Research & Evaluation

With the Health of Men team working with men of all ages and from many different social and economic backgrounds, there is an excellent opportunity to undertake research on the effectiveness of alternative health strategies on the health of men.

A research programme that explores “how men access heath care and how men’s usage of the health service can be improved” is being developed by Dr Alan White and Professor Keith Cash from Leeds Metropolitan University.

Currently field work and interviews are being undertaken at the men’s health events such as at the Lad’s Room for young men, the drop-in MOT’s at the Council Depots and the work at the Barber shops. All the members of the team are being interviewed to see what they think are the most important factors in men’s usage of health services. Already fascinating and useful information is being uncovered that will have implications for such work both in Bradford and in the field of men’s health in general.

The research is directed by a research reference group which includes lay members as well as Health of Men practitioners such that the study develops with the team and the needs of the local community and that the work of the team is informed by the emerging findings of the study.

It is the intention to disseminate the findings of the study to the wider community through regular reports, conferences and publications.

We have also conducted a position paper on the health of men project, to view this paper please click on the following link:

Download Position paper:- Health of men

 

Report on the first phase of the study on men's usage of the Bradford Health of Men services

Please click on the link to the right at the top of the page to download this fifty-two page document (pdf format). This in-depth report, published in February 2005 by Professor's Alan White and Keith Cash, is an important evaluation of Health of Men in Bradford, and concentrates on the first year of the project.

Among the topics covered, are the background to the project, the experiences of the HOM team in setting up and managing projects, and reports from fieldwork interviews involving men who have directly benefitted from the Health of Men Project. It also includes a full discussion of four different clinical settings, supporting data, and a theoretical model of how men and health workers interact to manage health.