ReviewJournal of advanced nursing2022
Men's help-seeking and engagement with general practice: An integrative review.
Review in Journal of advanced nursing, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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52 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 90 citations in OpenAlex.
- Gender disparities in hospital admission patterns during the COVID-19 health emergency: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2026Pooled it
- The socio-ecological determinants of help-seeking practices and healthcare access among young men: a systematic review.Health promotion international · 2024Pooled it
- Workplace Interventions Targeting Mental Health Literacy, Stigma, Help-Seeking, and Help-Offering in Male-Dominated Industries: A Systematic Review.American journal of men's healthPooled it
- Process evaluation of the Hockey Fans in Training lifestyle intervention (for men with overweight or obesity).Translational behavioral medicine · 2025Trial
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- Machine learning approaches in identifying factors associated with hypertension and undiagnosed hypertension in adults in rural areas of Bangladesh.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2026Article
- Depression and psychiatric help-seeking as joint outcomes: a Bayesian multilevel analysis of household-level dependence.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2026Article
- Determinants of male global health and quality of life in Switzerland: a cross-sectional study using a gender-diverse approach.BMJ open · 2026Article
- Determinants of male healthcare utilization in Switzerland: does gender identity and migration background matter?BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Implementation of strategies to promote men's health-seeking behaviour in a rural village of Limpopo Province, South Africa: a study protocol.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Community-engaged COVID-19 contact tracing initiative in Chicago.Journal of clinical and translational science · 2026Article
- Empowering Men's Health: Strategies to Enhance Health-Seeking Behaviour in Rural Limpopo, South Africa.Health services insights · 2026Article
- Trends in acute myocardial infarction-related mortality among adults with type 1 vs. type 2 diabetes in the United States, 1999-2020.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Article
- The prevalence and incidence of narcolepsy in the United States: a real-world observational study using a validated narcolepsy case definition.Sleep advances : a journal of the Sleep Research Society · 2026Article
- Urban-rural differences in cardiovascular health among young adults in the Turkestan region of Kazakhstan.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Barriers and facilitators to prostate cancer healthcare in Black men in the UK: from diagnosis to survivorship.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2025Article
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Abstract
aimTo critically synthesize the literature that describes men's help-seeking and engagement with general practice.
designIntegrative literature review. DATA SOURCES: CINAHL plus, Medline and APA PsycInfo were searched for papers published between 1999 and March 2021. REVIEW
methodsAfter screening titles and abstracts, full-text papers were screened against inclusion / exclusion criteria. All included papers were assessed for methodological quality. Findings were extracted, critically examined and synthesized into themes.
resultsTwenty studies met the inclusion criteria. Thematic analysis revealed four themes related to; (1) structural barriers, (2) internal barriers, (3) men's understanding of the role of general practice, and (4) self-care and help-seeking. The findings indicate that men can find general practice unwelcoming and unaccommodating. Men can also experience psychological barriers that impact engagement and help-seeking. Men predominantly view general practice as a source of acute health care and do not appreciate the role of general practice in preventive health care and advice.
conclusionThis review has provided insight into the issues around the barriers to health care engagement, men's understanding of the role of general practice and their associated help-seeking. Seeking to further understand these issues could assist in the development of strategies to promote engagement of men with general practice health care. IMPACT: This review highlights research about men's engagement with general practice and the missed opportunities in receiving preventive health care and education. Enhancing men's engagement with general practice has the potential to reduce the impact of their health on quality of life and improve health outcomes.
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