Men's health
April 2008
This factsheet is a guide to resources in this newly emerging specialty: both to book resources available for loan to BMA members, and also to some of the many excellent web resources. The web has proved to be an excellent medium for engaging the interest of men in health issues through its potentially deft use of humour, caricature and interactive design. See more information here on Men's Health Week which takes place in June each year.
Print resources
Men's health (MH) books are kept in the Reading Room at WA 300, although there are reports in the BMA basement collection.
Lunenfeld B, Gooren L. Textbook of men's health
Parthenon Publ 2002
BMA location: WA 300
Orton P. Men's health in general practice.
Royal College of General Practitioners, 2006.
BMA location: WA 300
Payne S. Health of men and women.
Polity P., 2006.
BMA location: WA 300
The BMA library has no journals specifically on men's health but some current ones include:
The Journal of Men's Health and Gender
International Society for Men's Health and Gender
Elsevier, ISSN 1571-8913
International, inter-disciplinary journal offering updates on practise issues, current research and policy matters covering all aspects of men's health and gender medicine
http://www.jmhg.org/
Men's Health (UK ed.)
Rodale Ltd.
Popular consumer magazine: "provides positive, practical information that men can use to live the lives they want to"
http://www.menshealth.co.uk/
Web resources
Bandolier site on men's health
Collects material from the Bandolier site which is based on systematic reviews, meta-analyses, randomised trials, and from high quality observational studies:
http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/booth/booths/men.html
BBC men's health
A well-designed resource with information on common conditions as well as topics such as vices, physical health and relationships, as well as a bulletin board and links to other web resources.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/mens/
Everyman
Established by the Institute of Cancer Research to raise awareness and fund vital research for prostate and testicular cancer
http://www.icr.ac.uk/everyman/
Malehealth.co.uk
Lively site with latest news items, features and key information for different age groups:
http://www.malehealth.co.uk/
Mayo Clinic men's health Center (US)
Contains ask a specialist feature, as well as a long list of disease and condition summaries
http://www.mayoclinic.com/findinformation/conditioncenters/centers.cfm?objectid=0004FC18-621F-1B37-8D7E80C8D77A0000
Medlineplus men's health page (US)
A list of well-resourced men's health topics including crab lice, prostatic diseases and infertlity:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/menshealth.html
Net doctor
An interesting list of in-depth features and magazine style opinions:
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/menshealth/index.shtml
eBMJ collected resources
Collected resources from the eBMJ:
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/collection/mens_health
Patient UK
Links to full text resources and other web links.
http://www.patient.co.uk/showdoc/20/
Other organisations and libraries
European Men's Health Forum
11 Rue de l'Industrie
B-1000 Brussels,
Belgium
email: office@emhf.org
Tel: +32 (0) 2 234 3058
Fax: +32 (0) 2 230 3300
website:http://www.emhf.org/
Independent, non-governmental, non-profit-making membership organisation established to promote men's health across Europe. Managed by an executive committee which represents the diverse range of Europe-wide and national organisations with an interest in men's health issues.
Men's Health Forum
Tavistock House
Tavistock Square
London
WC1H 9HR
tel: 020 7388 4449
fax: 020 7388 4477
email: peter.baker@menshealthforum.org.uk
website: http://www.menshealthforum.org.uk/
Founded in 1994 as an independent body that works with a wide range of individuals and organisations to provide an independent and authoritative voice for male health and to tackle the issues affecting the health and well-being of boys and men in England and Wales.