273301 Developing strategies to help women and men mutually communicate about health

Tuesday, October 30, 2012 : 4:30 PM - 4:50 PM

Armin Brott, MBA , Men's Health Network, Author, Syndicated Columnist, Talk Show Host, Oakland, CA
     
This presentation will focus on the different ways women and men express concern when talking about health issues and explore successful gender-based approaches to help them recognize, address, and resolve those differences. The presenter's perspective is that of internationally acclaimed men's health and family health expert, author and radio host who has written extensively on fatherhood and families. Topic areas include advising men and women on common health care concerns of divorced parents with joint custody, deployed military members, and expectant and new parents.

Learning Areas:
Advocacy for health and health education
Communication and informatics
Planning of health education strategies, interventions, and programs

Learning Objectives:
Describe how men and women generally present everyday concerns about health issues affecting themselves and those they care for. Identify strategies for helping men and women engage in mutually supportive dialogues about health matters. Describe viewpoints about some hidden health related social issues in special populations such as deployed military and first-responders, divorced couples, and expectant dads.

Keywords: Communication, Gender

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have been working with fathers, mothers, and families for 18 years. I have also done extensive work on men's health for 10+yrs.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

Back to: 4431.0: Are women from Venus and men from Mars when it comes to delivering effective health messages? (Joint Session: Caucus for Men's Health & Women's Caucus)