Men's health

In Men's Health 's physical, mental and social health of boys and men is understood of all ages. Men's health concerns all public and private areas such as family, education, everyday life, kindergarten and school, youth work, politics or the world of work.

Definition

Men's Health is defined and differs from 1 ) on specific physical organs ( penis, testicles, prostate, etc.), 2 ) on specific social and cultural conditions of growing up and living enforcement of boys and men ( Jungesein, maleness ) and (partly from as a result ), 3 ) on the gender related specific handling of health ( images of masculinity and femininity ).

Topics

Men's Health is limited in contrast to the medical sub-areas Andrology and Urology not purely medical issues, but also takes on political and social issues. In addition, it is concerned - about the perspective of topics the boy health - even with the etiology and with conditions of health and health risks of men. The focus is on gender-specific risk Images, health resources, disease and access to health promotion. Men's health research is on the one hand interested in current issues: eg facing women seven years lower life expectancy of men, opportunities and risks of PSA testing or hormone replacement therapies. It represents the other hand, as well as historical references to it here, as men have dealt in the history of health and disease or were faced (social and medical history ).

Specific topics of Men's Health are derived from medical conditions (especially in the urogenital ), or by male lifestyles and behaviors favored (especially cardiovascular disease, cancer and liver disorders, traffic and industrial accidents, suicide ).

History

In early 2005 the world's first Chair of Men's Health was established at Leeds Metropolitan University, was appointed to the Alan White. At the University White a Centre for Men's Health has set up, next to White four research assistants working on the. At first Chair of Men's Health in German-speaking urologist Frank Sommer was appointed at the University Hospital Hamburg -Eppendorf in autumn 2005.

In Germany in 2005, the " Network for Men's Health " initiated and established in 2006, the Foundation Men's Health. Was released in 2010 as a pilot report of the first German Men's Health report, three years later, the men's health report was followed in 2013 with a focus on mental health of boys and men. 2012 in Stuttgart was founded in the "center of boys and men health Baden -Württemberg".