emale - Australia’s first "A - Z guide to Men’s Health & Wellbeing"
Posted by Greg Millan on April 10th, 2010 | Category: manhood men’s health
AUSTRALIA'S FIRST "A - Z GUIDE TO MEN'S HEALTH & WELLBEING"
I am extremely happy to announce that my first book, the A - Z Guide to Men's Health & Wellbeing will be launched during Men's Health Week this year. I have written this book because my experience in working with men over the last seventeen years has shown me that men are very interested in their health and keen to know more about what they need to look out for. As men we understand that our health is much wider than just our physical fitness, it also includes the way we think, feel and communicate with others and how we handle stress and difficulties in our lives.
Men’s health is about wellness, not just illness and disease. It means leading a happy, satisfying and healthy life in which you are emotionally fulfilled, physically fit and more at ease with yourself. We know that the health of Australian men and boys is not in good shape as we experience much higher rates of physical and emotional health problems than women. There are many reasons for this but with the right information and a few small lifestyle changes men can significantly improve their health and lead longer and happy lives.
The A-Z Guide to Men’s Health & Wellbeing is the first comprehensive Australian book to address men’s health in the context of men’s lives: their physical, emotional, social, psychological, spiritual and cultural environments. It is primarily for men and boys to use but is also a key reference book for anyone who works in the health, welfare or community sector who wants to improve their knowledge of men's health and wellbeing issues.
The Guide is essential reading for any man providing simple practical information regardless of age or lifestyle, whether single, partnered, separated, a father, or a son.
The A-Z Guide to Men’s Health & Wellbeing will help you:
- be more aware of your body
- know what check ups you need to have at what age
- have better relationships with your partner and your mates
- be a better father and partner
- be more emotionally satisfied
- achieve what you want to achieve in your life
Click here to pre-order your copy now at a special pre-publication price of $27.95 (20% off the RRP $34.95).
IT'S A CARING COUNTRY, JOB DATA SHOWS
The latest quarterly breakdown of the industries in which we work, eagerly awaited for clues as to what is driving Australia's latest spurt of jobs growth, contains news of another longer-lasting trend. Twice in the past year the sector known as ''health and social assistance'' has pipped ''retail'' to become Australia's biggest employing industry.
Paying the wages of 1.2 million Australians to retail's 1.18 million, it now employs one in every nine Australians. Within the sector, the fastest-growing type of work is aged care, now employing a record 205,000 Australians, up from 163,000 just a year before. ''It will keep getting bigger,'' says Mark Wooden, a labour market specialist at the Melbourne Institute. ''The entire sector will one day account for one in every two workers.
''Go back a century and only one in 35 Australians worked in health and aged care. But whereas we have been able to automate other industries, it's hard to automate this one.'' Retail employment has grown roughly in line with population but health and aged care employment has grown far faster, doubling in a little more than 20 years. ''There was a time when one in two of us worked in agriculture,'' Professor Wooden said. ''It's now about one in 30 - a tiny amount - yet we are making more food than ever. It's a similar story with manufacturing, which used to employ one in four Australians - we have found ways to make things using fewer people.''
The Treasury's Intergenerational Report predicts the proportion of Australians aged over 65 will increase from 13 per cent to 23 per cent in the next four decades. The proportion aged over 85 will increase from 2 per cent to 5 per cent, it says. ''It is driven by demographics, no doubt about that,'' Professor Wooden said. ''But it also driven by increasing wealth. The richer we get, the more we are prepared to spend buying good health and aged care. We are prepared to do it both through the welfare state, by paying more tax, and also privately by buying better services.
''Many people think that it is only poor societies that spend big on welfare; it is actually the other way around.'' The employment breakdown also confirms that the bulk of the new jobs created in the past three months have been in the construction industry, many resulting from government stimulus. Construction provided half the new full-time jobs in NSW. By occupation, the employment of managers fell by 9000 and professionals by 3000.However, the employment in trades grew by 33,000. Machinery operators increased by 10,000 and labourers increased by 15,000. The boost in construction to jobs meant all but 2000 of the 96,000 net new jobs went to men. But long-term unemployment kept rising, reflecting earlier job losses.
Source: Peter Martin, Sydney Morning Herald March 19, 2010
NEWS BRIEFS
West Australian men's health event to help farmers in tough times.
Many local farmers are experiencing tough times and this has prompted some men in Merredin to organise a free men's health event for next Wednesday April 7. For more on this story click here.
Male Italian-born immigrants more prone to depression Older male Italian immigrants are almost twice as likely to suffer from depression as their Australian-born counterparts, researchers from the University of Sydney's School of Public Health have found.Their findings, published in the latest edition of the Medical Journal of Australia, conclude the higher rate of depression among Italian-born Australian men aged over 70 is due in large part to a greater reliance on the government pension and different perceptions of social support networks. The results point to a potentially major health issue for older Italian immigrants, currently a growing part of Australia's ageing population. For more on this story click here.
In the UK, women are more likely to report poor health than men, but this is not reflected in the rates of death among the sexes later on, according to a new national study. For more on this story click here.
FUTURE EVENTS
Andrology Australia Forum - "Tackling the Inequities of Men's Health, June 4 - 6, Swiss-Grand Resort & Spa Bondi, NSW
The intention of the Forum is to update Andrology Australia associates and other interested participants, on research, policy and practice initiatives that aim to reduce the inequities of men's health. For program information and registration visit the website here.
5th Japan-AESEAN Conference on Men's Health & Aging, July 9 - 11, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
The annual JAPAN-ASEAN Conference on Men’s Health & Aging is the largest regional gathering of professionals in men’s health & aging. Since its inception in 2006, it has provided a unique forum for the regional medical communities to share information and exchange views on the latest issues of the profession as well as develop closer ties and cooperation. The Scientific Committee has developed a diverse and comprehensive program with emphasis on evidence-based medicine. The conference will provide innovative medical education to all levels of health and social care providers in men’s health and aging in this region.
For more program information and registration go to the website here.
MEN'S HEALTH WEEK JUNE 14 - 20
MEN'S HEALTH WEEK EVENT Work, Life, Family and Good Health - Getting The Balance Right, Saturday June 19 8.00 am - 10.00 am, Mornington Racecourse, Mornington, Victoria.
Speakers will be comic John Blackman and his mate Wilbur Wilde from Hey Hey It's Saturday. Cost is $30 and bookings can be made directly to the racecourse on 03 59753310 It includes a cooked breakfast, live Jazz from The Doctors, and displays from local community. More information on this event is available here
Andrology Australia is again providing a range of free men’s health week promotional resources. This year’s theme is ‘Men: how to look after your most important tools and focuses on the need for everyone to ‘get to work on men’s health’. Posters and flyers are available to use at MHW events in your local community. To view and order free resources visit the Andrology Australia website here and click on the button ‘Get to work on men’s health’.
Download your free Men's Health Week Event Kit here
You can contact me anytime for information or assistance in planning your MHW 2010 community events. All Men's Health Week events will be listed on the Men's Health Week 2010 website click here to visit.
NEW WEBSITE
Men's eHealth Network (MEHN)
The Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia (PCFA) has received funding from the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing’s Healthy Active Australia Community Grant to develop Men’s eHealth Network (MEHN) together with the Vario Health Institute (VHI) based at Edith Cowan University. The resource is based around an online community (MEHN) which encourages men from all over Australia to adopt positive lifestyle changes and learn more about how to improve their health. To visit the website click here
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