Final report of the Men's Health Education project - Phase 1
Our summary
Commissioned by the Department of Health, this report presents Phase 1 of the Movember Foundation Men’s Health Education Project - a detailed review of current curricula and continuing professional development (CPD) offerings for health-professionals in Australia relating to men’s health.
The research team undertook:
⦁ a review of CPD programs for health professionals;
⦁ a review of tertiary education curricula in medicine, nursing, pharmacy, social work, public health;
⦁ surveys and consultations with university staff and medical students;
⦁ focus groups and a scoping review of literature on engaging men in healthcare.
Key findings indicate minimal formal men’s-health content in health-professional training: for example, out of 1,246 courses surveyed across 67 curricula, only 10 (0.8%) referenced men’s health explicitly.
The report highlights major opportunities to integrate gender-responsive men’s health education, especially in communication/engagement, prevention/health promotion and social determinants learning categories.
For community-work professionals, the report offers evidence-based insights into how workforce training can be enhanced so practitioners are better equipped to engage boys and men, support gender‐responsive care, and reduce health inequities for priority male populations. It also signals the next phase — development of online modules (The Hub) to build capacity across the health-system workforce.