What is it about?
Men’s low health literacy has been recognized as an important issue to address, with contributing factors often being generalized from mixed sex samples without gender or intersectional analysis. Little attention has been given to exploring why patterns of low health literacy among men prevail. This study offers insights into the relationship between demographic variables and Canadian men’s health literacy as a means to explore inequities that may be caused by individual and social determinants of health.
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Why is it important?
Our findings emphasize the importance of recognizing how individual and social determinants of health are related to men’s health literacy levels. Further, our findings highlight the need to consider these relationships and health inequities in the design, implementation, and evaluation of targeted men’s health services and programs.
Perspectives
We hope this article provides insight into the importance of the connections between men’s health literacy, social determinants of health, and inequities as a means to inform the design, implementation, and evaluation of men’s health promotion programs.
John Oliffe
University of British Columbia
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This page is a summary of: Canadian Men’s Health Literacy: A Nationally Representative Study, Health Promotion Practice, March 2019, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/1524839919837625.
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