Transmission of health knowledge and health practices from men to boys among Aboriginal communities and non-Indigenous Australians: Searching for evidence
Thomas A Laws
Lecturer, Division of Health Science, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of South Australia, Adelaide SA
Helen Bradley
University of South Australia, Adelaide SA
PP: 249 - 261
Abstract
Although men's health literature has developed rapidly over the last decade and covers a plethora of issues, almost no attention has been paid to understanding the transmission of health knowledge from men to boys in Australian society. This paper identifies a paucity of literature on the topic and offers explanations for this phenomenon. As a means raising awareness among health professionals of the need to explore the topic the authors outline literature pertaining to men's role within the family and gender specific cultural practices. This information is combined with the author's personal experiences with Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian men as a means of providing a background to this emerging issue.
Keywords
Aboriginal, immigrant, father, boys, health, knowledge
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