Populations at special health risk: Men

Examining the risks men face with their health reveal serious issues of inequity, both between men and women and between men themselves, depending on a raft of intersectional and geo-political factors. This chapter outlines the complexity of men's lives and the health challenges they experience, covering topics such as their high levels of premature death, masculinity and male socialization, and intersectionality. Specific health concerns will also be explored: cancer, cardiac health, communicable disease, accidents and injury, mental and emotional health, sexual and reproductive health (and rights) and the issue of violence. Activity in this growing field is also explored.