| Descript |
xxiv, 502 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Contents |
(Publisher-supplied data) Part I: Why Men and Boys Get Sick and Die Young -- Key Determinants of the Health and Well-Being of Men and Boys: An Overview -- Behavioral Factors Associated with Disease, Injury, and Death Among Men and Boys -- Part II: Why Men and Boys Do The Things That Make Them Sick and Kill Them -- Introduction: Who Are The Men in Men's Health? -- Engendering Health: The Social Construction of Gendered Health Beliefs and Behaviors -- Constructions of Masculinity and Their Influence on Men's Well-Being: A Theory of Gender and Health -- Part III: Specific Populations -- Introduction: Ethnicity Matters -- Rural Men's Health: Situating Men's Risk in the Negotiation of Masculinity -- College Men's Health -- Preventive Health Strategies for Men in Prison -- Part IV: Emerging Research on Men, Masculinity and Health -- Youth Violence? Let Call It What It Is -- |
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Gender and Ethnic Differences in Health Beliefs and Behaviors -- Masculinity and Gender Role Conflict : Influence on Men's Likelihood of Engaging in High-Risk Behaviors -- Measurement of Men's Help Seeking -- The Drive for Muscularity and Masculinity -- Part V: Reaching Men -- Introduction: Making Health Manly: Social Marketing and Men's Health -- Counseling Men About Their Health: An Evidence-Based Practice Guideline -- Designing Effective Programs and Services for College Men: Applying The Six-Point HEALTH Plan and Other Evidence-Based Strategies -- Part VI: Looking Forward -- Introduction: Teaming Up for the New Men's Health Movement -- A Global Perspective on the Field of Men's Health. |
| ISBN |
9780415878760 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780415878753 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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0415878756 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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0415878764 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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