This list of key references in men's health was produced by Professor Alan White of Leed Metropolitan University in November 2007.
A full bibliography of men's health and other men's issues can be found at: http://mensbiblio.xyonline.net/. It is updated regularly by Dr Michael Flood, co-editor of the International Encyclopedia of Men and Masculinities.
Adamson J, et al. Ethnicity, socio-economic position and gender – do they affect reported health - care seeking behaviour? Social Science and Medicine 2003;57:895-904.
Addis M, Mahalik JR. Men, masculinity, and the contexts of help seeking. American Psychologist 2003;58(1):5-14.
Banks I. No man's land: men, illness and the NHS. British Medical Journal 2001;323(7320):1056-60.
Bekker, M. & Mens-Verhulst, J.v. (2007). Anxiety disorders: a gendered test case within mental health (care) research. In M. Bertens and I. Klinge (Eds), Proceedings GenderBasic Expert Meeting: promoting integration of sex and gender in biomedical and health related research. University of Maastricht: Maastricht.
Bhui, K., Chandran, M., et al. (2002). Mental health assessment and south Asian men. International Review of Psychiatry, 14(1), 52-59.
Bonhomme J. Cultural and attitudinal barriers to men's participation in the health care system. Presented at the 2nd World Congress on Men's Health, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, October 27-29, 2002.
Brackertz, N. (2007). Who is hard to reach and why? ISR Working Paper. Downloaded 14/9/2007 from www.sisr.net/publications/0701brackertz.pdf.
Branney, P. & White, A. K. (under review). Big Boy’s Don’t Cry: depression and men. Advances in Psychiatric Treatment.
Brownhill S, Wilhelm K, Barclay L & Schmied V (2005) 'Big build': hidden depression in men. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 39 921-931.
Brownhill, S. & Wilhelm, K. (2002). Detecting depression in men: a matter of guesswork. International Journal of Men's Health, 1(3): p. 259-280.
Brush BL, Powers EM. Health and service utilization patterns among homeless men in transition: exploring the need for on-site, shelter based nursing care. Scholarly Inquiry for Nursing Practice 2001;15(2):143-54.
Conrad, D & White A (2007) Men’s Health – how to do it. Oxford, Radcliffe
Cusack J, et al. Who influence men to go to therapy? Reports from men attending psychological services. International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling, 2004;26(3):271-83.
Emslie C, Ridge R, Ziebland S & Hunt K (2006) Men's accounts of depression: Reconstructing or resisting hegemonic masculinity? Social Science & Medicine, 62: p. 2246-2257.
Galdas P, Cheater MF, Marshall P. (2005) Men and health help-seeking behaviour: literature review. Journal of Advanced Nursing;49(6):616-23.
Harris MF, Telfer BL. (2001) The health needs of asylum seekers living in the community. Medical Journal of Australia;175:589-92.
Kiss AJ. (2004) Does gender have an influence on the patient-physician communication? Journal of Men's Health & Gender. 1(1):77-82.
Kupers, T. A. (2005). Toxic masculinity as a barrier to mental health treatment in prison. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 61(6): 713-724.
Macintyre S, Ford G, Hunt K. Do women 'over-report' morbidity? Men's and women's responses to structured prompting on a standard question on long standing illness. Social Science and Medicine 1999;48:89-98.
Mansfield AK, Addis ME, Mahalik JR. (2003) "Why won't he go to the doctor?": the psychology of men's help seeking. International Journal of Men's Health 2(2):93-109.
McCarthy J, Holliday E. (2004) Help-seeking and counselling within a traditional male gender role: an examination from a multicultural perspective. Journal of Counseling and Development 82:25-30.
Miller A. (2003) Men's experience of considering counselling: 'entering the unknown'. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research 3(1):16-24.
Möller-Leimkühler AM (2002) Barriers to help seeking by men: a review of sociocultural and clinical literature with particular reference to depression. Journal of Affective Disorders 71 1-9.
O'Brien RK, Hunt K, Hart G. (2005) “It's caveman stuff, but that is to a certain extent how guys still operate”: men's accounts of masculinity and help seeking. Social Science & Medicine 61:503-16.
Padesky C & Hammen C (1981) Sex differences in depressive symptom expression and help-seeking among college students. Sex Roles 7 (3) 309-19.
Richardson C, Rabiee F. (2001) A question of access: an exploration of the factors that influence the health of young males aged 15-19 living in Corby and their use of the health service. Health Education Journal 60(1): 3-16.
Stewart, D. & Harmon, K. (2004). Mental health services responding to men and their anger. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 13, 249-254.
Torresa A, Sanz B. (2000) Health care provision for illegal immigrants: should public health be concerned? J Epidemiol Community Health 54:478-9.
White A, Banks I. (2004) Help-seeking in men and the problems of late diagnosis, (in) Men's Health, Kirby R, et al., (eds), Martin Dunitz & Parthenon Publishing: London, pp. 1-7.
White AK & Holmes M (2006) Patterns of mortality across 44 Countries among men and women aged 15-44. Journal of Men’s Health & Gender 3 (2) 139-151. Available from: http://www.leedsmet.ac.uk/health/menshealth/pdf.htm
White AK, Cash K. The state of men’s health in Western Europe. Journal of Men’s Health and Gender 2004;1(1):60-6.
White AK, Cash K. The state of men's health across 17 European Countries. 2003, Brussels, The European Men’s Health Forum.
White AK, Fawkner H, Holmes M. The Health of Men and Women - A Case for Differential Treatment? Medical Journal of Australia 185 (8): 454-455
White, A.K. (2006b). Men and mental wellbeing: encouraging gender sensitivity. Mental Health Review Journal, 11(4), 3-6.
White, AK (2007) Men and the problems of late diagnosis IN Heidelbaugh, JJ (Ed) Clinical Men’s Health: Evidence in Practice, First Edition. Elsevier, Philadelphia.
Wyke SK, Hunt K, Ford G. Gender differences in consulting a general practitioner for common symptoms of minor illness. Social Science and Medicine 1998;46(7):901-6.
White AK. Men's health in the 21st century. International Journal of Men's Health 2006;5(1):1-17.
White, A.K. & Cash, K. (2003). The state of men's health across 17 European countries. European Men's Health Forum: Brussels.
