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Dying to be Men: Psychosocial, Environmental, and Biobehavioral Directions in Promoting the Health of Men and Boys

Dying to be Men: Psychosocial, Environmental, and Biobehavioral Directions in Promoting the Health of Men and Boys

Hardcover

Series: The Routledge Counseling and Psychotherapy with Boys and Men

Men's HealthGeneral PsychologyMental Health

ISBN10: 0415878756
ISBN13: 9780415878753
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Apr 28 2011
Pages: 526
Weight: 1.92
Height: 1.13 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Masculinity has a powerful effect on the health of men and boys. Indeed, many of the behaviors they use to be men actually increase their risk of disease, injury, and death. In this book, Dr. Will Courtenay, an internationally recognized expert on men's health, provides a foundation for understanding this troubling reality. With a comprehensive review of data and literature, he identifies specific gender differences in the health-related attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors of men and boys and the health consequences of these differences. He then describes the powerful social, environmental, institutional, and cultural influences that encourage their unhealthy behaviors and constrain their adoption of healthier ones. In the book's third section, he more closely examines the health needs of specific populations of men, such as ethnic-minority men, rural men, men in college, and men in prisons. Courtenay also provides four empirical studies conducted with multidisciplinary colleagues that examine the associations between masculinity and men and boys' health beliefs and practices. Finally, he provides specific strategies and an evidence-based practice guideline for working with men in a variety of settings, as well as a look to the future of men's health.

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