Concerns over contemporary urban problems (including drug trafficking and abuse, crime, safety, and health problems such as HIV/AIDS), and the role of men in these problems has led to the development of intervention strategies and approaches focusing on men. The Men's Services Program of Baltimore City Healthy Start is one such program. This program was evaluated using in-depth life histories of twelve enrolled men. What emerged from these life histories was a more comprehensive understanding of barriers to achieving goals and objectives at the intrapersonal, interpersonal, community and wider society levels. The differential clustering of these barriers in the lives of individual program participants have important implications for the planning and delivery of interventions. Specifically, comprehensive and individually tailored approaches are warranted.
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participants will be able to: 1) Identify four broad categories of barriers to achieving objectives for men enrolled in Baltimore's Healthy Start Men's Services Program. 2)Apply this understanding of ecological barriers to improving the design of manhood and fatherhood initiatives
Keywords: Community-Based Health Promotion, Evaluation
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Organization/institution whose products or services will be discussed: Baltimore City Healthy Start, Men's Services Program
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.