Main description:

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.

Contents:

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

Part I: Psychosocial and Developmental Foundations of Men's Health Equity

Introduction
Derek M. Griffith, PhD, Marino A. Bruce, PhD, MSRC, MDiv, and Roland J. Thorpe, Jr., PhD

Masculinity and Men's Health Disparities: Conceptual and Theoretical Challenges
Steve Robertson, PhD, RGN and Lynne Kilvington-Dowd

Precarious Manhood for Men's Health and Men's Health Disparities
Joseph A. Vandello, PhD, Jennifer K. Bosson, PhD, and Joanna R. Lawler

Fatherhood as a Social Context for Reducing Men's Health Disparities: Lessons Learned from the Fathers and Sons Program
Cleopatra Howard Caldwell, PhD, Kazumi Tsuchiya, MPH, Shervin Assari, MD, MPH, and Alvin Thomas, PhD

Young Adulthood and Health Disparities in African American Males
Michael Cunningham, PhD and Antanious White

Middle-Aged Men's Health: Patterns and Causes of Health Inequities During a Pivotal Period in the Life Course
Derek M. Griffith, PhD, Emily Cornish Jaeger, MPH, Ledric D. Sherman, PhD, MA, and Heath J. Moore, BS

Men's Health in Later Life: Diverse and Intersecting Contexts
Jamie Mitchell, MSSW, PhD, Julie Ober Allen, PhD, MPH, and Ramona Perry, BA

Measuring the Dimensions of African American Manhood: A Factor Analysis
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

Being a Man in the Countryside: How Rural Men Navigate Health and Masculinity
Bradley Hiebert, MSc, PhD, Beverly Leipert, RN, PhD, and Sandra Regan, RN, PhD

Urban Men's Health: How Urban Environments Affect Black Men's Health
Waldo E. Johnson, Jr., PhD, MSW

Incarceration as Determinant of Poor Health Outcomes
Jason M. Williams, PhD and Carrie Bergeson, MS, CFLE

The Public Health Disparities of Domestic Violence: Including the Perspectives and Health of Ethnic-Minority Men
Rohan D. Jeremiah, PhD and Olubunmi Basirat Oyewowo-Gassikia, PhD, LMSW

Global Men's Health Policy
Noel Richardson, PhD, James A. Smith, PhD, Steve Robertson, PhD, RGN, and Peter Baker, MA, FRSPH

Health, Public, and Social Policy
Henrie M. Treadwell, PhD and Marguerite J. Ro, DrPH

What Influences Adolescent Black Male Development and Well-Being? Implications of the Limits and Opportunities of Social Policy
Keon L. Gilbert, DrPH, MA, MPH, Rashawn J. Ray, PhD, and Odis D. Johnson, PhD

Part III: Health Behaviors and Health Outcomes

Male Health Behaviors
Michael J. Rovito, PhD, CHES, FMHI

Considerations in Men's Mental Health Promotion and Treatment
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

Depression, Trauma, and Suicide Among Adolescent and Young Adult Males
Michael A. Lindsey, PhD, MSW, MPH and Yunyu Xiao, MPhil

Men's Trauma, Depression, and Suicide in Adulthood
Daphne C. Watkins, PhD and Janelle R. Goodwill, MSW

Cancer Disparities in Men
Kelvin A. Moses, MD, PhD, FACS

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
Jaclynn M. Hawkins, MSW, PhD, Rosalyn Denise Campbell, PhD, LMSW, Charles Graham, LSMW, PhD

Part IV: Men's Health Inequities in the United States

The Health of Gay and Bisexual Men: Theoretical Approaches and Policy Implications
Stephanie H. Cook, DrPH, MPH, Erica P. Wood, MPH, Jason Harris, MPH, Paul D'Avanzo, MS, and Perry N. Halkitis, PhD, MS, MPH

Transgender and Intersex Men
David A. Rubin, PhD

Health Disparities Among Men with Disabilities and Functional Limitations
Carlos M. Cervantes, PhD, CAPE and Samuel R. Hodge, PhD

Asian American Men's Health: Applications of the Racial-Cultural Framework
Y. Joel Wong, PhD, Keiko McCullough, and Kuo Deng

Understanding Health Inequalities Experienced by Black Men: Fundamental Links Between Racism, Socioeconomic Position, and Social Mobility
Darrell Hudson, PhD, MPH, Andrae Banks, PhD, LCSW, Derek Holland, MPH, and Whitney Sewell

Understanding Health and Health Disparities in European American Boys and Men
Eric S. Mankowski, PhD and Nick Glover

Cultural, Social and Historical Factors Influencing Latino Men's Health
Jason Daniel-Ulloa, PhD, India J. Ornelas, and Alejandra Escoto

Seeking Health and Well-Being for Indigenous North American Men
Arthur W. Blume, PhD

Achieving Health Equity for Native Hawaiian Men: Aia I Hea Ka Wai A Kane
Ka'imi Alohilani Sinclair, PhD and Joseph Keawe'aimoku Kaholokula, PhD

Part V: Men's Health Inequities Across the Globe

Understanding Inequities in Men's Health in Australia: What Do We Know?
James A. Smith, PhD, Murray Drummond, MEd, PhD, Mick Adams, PhD, Jason Bonson, Benjamin Christie

Which Men? Inequality, Ethnicity, and Gender in Brazil's National Men's Health Program
Gary Barker, PhD, Eduardo Schwarz, and Daniel Costa Lima

Picturing Intersectionality in Men's Suicide Research: A Photovoice Case Study of Gay and Bisexual Men
Olivier Ferlatte, PhD and John L. Oliffe, PhD, MEd, RN

Regional Variation in Determinants of Men's Health: Comparison of South, Central, and North America
Shervin Assari, MD, MPH

Part VI: Final Thoughts and Future Directions

Life Course Perspective: Implications for Men's Health Equity
Roland J. Thorpe, Jr., PhD and Paul C. Archibald, DrPH, LCSW-C

Afterword
Lisa Bowleg, MA, PhD

Conclusion

Derek M. Griffith, PhD, Marino A. Bruce, PhD, MDiv, and Roland J. Thorpe, Jr., PhD