Leeds Beckett academic joins call for Government action on a Men’s Health Strategy

Professor Alan White, emeritus Professor of Men’s Health at Leeds Becket University, is supporting the report which is urging the Government to develop a strategy to improve the health of all men and boys throughout their lives.

The All-Party Parliamentary Group on issues affecting men and boys report ‘The Case of a Men’s Health Strategy: For a Healthier, Happier and a More Productive Society for All’ concluded that a strategy would benefit the whole of society including women and girls with whom men and boys share their lives and society. It would also reduce demand and costs on the health system and improve economic productivity. The report argues that a men’s health strategy is a moral as well as health issue.

The report references successful grassroots men’s health initiatives, such as UK Men’s Sheds, Andy’s Man Club and Football Fans in Training, which all offer men access to support.

Professor Alan White, emeritus Professor of Men’s Health at Leeds Beckett University and Patron of the Men’s Health Forum, said: “There is a growing body of evidence relating to the differing health needs of men and women and how these needs could be met. This has led to other countries now implementing men’s health policies and the WHO for Europe establishing a men’s health strategy, which the UK signed up for.

“They all recognise that it is too costly to leave the health of the male population to chance. We also need to grasp this opportunity given by the All-Party Parliamentary Group to take a serious look at the health of the male population.”