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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"Men's health"”.
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The Phenomenology of Fat Men's Health
… meanings of size, sexuality, masculinity, and healthism. Healthism here refers to the felt cultural and social responsibility of surveilling and monitoring health through individual action. In conducting 19 phenomenological interviews with self-identified fat men, I investigate how social …
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Killing time: the effect of boredom during unstructured leisure time on men's health
… across all ages and for most causes of death men die earlier than women and unmarried men die earlier than married men. Unhealthy lifestyle behaviours such as tobacco and alcohol use and physical inactivity vary by sex, age, and marital status and other sociodemographic factors and are …
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A study on the effect of fulfilling hegemonic masculine norms on men's health across regions
… study is to investigate the effect that fulfillment of traditional masculine gender norms has on men’s health (self-rated health) across different regions of the world. Regions include Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, and English speaking countries …
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Men, masculinities and HIV care work: A small-scale, exploratory study of the role of community care workers in supporting HIV positive men's health-seeking behaviour
… as a feminized practice, resulting in women shouldering the burden of care-related work. Health-seeking behaviours are also constructed as feminine and men have poorer health outcomes globally. Employing men as carers may not only improve the health of the men they assist but also be …
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Understanding the barriers to, and impact of, men's engagement in physical activity and health related behaviours : an examination of an English Premier League football in the community men's health programme
… (EPL) football clubs can have in attracting men to physical activity and health engagement programmes. Despite attempts to align FitC programmes with suitable evaluation procedures, there still remains limited evaluative empirical evidence. '. Study 1 adopted ethnographic principles to …
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Representations of gender,race and sexuality in selected English-medium South African magazines, 2003-2005
… in a select group of South African magazines - Men's Health, FHM, Blink, True Love, Femina and Fair Lady - between 2003 and 2005. From a feminist poststructuralist perspective, it was argued that these magazines presented particular subjectives as normative; privileging and centerig one pole …
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There's more to health than HIV : social capital & health in the gay community
The legal climate for gay men in the UK has undergone enormous change since thedecriminalisation of 'homosexuality1 in 1967 with changes in the social climate following.Bringing together concepts of 'social capital 1 and 'reflexive individualisation', the researchexplores how the changes have …
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Furious Acts: AIDS and the Arts of Activism, 1981-1996
… Gran Fury, the NAMES Project, and the Gay Men's Health Crisis. My project is organized thematically to understand how artistic practice influenced collective identity, safer sex education, and the role of mourning in AIDS activism. I also examine how different artistic media (video, …
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AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power: Changing through movement, leadership, and Internet capabilities
… often extreme organization, branching from Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC). Both groups were formed by Larry Kramer, who has played a large role in the gay liberation movement in the United States. This study provides a map of the decline of ACT UP with regards to the decline in public fear of …
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Cardiovascular reactivity to stress in men: effects of masculine gender role stress appraisal and masculine performance challenge
… reactivity may be important in the development of coronary heart disease. The present study examines the role of masculine cognitive appraisal of stress as a mediator of cardiovascular reactivity in men. The reactivity of men who differed on a measure of cognitive appraisal of masculine …
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Men's experiences and perceptions of HIV testing services in Gugulethu Township, Cape Town
… remains vital in the prevention and management efforts of the pandemic. Despite the efforts by the government, and local and international organizations to prevent the spread of HIV in men, HIV testing uptake in men continues to remain significantly low in the sub-Saharan Africa, including …
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Increased Testicular Cancer Education and Self-Examinations among Males at Spectrum Healthcare’s Mingus Mountain Clinic
… used. Males (n=10) were recruited from Spectrum Healthcare’s Mingus Mountain Clinic to participate in a 14 item pre-test and 19 item post-test survey on TC and TSE topics. Printed informational handouts (Appendix A) were obtained and consent granted from Men's Health (Appendix F) to provide …
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The psychological implications of surviving testicular cancer : impact on body image, sexuality and masculinity
INTRODUCTION: Men's health generally and testicular cancer in particular are neglected areas of research. This particular malignancy is the most common among young men in the western world (Champion, 1996), and its prevalence is on the increase, however, so too are cure rates. As a consequence …
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The Gendered Effects of Marriage on Health in Japan: Structure, Role Expectations, and Outcomes
One of the most robust findings in health literature is the association between marital status and health. A growing body of research in the United States has shown that married individuals are healthier than their single counterparts. The gender difference in the health benefit of marriage, …
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Male Arab-Muslims Health and Health Promotion Perceptions and Practices
… beliefs, behaviors, and attitudes to health and illness. Little is known about Arab American male immigrants, how they perceive illness, how they promote their health, and the stressors they experience and barriers they face in accessing the American health care system. The purpose of …
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Understandings of men’s depression in published research, news media portrayals, and men’s accounts of their experiences.
… is a relatively large body of research on women’s experiences of depression, but research on men’s depression, and their experiences with depression, has been fragmented. The aim of this dissertation is to contribute to the understanding of depression in men through the triangulation of three …
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The clinic as a gendered space: an exploratory study examining men's access to and uptake of voluntary counselling and testing services (VCT) in the context of a male-friendly health facility
[pg 78 missing] Men in South Africa test for HIV at lower rates than do women. Investigating ways to increase men's uptake of Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT) services is therefore of critical importance to public health. The Site C Men's Clinic in Khayelitsha, where this study took place, …
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Governing Masculinity: How Structures Shape the Lives and Health of Dislocated Men in Post-Doi Moi Vietnam
… aspect of everyday life, affecting individual men and women, their relationships with each other, and their relationships with other social and political institutions. My dissertation explores the challenges that three groups of dislocated men - men who were migrant laborers from a rural …
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RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN MASCULINITY BELIEFS AND COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING IN MALE VETERANS
… third most common cause of cancer deaths among men in the United States. Although CRC screening tests can reduce CRC incidence and mortality, men’s current rates of CRC screening fall below screening objectives. Results from qualitative studies have suggested masculinity to be a potential …
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Beyond masculinity : a qualitative study of men’s help seeking and health service use in South Australia.
Men's help seeking practices and patterns of health service use are significant public health issues in the Western world. However, until recently, there has been little empirical research, particularly qualitative studies, examining how and why men seek help and use health services. In Australia …
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