Abstract
BackgroundThe Australian Longitudinal Study on Male Health (Ten to Men) was established in 2011 to build the evidence base on male health to inform policy and program development.MethodsTen to Men is a national longitudinal study with a stratified multi-stage cluster random sample design and oversampling in rural and regional areas. Household recruitment was conducted from October 2013 to July 2014. Males who were aged 10 to 55 years residing in private dwellings were eligible to participate. Data were collected via self-completion paper questionnaires (participants aged 15 to 55) and by computer-assisted personal interview (boys aged 10 to 14). Household and proxy health data for boys were collected from a parent via a self-completion paper-based questionnaire. Questions covered socio-demographics, health status, mental health and wellbeing, health behaviours, social determinants, and health knowledge and service use.ResultsA cohort of 15,988 males aged between 10 and 55 years was recruited representing a response fraction of 35 %.ConclusionTen to Men is a unique resource for investigating male health and wellbeing. Wave 1 data are available for approved research projects.
Highlights
The Australian Longitudinal Study on Male Health (Ten to Men) was established in 2011 to build the evidence base on male health to inform policy and program development
The 2010 Australian National Male Health Policy identified a need to strengthen the evidence base on male health in order to inform the development of programs and policies targeting such disparities [7]
Social and cultural contexts are very different between Australia and these countries, as are health systems, which limits the extent to which important research questions regarding social determinants and service use in the Australia context can be addressed by those data
Summary
The Australian Longitudinal Study on Male Health (Ten to Men) was established in 2011 to build the evidence base on male health to inform policy and program development. The 2010 Australian National Male Health Policy identified a need to strengthen the evidence base on male health in order to inform the development of programs and policies targeting such disparities [7]. Research on male health follows a similar pattern, notwithstanding two large-scale and long-running cohort studies of doctors and medical professionals in the US [25, 26], and more recent all-male cohort studies in the Asia region [27, 28]. Social and cultural contexts are very different between Australia and these countries, as are health systems, which limits the extent to which important research questions regarding social determinants and service use in the Australia context can be addressed by those data
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