National Men's Health Policy SA Survey

extract from ACSA website

National Men's Health Policy Questionnaire































…Federal Labor Government to develop a new National Men’s Health Policy: Bypasses the Health & Wellbeing Needs of Same-Sex Attracted Men:
As a Man – Exercise Your Right & Have Your Voice Heard…

The Federal Department of Health and Ageing (DoHA) is developing a National Men’s Health Policy. The policy will focus on addressing issues that men face in accessing health services, engaging men about their health and by raising awareness of preventable health problems that affect Australian men. (For further information, visit www.health.gov.au/menshealthpolicy)

DoHA has put together an ‘Information Paper’ and seeks community consultation to better understand the health and wellbeing needs of Australian men in order to inform the development of the National Men’s Health Policy. DoHA assumes in their approach that Australian men are heterosexual. (Note: the closest that DoHA comes to identifying health and wellbeing issues that affect same-sex attracted men is by acknowledging that “Men are over-represented in deaths related to HIV/AIDS”.) Seemingly, they have forgotten to consider that gay/bisexual men, transgendered men and men that have sex with men have parallel but different psychosocial health and wellbeing needs to heterosexual men and that gay/bisexual men, transgendered men and men that have sex with men all rightfully have a place to be included in the construct of, and as part of, any National Australian Men’s Health Policy.

To this extent, ACSA asks you to complete the following Survey. Your voice is important to us. Your voice will contribute to ACSA writing a Submission to DoHA so that the voices of South Australian gay/bisexual men, transgendered men and men that have sex with men are heard by those in Canberra who otherwise would prefer for us to remain silent with our shared health and wellbeing needs. Please click on the link below and have your voice heard by completing the online Survey.

http://www.acsa.org.au/mens-health-quest.html