Our research agenda directly responds to the leading health and wellbeing challenges facing men and boys – as well as their families and communities – on a national and international level. We are guided by priorities and strategies outlined in flagship policy documents to deliver outcomes-driven and high-impact research.
We apply an intersectional gender lens to better understand and improve health, policies, services and programs to better meet the needs of the community. This is done with consideration to frameworks including but not limited to ethnicity, culture, ability, education, sexuality, class, and geography.
In our commitment to achieving gender equity and improving health outcomes, our research is in collaboration and partnership with corresponding women’s and other health sectors related to gender.
We apply public health, biopsychosocial, and systems approaches to further our goals. We analyse men’s health through the following frameworks including but not limited to:
- Biological and social (ecological) determinants
- Equity and Intersectionality
- Populations: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander males; under-18 males; veterans; urban, rural and remote; culturally and linguistically diverse men
- Community partnerships
- Platforms
FCMHW supports health professional training, health literacy initiatives and research scholarship that takes a holistic view of male health. We seek partnerships to work with men to co-design and tailor services that meet their needs and preferences and that go beyond the traditional confines and understandings of men’s health to recognise the complexity of multimorbidity and accordingly are transdiagnostic, holistic (include physical, mental, and sociocultural wellbeing), cost effective and sustainable.
With a scope spanning the physical, mental, emotional and social health of boys and men across Australia, we strive to improve both understanding and outcomes for the community.
