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Men's health? In Scotland?

Here in Scotland we men don't have a great reputation for looking after ourselves, what with the unhealthy diet and the love of few too many drams.

Medically things don't look too good.  You just have to check out the increase in male specific cancers, and the growing prevalence of coronary heart disease, chronic liver disease and obesity.

As social beings, people tend to portray us as extremes - with Rab C Nesbitt at one end, and the Scott's Porridge Oats man at the other.  Unfotunately, this leaves most ordinary Scottish men wondering where they fit in.

Improving men's health

Thankfully, this picture isn't the whole story.  Attitudes towards men's health and work in the field of improving it are moving ahead at a very encouraging rate.

Right across the medical and social sectors, we are making progress - rapidly in some areas, slowly but surely in others.  This site is here to try and keep you abreast of these developments and enable you to tap into the experience of those already working to improve men's health.

Many committed individuals within the health service and the voluntary sector are working really hard to get men thinking more about their health, and/or service providers to target men more effectively.

A national perspective

The Men's Health Forum Scotland exists to support their efforts and to ensure that we learn from what is being done, so that sustainable progress can be made across the country in a coordinated fashion.

Under the headings on the navigation bar on the left hand side of each page, you will find information on projects in Scotland and the people behind them, as well as anything else we can find that may be useful and/or of interest, from the field of men's health.

If you want to send us your comments on these, or anything else you feel is relevant, then don't hesitate to email us:

info@mhfs.org.uk