Male gender and health

Authors

  • Rosele Ciccone Paschoalick
  • Maria Ribeiro Lacerda
  • Maria de Lourdes Centa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v11i1.5979

Keywords:

Saúde, Gênero, Masculino, Masculinidade, Profissionais de saúde, Health, Gender, Male, Masculinity, Health professional, Salud, Género masculino, Masculinidad, Profissionales de la salud

Abstract

This literature review aims to offer elements to broaden discussion on the construction of male identity and its relation with mens health injuries. The health-disease process is also determined by the individuals behavior in society, thus understanding the construction of a male identity from cultural elements, can contribute for the reflection on the existing relation between man and his health. Researchers and public policy makers have not considered the socialization process as a factor that increases mens vulnerability. Nurses should get closer to men considering them as allied, partners and holders of a cultural inheritance that can offer (if creatively and wisely used) strategies to deconstruct negative aspects and rebuild or reinforce positive aspects of masculinity.

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How to Cite

Paschoalick, R. C., Lacerda, M. R., & Centa, M. de L. (2006). Male gender and health. Cogitare Enfermagem, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v11i1.5979

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 1 (2006)

Section

REVIEW

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