A masculinidade como fator impeditivo para o acesso aos serviços e ao auto cuidado: uma versão de literatura

Abstract

This paper presents a study from the Literature Review about masculinity as a disincentive for self-care among men. The study shows that the habit of life imposed on the male population creates stress, sedentary lifestyle, bad eating and unhealthy behavior and risk factors that favor the development of diseases (cardiovascular, cancer), and situations that increase mortality rates and violence by patients, particularly among young men. The study shows that every three deaths of elderly people, two are men. They live on average seven years less than women. The study clearly identifies the neglect of man's health, since they present with rarity in health services. The study presents a brief review about gender that allows to understand how masculinity over time served and still serves as one of the biggest factors that prevent men to seek a health service, since they consider themselves invulnerable to the affections health. In addition to gender there are other factors that prevent men to seek the health service with the opening hours of the unit incompatible with the time of service men and even the fear of facing the disease. Although there are still many barriers that prevent men devote themselves more to the care we have seen that recent discussions have put in evidence the man's health as a public health problem which has aroused the interest of men and of themselves health care professionals to develop strategies to encourage the inclusion of men on promotion and health care.