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Issue addressed Currently, in Australia, male health outcomes are poorer than that of females, with males experiencing a lower life expectancy, accounting for 62% of the premature deaths. Exploring male-specific health promotional material in health facility waiting rooms provides an opportunity to examine available health information. There are few studies on health-related education for patients, families and carers in general practitioner (GP) waiting rooms, and no studies on male-specific health material content in waiting rooms. Methods This prospective observational study audited all printed health promotional materials in all health facility waiting rooms within a single local government area. A total of 24 sites were surveyed, which included general practice centres, community health centres and hospitals. The surveyed health literature included posters, brochures and booklets. Results There were 1143 health materials audited across the sites. Of these, 3.15% (n = 36) were male-specific literature, 15.31% (n = 175) were female-specific health literature and 81.54% (n = 932) were neutral/others. Overwhelmingly, the audited health literature evidenced a 5:1 ratio favouring female-specific literature versus male-specific literature. Conclusions This research highlighted that despite the known outcomes of lower male life expectancy and higher burden of disease, male-specific literature was observed to be significantly under-represented within the audited health facility waiting room spaces. There remains potential for health clinicians to provide targeted male health education and thereby improve male health literacy.

01 Dec 2019·Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy

Open Dialogue: Frequently Asked Questions

Author: Ong, Ben ; Singh, Rajiv ; Brown, Judith M ; Buus, Niels ; Sidis, Anna ; Thorpe, Campbell R. ; Mikes‐Liu, Kristof ; Gray, Carl ; Barbara‐May, Rachel ; McCloughen, Andrea ; Dawson, Lisa

Open Dialogue is an approach to working with people and their families experiencing psychosocial distress. Interest in Open Dialogue in Australia has been growing recently, raising questions about its adaption and implementation to local contexts. This article is an attempt to answer some of the frequently asked questions we have encountered in training and discussions about Open Dialogue. We attempt to provide responses to questions of how Open Dialogue is different to what is done already, how it fits with current approaches, how you know if you are doing it, whether it is passive or just about doing reflections, issues about including the social network, and concerns about the evidence base. This article aims to present a variety of viewpoints in relation to these questions and to hopefully further discussions on how Open Dialogue can be implemented and adapted to Australian health care and social care contexts.

01 Sep 2019·Women and Birth

Exploring the student midwife experience (ESME): discovering the power and passion of midwifery

Author: Michael Peregrina ; Kelley Lennon ; Katie Newport ; Belinda Dewar ; Susan Rebolledo ; Alexa Buliak ; Loraine Stephenson ; Karen Mclaughlin ; Louise Connolly ; Virginia Stulz ; Nicola Drayton

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