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Male Preventive Health Behaviors: Perceptions From Men, Women, and Clinical Staff Along the U.S.—Mexico BorderSouthwest Center for Community Health Promotion, University of Arizona, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, Tucson, jhunter{at}coph.arizona.edu
Southwest Center for Community Health Promotion, University of Arizona, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, Tucson
Office of Border Health, Arizona Department of Health Services, Phoenix
Columbia University, New York
Southwest Center for Community Health Promotion, University of Arizona, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, Tucson Mexican American males have higher levels of total cholesterol and triglycerides, higher body mass indexes, and a higher prevalence of diabetes than do non-Hispanic White males. They are the least likely Hispanic subgroup to be insured, to have recently visited a physician, or to have preventive exams. To explore factors related to the use of preventive exams among mature men, and specifically among Mexican American men residing along the Arizona, United States/Sonora, Mexico border, information on barriers and motivating factors to male participation in preventive screening exams was collected. Interviews were conducted with mature men and women from a single border community and with clinical staff from three different border communities who deliver services to similar populations. Responses were triangulated. Common themes identified include health education/information/advertisement and female/family support as motivating factors and machismo/denial/fatalism as a barrier to male health-seeking behavior.
Key Words: male screening exams • U.S.—Mexico border
This version was published on December
1, 2007 American Journal of Men's Health, Vol. 1, No. 4,
242-249 (2007) |
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