Men's Health Network, Washington, DC, USA.
Am J Mens Health. 2010 Dec;4(4):344-52. doi: 10.1177/1557988309356100. Epub 2010 Jan 21.
State Public Health Departments (SPHDs) provide critical access to health outreach and services. Important strides have been made in these areas for broad ranges of populations; however, many men's health advocates believe that services to achieve similar goals for men and boys have inadvertently declined creating an unintended, but remediatable, service and health disparity. In 2008, the Men's Health Network completed a benchmarking survey of SPHDs to investigate the validity of concerns about this disparity, characterize the range and nature of existing SPHD resources for men and boys, and establish a survey methodology. Validated data were obtained from 49 states and Washington, D.C. Analysis indicates that there are few state resources dedicated to the health of men and boys, such resources are significantly less than for other populations, few states have population-specific information for men and boys, and most such information was subsumed in women's health information sites. This study validates concerns that a health disparity has developed; highlights the need for better planning, resourcing, and outreach specific to men and boys; and indicates the imperative to perform a regular comprehensive environmental scan to guide policy.
州立公共卫生部（SPHD）为健康宣传和服务提供了重要的途径。在这些领域，为广泛的人群取得了重要的进展；然而，许多男性健康倡导者认为，为实现类似目标而提供的服务，男性和男孩却被忽视了，从而导致了一种意料之外但可以补救的服务和健康差距。2008 年，男性健康网络对 SPHD 进行了基准调查，以调查对这种差距的担忧是否合理，描述现有的针对男性和男孩的 SPHD 资源的范围和性质，并建立调查方法。从 49 个州和华盛顿特区获得了有效数据。分析表明，很少有州资源专门用于男性和男孩的健康，这些资源明显少于其他人群，很少有州有针对男性和男孩的特定人口信息，而且大多数此类信息都包含在妇女健康信息网站中。这项研究证实了人们对健康差距已经出现的担忧；强调需要更好地针对男性和男孩进行规划、资源配置和外展；并表明必须定期进行全面的环境扫描，以指导政策。
