Psychosocial factors that influence men's help‐seeking for cancer symptoms: a systematic synthesis of mixed methods research

ConclusionsMen's help‐seeking for cancer symptoms is influenced by several psychosocial factors, which, in part, may be gender‐specific. Health promotion initiatives to improve help‐seeking behaviour among men should aim to increase cancer knowledge, reduce embarrassment and fear, address social norms deterring timely help‐seeking, and acknowledge informal help‐seeking with spouses and family members. Increasing the theoretical grounding of research could aid cohesion across the research area and the design of effective health promotion interventions. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Source: Psycho-Oncology - April 1, 2015 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Jennifer A. Fish, Ivanka Prichard, Kerry Ettridge, Elizabeth A. Grunfeld, Carlene Wilson Tags: Review Article Source Type: research