The website for the Australian National Men's Health Policy which acknowledges the centrality of the Social Determinants of male health: 
 
www.health.gov.au/malehealthpolicy
 
The first of the Supporting Documents on the web page is on the Social Determinants of male health
 
I think it challenges some of the exisiting thinking on men's health and I recommend it. Dare I say, it helps move us all towards a more evidence-based approach to male health and away from policies and practices which are narrowly medically focused (the prostate, ED etc) or more ideological in their orientation ("Masculinity") and behaviourist - ("men behaving badly"). The document is entitled: "Building on the strengths of Australian Males".
 
It promises a national longitudinal study incorporating the social determinants and highlights (among other things) the scandalous state of Indigenous male health, without divorcing  this from a perspective on the whole country.
 
Please look and discuss
 
Professor John J Macdonald
Foundation Chair in Primary Health Care
Director, Men's Health Information and Resource Centre
University of Western Sydney
Locked Bag 1797
Penrith South DC 1797 Australia
Tel  (61) 2 45701123/ 0404008760
Fax (61) 2 45701522

 

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From: Social Determinants of Health on behalf of John Macdonald
Sent: Sun 5/9/2010 7:54 PM
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Subject: [SDOH] Men's Health - the Social Determinants



Everyone interested in men's health will be delighted that the Australian Government has this week lauched a Male Health Policy which enshrines the social determinants as a framework for dealing with this issue

So we can hope to have initiatives which deal positively with young boys, fathers, older men, men in the work place etc

A move toward building societies which nurture men and develop policies based on evidence

Watch this space: I will share with anyone interested

John Macdonald
Professor of Primary Health Care
UWS, Australia

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