Missing Masculinities: The Need for Gender Transformative Approaches in Water Safety Promotion for Men

Health Promot J Austr. 2021 Apr 7. doi: 10.1002/hpja.490. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTGlobally, men are more prone to engage in high-risk behaviours, which can shorten their life expectancy when compared to women (Creighton & Oliffe, 2010). Further, men die by drowning at twice the rate of women (World Health Organization, 2020). As such, drowning prevention campaigns have often focused on finding ways to change men's attitudes towards water safety and particularly the use of lifejackets, personal protective equipment that play key roles in preventing drowning (Peden et al., 2018).PMID:33825249 | DOI:10.1002/hpja.490
Source: Health Promotion Journal of Australia - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Source Type: research