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Class 8 – Training & Wrap-Up
380.720 – Masculinity, Sexual Behavior & Health, 2012 Qtr 2
Class readings: Questions
Steinauer et al 2009
•  What can we glean about training on men’s SRH?
•  What content is present, missing?
Obedin-Maliver et al 2011
•  What does this article add?
•  What content is present, missing?
•  How do studies’ design & methods compare/ contrast?
•  What other types of training programs are missing?
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Issues for education/training of U.S.
clinicians to provide male SRH care
1.  Lack sufficient evidence-base with male consumer input
2.  Lack understanding of current state & barriers to care delivery
3.  Need to update infrastructure within clinical settings & broader
healthcare system to more effectively deliver care to males
4.  Need to train clinicians at all levels using
–  Comprehensive educational curriculum
–  Clinical practicum experiences for skills-based learning
–  Expert educators/clinicians
–  Standard approach for non-clinical staff (e.g., administrative,
front staff, health educators) re. male SRH care
5.  Need to deliver culturally competent care to males & address
cultural beliefs impacting male SRH & healthcare
Wrap-up questions
•  Are males being socialized in ways that threaten their
health?
•  To what extent are men’s health issues, particularly
related to SRH & traditional masculine beliefs, a public
health concern?
•  Other take away from class?
Need to focus on males’ sexual &
reproductive health (SRH)?
1.  Need to address both sides of couple equation (It
takes 2 to prevent SRH outcomes)
2.  Males in own right have SRH needs
•  With more balance in meeting all men’s needs (family
planning focus on heterosexual men)
3.  Many barriers to men’s SRH & care using
socioecological framework
4.  “Providers” (e.g., parents, teachers, healthcare) lack
sufficient knowledge & interactions with males on
SRH-related topics
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Socio-Ecological Framework
for Male SRH & Care Seeking
Goals for male SRH
Prevent
1.  Unintended pregnancy
2.  STIs, including HIV (& control)
3.  Reproductive health cancers
Promote
4.  Sexual health & development
5.  Healthy intimate relationships & responsible behavior
6.  Responsible fatherhood
7.  Access to clinical services
Reduce
8. Sexual dysfunction, infertility
* WHO, Urban Institute & AGI
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