Healthy Living Pharmacy: Holding an awareness event/campaign on men’s health
Published on: 24th March 2017 | Updated on: 1st June 2022
This page contains links to resources and information which pharmacy teams may wish to consider using when planning a health promotion event/campaign focussing on men’s health.
This page is ‘work in progress’ and will continue to be updated.
Click on a heading below for more information.
Resources to assist with finding local data
- ‘Men’s health’ refers to conditions that most commonly affect men, such as heart disease and prostate cancer. Therefore, there is no male-health specific tool containing local data; information will need to be sought for each separate condition
- Common male health issues include abdominal aortic aneurysm, cancer, depression, diabetes, heart problems, impotence, benign and cancerous prostate, stroke, testicular cancer and obesity
Community Pharmacy England resources
- Communicating with patients page on the Community Pharmacy England website
- Healthy Living Pharmacies page on the Community Pharmacy England website
National awareness campaigns
| Campaign | Dates |
| Men’s Health Week | 14-20th June 2021 |
| Movember | November 2021 |
National charities & resources
| Charity | Resources available |
| Chaps | |
| The Men’s Health Passport (leaflet) | |
| BPH Scoring Questionnaire | |
| Sexual Health Scoring Questionnaire | |
| Prostate Cancer Screening Questionnaire | |
| Comic Company | |
| Men’s health resources (banners, leaflets, postcards, posters) | |
| Men’s Health Forum | |
| Men’s Health Week 2016 downloads (posters, cartoons, logos, social media, worksheet, slideshow); not 2016-specific. | |
| Infographic | |
| Man manuals | |
| Toolbox talks (posters, videos, quizzes, cartoons) | |
| Man MOT posters | |
| Man MOT ‘tax disc’ | |
| Movember | |
| Street poster | |
| Men’s health poster | |
Key facts & statistics
- Men’s Health Forum – Statistics
Training resources
- BMJ Learning – Motivational interviewing in brief consultations
- e-Learning for Healthcare – Population Wellbeing Portal
- e-Learning for Healthcare – Making Every Contact Count e-learning
- P3 – Public health awareness campaigns with impact (requires log-in)
- The Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education – Men’s health e-learning
Campaign/event tips
- Events/campaigns should acknowledge that men are less likely than women to acknowledge illness or to seek help when sick. This could be because health is often socially constructed as a feminine concern and so it may be difficult to engage with this group of patients
- Health campaigns/events should normalise health discussions and actively encourage men to speak to healthcare professionals if they have any concerns or for screening
- The campaign/event should focus on the different conditions that are likely to affect men; please refer to each topic’s individual page for tips
- Humour can be a valuable tool to conveying serious health messages to men, in a less formal manner
- Consider alerting traditional settings where men may visit such as pubs and sporting events about your pharmacy’s campaign/event
- Use the campaign/event as a chance to opportunistically invite customers in for NHS Health Checks if you offer them; signpost to their GP for an NHS Health Check if you do not offer the service
- Do encourage spouses/partners/friends and family to talk to the men in their life about health issues. This can often encourage men to take action
- Find out if local GPs or clinics in the area offer well man clinics so customers can be referred to them if necessary
- Do be prepared to signpost men to health information on the internet. Even if they do not seem interested now, they might refer to the information later
Further resources
- e-Learning for Healthcare – All Our Health programme
- Facebook – Making Every Contact Count (MECC) Community
- Health Education England – Making Every Contact Count
- Men’s Health Forum – Engaging with men to improve their health
- Men’s Health Forum – Local services directory
- The NHS Website – Live well
