Derek M. Griffith, PhD, Marino A. Bruce, PhD, MSRC, MDiv, and Roland J. Thorpe, Jr., PhD
Steve Robertson, PhD, RGN and Lynne Kilvington-Dowd
Joseph A. Vandello, PhD, Jennifer K. Bosson, PhD, and Joanna R. Lawler
Cleopatra Howard Caldwell, PhD, Kazumi Tsuchiya, MPH, Shervin Assari, MD, MPH, and Alvin Thomas, PhD
Michael Cunningham, PhD and Antanious White
Derek M. Griffith, PhD, Emily Cornish Jaeger, MPH, Ledric D. Sherman, PhD, MA, and Heath J. Moore, BS
Jamie Mitchell, MSSW, PhD, Julie Ober Allen, PhD, MPH, and Ramona Perry, BA
Derek M. Griffith, PhD, Jacquelyn S. Pennings, PhD, Marino A. Bruce, PhD, MSRC, MDiv, and Gregory D. Ayers, MS
Part II: Environmental, Social, and Policy Determinants of Men’s Health Inequities
Bradley Hiebert, MSc, PhD, Beverly Leipert, RN, PhD, and Sandra Regan, RN, PhD
Waldo E. Johnson, Jr., PhD, MSW
Jason M. Williams, PhD and Carrie Bergeson, MS, CFLE
Rohan D. Jeremiah, PhD and Olubunmi Basirat Oyewowo-Gassikia, PhD, LMSW
Noel Richardson, PhD, James A. Smith, PhD, Steve Robertson, PhD, RGN, and Peter Baker, MA, FRSPH
Henrie M. Treadwell, PhD and Marguerite J. Ro, DrPH
Keon L. Gilbert, DrPH, MA, MPH, Rashawn J. Ray, PhD, and Odis D. Johnson, PhD
Part III: Health Behaviors and Health Outcomes
Michael J. Rovito, PhD, CHES, FMHI
Zac E. Seidler, MCP, Simon M. Rice, PhD, John S. Ogrodniczuk, PhD, David Kealy, PhD, Haryana M. Dhillon, PhD, and John L. Oliffe, PhD, MEd, RN
Michael A. Lindsey, PhD, MSW, MPH and Yunyu Xiao, MPhil
Daphne C. Watkins, PhD and Janelle R. Goodwill, MSW
Kelvin A. Moses, MD, PhD, FACS
Jaclynn M. Hawkins, MSW, PhD, Rosalyn Denise Campbell, PhD, LMSW, Charles Graham, LSMW, PhD
Part IV: Men’s Health Inequities in the United States
Stephanie H. Cook, DrPH, MPH, Erica P. Wood, MPH, Jason Harris, MPH, Paul D’Avanzo, MS, and Perry N. Halkitis, PhD, MS, MPH
David A. Rubin, PhD
Carlos M. Cervantes, PhD, CAPE and Samuel R. Hodge, PhD
Y. Joel Wong, PhD, Keiko McCullough, and Kuo Deng
Darrell Hudson, PhD, MPH, Andrae Banks, PhD, LCSW, Derek Holland, MPH, and Whitney Sewell
Eric S. Mankowski, PhD and Nick Glover
Jason Daniel-Ulloa, PhD, India J. Ornelas, and Alejandra Escoto
Arthur W. Blume, PhD
Ka‘imi Alohilani Sinclair, PhD and Joseph Keawe‘aimoku Kaholokula, PhD
Part V: Men’s Health Inequities Across the Globe
James A. Smith, PhD, Murray Drummond, MEd, PhD, Mick Adams, PhD, Jason Bonson, Benjamin Christie
Gary Barker, PhD, Eduardo Schwarz, and Daniel Costa Lima
Olivier Ferlatte, PhD and John L. Oliffe, PhD, MEd, RN
Shervin Assari, MD, MPH
Part VI: Final Thoughts and Future Directions
Roland J. Thorpe, Jr., PhD and Paul C. Archibald, DrPH, LCSW-C
Lisa Bowleg, MA, PhD
Derek M. Griffith, PhD, Marino A. Bruce, PhD, MDiv, and Roland J. Thorpe, Jr., PhD
Biography
Derek M. Griffith, PhD is the Founder and Director of the Center for Research on Men’s Health and Professor of Medicine, Health, and Society at Vanderbilt University. His research applies an intersectional approach to explore strategies to eliminate men’s health disparities and improve Black and Latino men’s health in the United States and the health of men across the globe.
Marino A. Bruce, PhD, MSRC, MDiv is Associate Director of the Center for Research on Men’s Health, Director of the Program for Research on Faith and Health within the Center, and Research Associate Professor of Medicine, Health, and Society at Vanderbilt University. His research examines religion and spirituality as determinants of health for African American boys and men.
Roland J. Thorpe, Jr., PhD is Founding Director of the Program for Research on Men’s Health and Associate Professor of Health, Behavior, and Society at Bloomberg School of Public Health. As a social epidemiologist and gerontologist, his research focuses on understanding the biopsychosocial factors that lead to improving the lives of African American men using a life course perspective.
Men’s Health Equity presents a timely and welcome intersectional analysis of multiple men’s health issues, from cancer and diabetes to trauma and suicide. Contributions from leading experts across different disciplines showcase the impact of social determinants, such as racism, homophobia and deprivation, on the health and wellbeing of diverse groups of men. I believe this volume will prove to be a landmark text for understanding – and improving – serious health inequalities affecting men and their communities.
Brendan Gough
Professor of Social PsychologyLeeds School of Social Sciences