Review of Leone, J. (2012). Concepts in male health: Perspectives across the lifespan.

Abstract

Health promotion and disease prevention sciences among men and boys have only recently been gaining attention among larger, and more influential, research and outreach professionals and organizations. Comprehensive texts on male wellness issues are non-existent at worst and anemically inclusive at best. Exactly what has kept research, academic, and political playmakers from providing appropriate attention to men and boy’s health promotion and disease prevention efforts is up for debate among those aforementioned circles. What is important now is that there is indeed an upswing in research and outreach to try and understand males and how we can make them healthier. One such piece, Dr. Jim Leone’s Concepts in Male Health: Perspectives Across the Lifespan, successfully attempts to provide a comprehensive text for higher education courses aimed at informing health professionals of the issues experienced by men and boys through their lifespan. To the knowledge of this writer, no such attempt has been made before with such depth and breadth of information.