TY  - JOUR 
AU  - Marcos, Jorge
AU  - Romo Avilés, María Nuria
AU  - Río Lozano, María del
AU  - Palomares Cuadros, Juan
AU  - García Calvente, María del Mar
PY  - 2013
SN  - 1654-9716
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10481/49833
AB  - Background: The literature shows how gender mandates contribute to differences in exposure and vulnerability to certain health risk factors. This paper presents the results of a study developed in the south of Spain, where research aimed at...
AB  - Objective: The aim of this paper is to explore the lay perceptions and meanings ascribed to the idea of
masculinity, identifying ways in which gender displays are related to health.
AB  - Design: The study is based on a mixed-methods data collection strategy typical of qualitative research.
We performed a qualitative content analysis focused on manifest and latent content.
AB  - Results: Our analysis showed that the relationship between masculinity and health was mainly defined with regard to behavioural explanations with an evident performative meaning. With regard to issues such as driving, the use of recreational drugs,...
AB  - Conclusions: The study provides insights into how the category ‘man’ is highly dependent on collective practices and performative acts. Consideration of how males perform manhood acts might be required in guidance on the development of programmes and...
LA  - eng
PB  - Global Health Action
KW  - Gender
KW  - Masculinity
KW  - Men's health
KW  - Young men
KW  - Social theory
KW  - Health inequalities
KW  - Qualitative research
TI  - Performing masculinity, influencing health: A qualitative mixed-methods study of young Spanish men
DO  - 10.3402/gha.v6i0.21134
ER  -