Useful Publications for Male Focused Programs

Kaiser Family Foundation http://www.kff.org/ Can do a keyword search for specific male health information. If search: Male Health, it will return about 53 articles from the database relating to male health. Only three articles related specifically to male sexual & reproductive health. They did not have other subjects or tabs to find male health information other than by a word search. These are the three returned with "male sexual and reproductive health":

Survey on Public Knowledge and Attitudes on Contraception and Unplanned Pregnancy in the U.S., Canada and the Netherlands

Is There a Common Ground? Affiliations Between Catholic and Non-Catholic Health Care Providers and - Kaiser Family Foundation

It's Your (Sex) Life: Your Guide to Safe and Responsible Sex

Office of Women's Health http://www.womenshealth.gov/owh/index.htm On the main page, OWH offers a history paragraph about the department and how it was formed. Along the top line, there are options for choosing tabs: About us, Calendar, National Staff, Regional Staff, NWIC (National Women's Information Center), and, Contact us. Down the left panel of the home page, there are links to other specific topics of interest to women: breast health, minority women's health, girls and adolescent health, breast feeding, heart health, reproductive health. From the Reproductive Health page, you can find task forces, and initiatives that relate to reproductive health: Departmental Task Force on Assisted Reproduction; Female Genital Cutting (FGC); Gynecological Cancer Educational Initiative for Health Professionals; Ovarian Cancer Initiative. This website is well organized and easy to navigate.

Kellogg Foundation http://www.wkkf.org/default.aspx Good men's health information can be found on this site by typing in the keywords into the "Search Site". A search for "Male Sexual health" produced 3 articles worth the read. Poor Man's Plight, A: Uncovering the Disparity in Men's Health, Providing Reproductive Health Services for Adolescents: State Options, What About Men?: Exploring the Inequities in Minority Men's Health.

Men's Health Network http://www.menshealthnetwork.org/ "Men's Health Network (MHN) is a non-profit educational organization comprised of physicians, researchers, public health workers, individuals and other health professionals. MHN is committed to improving the health and wellness of men through education campaigns, partnerships with retailers and other private entities, workplace health programs, data collection, and work with health care providers to provide better programs and funding for men's health needs." This website contains a variety of very interesting and pertinent male health information. Specific useful tools found are the searchable Men's Health Library, Men's Health Zone, International Men's Health week which also links to a searchable information center from Austrailia, Office of Men's Health, a link to upcoming conferences on male health issues and links to press releases and reports.

Comment: The MHN website is set up very well and is easy to navigate and use.