Authors' objectives: The report compiles the evidence from systematic research on effective interventions for promoting men's health behaviour, their cost effectiveness as well as potential ethical, social and legal implications.

Authors' recommendations: Within the present review hints on effective interventions for the promotion of healthy behaviour of men were found in the fields of sexual health, exercise and diet, consumption of alcohol, smoking, cancer prevention as well as screening-participation. The includable information from systematic research concerning data especially on men is to be estimated as very low. Only in the field of the sexual health of MSM the data situation is slightly better. To decrease of the rates of harmful unprotected sexual intercourse in the risk group of MSM the integration of behaviour-oriented interventions can be recommended; nevertheless, the interventions should be adapted for the respective setting and should still be evaluated. The hints on other effective interventions in men like short interventions in the primary care for the reduction of excessive consumption of alcohol, smoking cessation information, education and intensive guidance for decreasing solar exposition, detailed instructions how to perform TSE, nutrition and exercise counselling for reducing cardiovascular risk factors and different reduced calorie or fat-diminished diets combined with exercise promotion as well as personal communication forms and where applicable partner's addressing to increase participation rates in screening programs should be further evaluated by methodological sound studies or adequately evaluated prevention programs. It can be assumed that more efforts are needed to conduct high-quality studies with gender-separate evaluations as well as to integrate gender-specific subgroup analyses in systematic reviews. The establishment of an institution collecting all studies or systematic reviews with data on men is recommended for the further development of the relatively new research field of men's health.

Project Status: Completed

URL for project: http://www.dimdi.de/dynamic/en/hta/db/bearbeitung/index.htm

Year Published: 2015

URL for published report: http://portal.dimdi.de/de/hta/hta_berichte/hta339_bericht_de.pdf

English language abstract: An English language summary is available

Publication Type: Not Assigned

Country: Germany

Organisation Name: German Agency for HTA at the German Institute for Medical Documentation and Information

Contact Address: German Agency for Health Technology Assessment at the German Institute for Medical Documentation and Information, Waisenhausgasse 36-38a, D-50676 Cologne Germany

Contact Name: dahta@dimdi.de

Contact Email: dahta@dimdi.de

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