Resources
Recent Speaker Publications
Policy Papers and Other Publications about Men's Health
- American Journal
of Public Health, 93(5). May 2003 issue, devoted almost entirely to
men's health issues, particularly issues affecting minority men. Editorials:
Treadwell, H.M., & Ro, M. (2003). Poverty, race, and the invisible men. pp705-707.
Satcher, D. (2003). Overlooked and underserved: Improving the health of men of color. pp707-709
Meyer, J.A. (2003). Improving men’s health: Developing a long-term strategy. pp709-711. - Barnett, E., Braham, V., Casper, M., Elmes, G., & Halverson, J. (2007). Men and heart disease: An atlas of racial and ethnic disparities in mortality.
- Courtenay, W.H. (2000). Constructions of masculinity and their influence on men's well-being: A theory of gender and health. Social Science & Medicine, 50(10), 1385-1401.
- Courtenay, W.H., & Keeling, R.P. (2000). Men, gender, and health: Toward an interdisciplinary approach. Journal of American College Health, 48(6), 247-256.
- Krieger, N., Williams, D.R., & Moss, N.E. (1997) Measuring social class in US public health research: Concepts, methodologies, and guidelines. Annual Review of Public Health, 18, 341-378.
- National Center for Health Statistics. (2007). Health, United States. Men's health No. 2007-1232. Hyattsville, MD: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
- Porche, D.J. & Willis, D.G. (2004). Nursing and men's health movement: Considerations for the 21st century. The Nursing Clinics of North America, 39(2), 251-258.
- Schofield, T., Connell, R.W., Walker, L., Wood, J.F., & Butland, D.L. (2000). Understanding men's health and illness: A gender-relations approach to policy, research, and practice. Journal of American College Health, 48(6), 247-256.
- Smedley, B.D., Stith, A.Y., & Nelson, A. R. (2003). Unequal treatment: Confronting racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare. Institute of Medicine, Committee on Understanding and Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press
- Treadwell, H. (2007). Population-based approaches to inform policy: Men's health disparities and opportunities for nonprofits and philanthropy to leverage change. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 0899764007310535v1.
- Whitley, E.M., Jarret, N.C., Young, A.M.W., Adeyemi, S.A., & Perez, L.M. (2007). Building effective programs to improve men's health. American Journal of Men's Health, 1(4), 294.
Men's Health Websites
- Men's Health in MedlinePlus
- Men's Health Topics in the National Institute of Health
- Men's Health Topics in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Mayo Clinic's Men's Health Center
- Men's Health 101 from the Office of Minority Health
- Men's Health from W.K. Kellogg Foundation's Community Voices: Health Care for the Underserved
- Men's Health: Minority Men from the U.S. Department of Health and & Human Services
- The Health Status of African American Men in the United States--Fact Sheet Provided by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
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