Men's Health

Alex Broom is Professor of Sociology at the University of New South Wales, Australia. He is the co-editor of Health, Culture and Religion in South Asia; Men's Health: Body, Identity and Social Context; and Gender and Masculinities: Histories, Texts and Practices in India and Sri Lanka. He is the co-author of Therapeutic Pluralism: Exploring the Experiences of Cancer Patients and Professionals. Professor Jon Adams is at the Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Health, University of Technology Sydney (UTS) Australia.

• List of Illustrations Introduction: Men’s health in contextIntroductionOutline of the bookReferencesChapter 1: Theorising Masculinity and Men's HealthIntroductionHealth and the Social Construction of GenderTheorising Masculinity in the Context of HealthConclusionAcknowledgementReferencesChapter 2: Positioning prostate cancer as the problematic third testicleIntroductionA word about styleMoving into Prostate CancerMoving through Prostate CancerMoving out from Prostate CancerRecommendations and conclusionAuthor noteAcknowledgementsReferencesChapter 3: Men, masculinity and help-seeking behaviourIntroductionAre men more reluctant to seek help than women, or is it just a myth?Gender Role Socialisation and Help-seeking BehaviourHelp-seeking vis-…-vis the social construction of hegemonic masculinityMasculinities, Identity, and Help-seeking BehaviourConcluding RemarksReferencesChapter 4: Gender and psychosocial adaptation after a coronary event: a relational analysisIntroductionMethodLiving in denialCoping with diagnosis, treatment and recoveryReconstructing gender identity during extended recoveryConclusionReferencesChapter 5: Spectacular risk, public health and the technological mediation of the sexual practicesof gay menIntroductionSpectacular risk and public healthMeasuring and explaining risky behaviourTechnologically mediated sexual culturesPublic health after ‘barebacking’ConclusionAcknowledgementReferencesChapter 6: Young men, masculinity and alcoholIntroductionYoung men’s alcohol consumptionInfluences on young men’s drinkingThe importance of masculinity 201Recent qualitative research into masculinity and alcohol consumptionQuantitative analysis of links between masculinity and alcohol - beliefs and behaviourConclusionAcknowledgmentsReferencesChapter 7: Men’s Mental HealthIntroductionRates of mental disordersThe social constructionist perspectiveOver and under-achievement as a male mental health syndromeMen, warfare and mental healthConclusionReferencesChapter 8: Sport, health and steroids: Paradox, contradiction or ethical self-formationIntroductionSport and Health as ParadoxFrom Paradox to Moral and Ethical PerformanceBodybuilding as Ethical Practice and PerformancePhysical Growth and Personal Transformation in BodybuildingDedication and the use of timeHealth as DistinctionConclusionReferencesChapter 8: Racialised masculinities and the health of immigrant and refugee menIntroductionThe New Men’s HealthThe health disparities literature in relation to race and ethnicityMarginalised masculinities and men’s healthImmigrant and refugee men in AustraliaThe social context of immigrant and refugee men’s healthGender issues facing immigrant and refugee menConclusionReferencesChapter 9: Future research agenda in men’s healthIntroductionSome guiding assumptions in researchDualistic thoughtThe dominance of biomedical conceptions of healthDeveloping new perspectives on men’s health and illnessReferences

"For those specifically engaged in sociological work around gender (and/or masculinities) and health the book provides an excellent collection of recent, high quality, empirical and theoretically informed pieces." (Sociology of Health & Illness, 2011) "This is, however, a provocative, important resource on men's health for all academic audiences, especially those interested in gender studies and health care." (CHOICE, March 2010)