Johnson Lannes, Huggard Peter, Goodyear-Smith Felicity
HealthWest PHO, Waitakere City, New Zealand.
N Z Med J. 2008 Dec 12;121(1287):69-76.
The health of the male population is a substantial contributor to the health of the nation. In general, men have a poorer health status and lower utilisation of health services than women. They have a lower life expectancy and are more likely to die from avoidable deaths than women. Men's health is increasingly being recognised as a specialty area of health promotion and of clinical practice. Male-specific approaches may assist in maximising the positive outcome of interventions aimed at educating men about their health issues, attracting men into seeking clinical services, and establishing and maintaining a gender-orientation in health services that encourages men to engage. With appropriate training and resources, primary health care is ideally placed to provide accessible, male-friendly services with lead to reduction in gender inequalities in health.
男性人口的健康对国家的整体健康有着重大贡献。总体而言，男性的健康状况比女性更差，对医疗服务的利用率也更低。他们的预期寿命较短，比女性更有可能死于可避免的死亡。男性健康日益被视为健康促进和临床实践的一个专业领域。针对男性的特定方法可能有助于最大限度地提高干预措施的积极效果，这些干预措施旨在让男性了解自身健康问题、吸引男性寻求临床服务，以及在医疗服务中建立并维持一种鼓励男性参与的性别导向。通过适当的培训和资源，初级医疗保健最适合提供方便 accessible、对男性友好的服务，从而减少健康方面的性别不平等。 （注：accessible 原意为“可到达的；易接近的；可理解的”，这里结合语境翻译为“方便的”更合适）
