Health call centres and Australian men: using global perspectives to inform local practice

Filiault, Shaun M.; Drummond, Murray

doi:10.1080/09581590902952256

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“…This finding speculates that men (particularly those with limited access to traditional healthcare) may be more open to being emotionally expressive in environments where an option for anonymity exists, such as in online environment or certain telehealth contexts. 37 While men's use of such health services has received only a little research attention, there has been some effort to explore this emerging area, with key literature discussed next.…”

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A thematic analysis of men’s help‐seeking on an Australian health helpline

Lopriore

Turnbull

Martin

2021

Health Prom J of Aust

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Men's health has been a popular topic of academic exploration for the majority of the past 20 years. 1 Overall, men in Australia have poorer health outcomes across a variety of indicators. Both life expectancy and health-adjusted life expectancy (HALE) are lower in Australian men than women, although the gap in HALE has decreased in recent years. Conversely, men engage with primary health services less frequently. [2][3][4] While there is some evidence that the gendered gap in help-seeking reduces when accounting for visits relating to gender-specific health issues, like reproductive health, 5 other studies have found that the discrepancy can only be partially accounted for when considering these primary health contacts. 6,7,8 This gendered pattern of help-seeking exists despite men experiencing lower

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Section: Men's Health and Help-seekingmentioning

confidence: 99%

A thematic analysis of men’s help‐seeking on an Australian health helpline

Lopriore

Turnbull

Martin

2021

Health Prom J of Aust

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“…However, it is the conceptualisation around health as being something that the antithesis of masculinity, that is feminised, that is an interesting notion (Drummond and Drummond, 2012). This pervading notion surrounding men’s health can influence some men into believing it is feminine to be concerned about their health, or to take care of their health through means such as proper diet and exercise (Filiault and Drummond, 2009). Men may also be less motivated to seek help when it is needed, because doing so may be viewed as being feminine (Drummond and Drummond, 2012).…”

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Men’s physical activity and dietary behaviours on Kangaroo Island, South Australia

Drummond

Elliott

Drummond

et al. 2016

Health Education Journal

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Background: Men’s health has been subjected to diverse approaches to research over the past two decades. Much of the literature has focused on specific medical and health issues. Other contributions have focused more broadly on masculinities and its relationship to health. It is arguable that there has not been a lot of attention paid to Australian rural men’s health and even less on their understanding of health as it relates to physical activity and dietary behavior. Objectives: To gain a better understanding of these issues this paper provides rich, descriptive qualitative data from men living on Kangaroo Island, which is 13.5 kilometres off the South Australian mainland and is regarded as a rural and remote area. Methods: Qualitative data is used to develop greater understanding of the men’s attitudes and behaviours as they relate to physical activity and dietary behaviours. The semistructured interviews and focus groups were conducted with 40 men aged between 23–64. Conclusions: The results indicated that the locality in which the men lived provided them with an excellent opportunity to be physically active and eat fresh, locally produced, foods. However, it was identified that many of the men did not have a comprehensive understanding of health and seemingly displayed low levels of health knowledge. As a result for many of these men, their physical health was left to chance. There was little evidence of any planned health promotion to assist them with making improvements to their nutrition and physical activity levels as they aged. Recommendations and population-based strategies are provided to assist men living in remote rural settings to enhance not only their health ultimately their health knowledge. This will positively impact community health.

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‘Straight to the GP; that would be where I would go’: An analysis of male frequent attenders’ constructions of their decisions to use or not use health-care services in the UK

Branney

Witty

Bagnall

et al. 2012

Psychology & Health

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An important consideration that needs adding to discussions of patient choice and whether or not men are reluctant to use primary care services is that many frequent attenders are male. The aim of this article is to explore how male frequent attenders construct decisions to use or not use health-care services. This is achieved through secondary analysis of baseline interviews with male frequent attenders from the Self Care in Primary Care study. As this was a complex study, a three-step analytic process was employed to incorporate the involvement of multiple researchers working together over a number of years. First, the interviewer summarised each interview and second, the summaries were read as a group to find themes across them. Subsequently, we returned to the interviews to add detail that would further illustrate or challenge the analysis. Participants talked of 'engaging health and avoiding ill-health', constructing themselves as embodied, health conscious and rational in a similar vein to constructions of feminine interactions with health. While participants talked of 'choosing health services' as if they were drawing upon a range of choices, the dominance of the image of the GP was such that seeing a GP was the only legitimate health choice.

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Health call centres and Australian men: using global perspectives to inform local practice

Cited by 4 publications

References 40 publications

A thematic analysis of men’s help‐seeking on an Australian health helpline

A thematic analysis of men’s help‐seeking on an Australian health helpline

Men’s physical activity and dietary behaviours on Kangaroo Island, South Australia

‘Straight to the GP; that would be where I would go’: An analysis of male frequent attenders’ constructions of their decisions to use or not use health-care services in the UK

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