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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 363-381 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| Journal | Critical Public Health |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue number | 3-4 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2010 |
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Keywords
- masculinities
- men's health
- gender
- qualitative study
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“The average Scottish man has a cigarette hanging out of his mouth, lying there with a portion of chips”: prospects for change in Scottish men’s constructions of masculinity and their health-related beliefs and behaviours. / O'Brien, Rosaleen; Hunt, Kate; Hart, Graham.
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T1 - “The average Scottish man has a cigarette hanging out of his mouth, lying there with a portion of chips”: prospects for change in Scottish men’s constructions of masculinity and their health-related beliefs and behaviours
AU - O'Brien, Rosaleen
AU - Hunt, Kate
AU - Hart, Graham
N1 - Invited paper for special issue on masculinity and men's health (author's note)
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Men's apparent resistance to recommended health practices and their engagement with ‘high-risk’ behaviours has been associated with an increased risk of morbidity or mortality. Recent work has highlighted the need to think critically about the health-promoting behaviours that men appear reluctant to engage in, as well as examining those they embrace, and explore the gendered meanings that men attribute to their beliefs and behaviours. This article presents men's discussions of the ‘practices of masculinity’ and examines their relation to, and implications for, men's health-related behaviours as articulated in 15 focus group discussions (59 participants in total).
AB - Men's apparent resistance to recommended health practices and their engagement with ‘high-risk’ behaviours has been associated with an increased risk of morbidity or mortality. Recent work has highlighted the need to think critically about the health-promoting behaviours that men appear reluctant to engage in, as well as examining those they embrace, and explore the gendered meanings that men attribute to their beliefs and behaviours. This article presents men's discussions of the ‘practices of masculinity’ and examines their relation to, and implications for, men's health-related behaviours as articulated in 15 focus group discussions (59 participants in total).
KW - masculinities
KW - men's health
KW - gender
KW - qualitative study
U2 - 10.1080/09581590902939774
DO - 10.1080/09581590902939774
M3 - Article
VL - 19
SP - 363
EP - 381
JO - Critical Public Health
JF - Critical Public Health
SN - 0958-1596
IS - 3-4
ER -