Men’s Health in Perspective

Abstract

Men’s health as a distinct area has been the focus of increasing interest during recent years. The importance of addressing men’s health was raised by the Chief Medical Officer’s report The State of the Public Health 1992 (DoH, 1993a). 1995 saw the launch of two magazines dedicated to men and health, the first national conference in Britain on men’s health, and a ‘Men and Health’ module included in at least one health studies undergraduate degree programme. There is now a Men’s Health Helpline (Bradford, 1995). Health care workers and the general public are showing more interest in men’s health, but why this explosion of concern now?