Mengage
Engaging Health Services to Engage Men and Boys
MHIRC Publications
MHIRC focuses particularly on the health status of marginalised or disadvantaged males - this includes populations such as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men, unemployed men, separated men, incarcerated men, new dads and other males who may find themselves at risk of increased stress and therefore poorer health outcomes.The Men's Health Information and Resource Centre explores men's health in terms of the factors in society and life that build or undermine this health.
MHIRC Resource Kits
- Resource Kit 1: Practitioners' Guide to Accessible Health Care for Men
- Resource Kit 2: Practitioners' Guide to Effective Men's Health Messaging
- Resource Kit 3: Practitioners' Guide to Men and Their Roles as Fathers
- Resource Kit 4: Practitioners' Guide to Men and Mental Health
Publications In Men's Health
- The Shed in Mt Druitt And The Social Determinants Of Aboriginal Men's Health
- Report from the forum 'What Works To Engage Dads?
- Older Men and Home and Community Care (HACC) Services
- The Blokes Book - Services for men in Western Sydney
- Is retirement a health hazard?
- Older men's social networks
- Engaging men in health
- A Social Determinants approach
Publications In Suicide Prevention
- Pathways To Despair - Social determinants of male suicide on the NSW Central Coast
- A 'Situational Approach' To Suicide Prevention
- A 'Situational Approach' To Mental Health Literacy
Male Carers
- Men’s emotional experiences of caring: How men do emotion and implications for emotional support
Emerging findings from a study by PhD candidate Lynne Dowd is challenging the caregiving services to think about how they can cater to a growing number of male carers.