Masculinity and men's health service use across four social generations: Findings from Australia's Ten to Men study.

ABSTRACT: There is a perception that traditional masculine ideals, usually thought deleterious for men's health outcomes, are no longer as relevant for younger social generations such as Millennials as they are for older social generations such as Baby Boomers. Yet, in Australia, there remains a disparity between younger men's and women's health outcomes and use of health services. Conformity to traditional masculinity is often cited as a barrier to men's positive health behaviours but conceptualisation of the construct is contested. We analysed a selected secondary dataset (n = 14,917) of Australian males aged between 15 and 55 years from Ten to Men: The Australian Longitudinal Study on Male Health. We examined the role of conformity to traditional masculine norms in predicting likeli

SUBMITTER: McGraw J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8233126 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature