Healthy Eating and Active Living: Rural-Based Working Men’s Perspectives
There is a pressing need for health promotion programs focused on increasing healthy eating and active living among “unreached” rural-based men. The purpose of the current study was to describe rural-based working men’s views about health to distil acceptable workplace approaches to promoting men’s...
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doaj-1616a49c379c471596e4bc1e8666da692020-11-25T03:03:14ZengSAGE PublishingAmerican Journal of Men's Health1557-98831557-98912017-11-011110.1177/1557988315619372Healthy Eating and Active Living: Rural-Based Working Men’s PerspectivesJohn L. Oliffe PhD, RN0Joan L. Bottorff PhD, RN1Paul Sharp MSc2Cristina M. Caperchione PhD3Steven T. Johnson PhD4Theresa Healy PhD5Sonia Lamont MBA6Margaret Jones-Bricker MBA (Cand)7Kerensa Medhurst MA8Sally Errey BCom9University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaAustralian Catholic Universality, Victoria, AustraliaUniversity of British Columbia, Kelowna, British Columbia, CanadaUniversity of British Columbia, Kelowna, British Columbia, CanadaAthabasca University, Alberta, CanadaNorthern Health, Prince George, British Columbia, CanadaBritish Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaCanadian Cancer Society, Prince George, British Columbia, CanadaCanadian Cancer Society, Prince George, British Columbia, CanadaBritish Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaThere is a pressing need for health promotion programs focused on increasing healthy eating and active living among “unreached” rural-based men. The purpose of the current study was to describe rural-based working men’s views about health to distil acceptable workplace approaches to promoting men’s healthy lifestyles. Two focus group interviews included 21 men who worked and lived in northern British Columbia, Canada. Interviews were approximately 2 hours in duration; data were analyzed using thematic analysis. Themes inductively derived included (a) food as quick filling fuels, (b) work strength and recreational exercise, and (c) (re)working masculine health norms. Participants positioned foods as quick filling fuels both at work and home as reflecting time constraints and the need to bolster energy levels. In the theme work strength and recreational exercise, men highlighted the physical labor demands pointing to the need to be resilient in overcoming the subarctic climate and/or work fatigue in order to fit in exercise. In the context of workplace health promotion programs for men, participants advised how clear messaging and linkages between health and work performance and productivity and cultivating friendly competition among male employees were central to reworking, as well as working, with established masculine health norms. Overall, the study findings indicate that the workplace can be an important means to reaching men in rural communities and promoting healthy eating and active living. That said, the development of workplace programs should be guided by strength-based masculine virtues and values that proactively embrace work and family life.https://doi.org/10.1177/1557988315619372 |
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John L. Oliffe PhD, RN Joan L. Bottorff PhD, RN Paul Sharp MSc Cristina M. Caperchione PhD Steven T. Johnson PhD Theresa Healy PhD Sonia Lamont MBA Margaret Jones-Bricker MBA (Cand) Kerensa Medhurst MA Sally Errey BCom |
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John L. Oliffe PhD, RN Joan L. Bottorff PhD, RN Paul Sharp MSc Cristina M. Caperchione PhD Steven T. Johnson PhD Theresa Healy PhD Sonia Lamont MBA Margaret Jones-Bricker MBA (Cand) Kerensa Medhurst MA Sally Errey BCom Healthy Eating and Active Living: Rural-Based Working Men’s Perspectives American Journal of Men's Health |
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John L. Oliffe PhD, RN Joan L. Bottorff PhD, RN Paul Sharp MSc Cristina M. Caperchione PhD Steven T. Johnson PhD Theresa Healy PhD Sonia Lamont MBA Margaret Jones-Bricker MBA (Cand) Kerensa Medhurst MA Sally Errey BCom |
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Healthy Eating and Active Living: Rural-Based Working Men’s Perspectives |
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Healthy Eating and Active Living: Rural-Based Working Men’s Perspectives |
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Healthy Eating and Active Living: Rural-Based Working Men’s Perspectives |
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There is a pressing need for health promotion programs focused on increasing healthy eating and active living among “unreached” rural-based men. The purpose of the current study was to describe rural-based working men’s views about health to distil acceptable workplace approaches to promoting men’s healthy lifestyles. Two focus group interviews included 21 men who worked and lived in northern British Columbia, Canada. Interviews were approximately 2 hours in duration; data were analyzed using thematic analysis. Themes inductively derived included (a) food as quick filling fuels, (b) work strength and recreational exercise, and (c) (re)working masculine health norms. Participants positioned foods as quick filling fuels both at work and home as reflecting time constraints and the need to bolster energy levels. In the theme work strength and recreational exercise, men highlighted the physical labor demands pointing to the need to be resilient in overcoming the subarctic climate and/or work fatigue in order to fit in exercise. In the context of workplace health promotion programs for men, participants advised how clear messaging and linkages between health and work performance and productivity and cultivating friendly competition among male employees were central to reworking, as well as working, with established masculine health norms. Overall, the study findings indicate that the workplace can be an important means to reaching men in rural communities and promoting healthy eating and active living. That said, the development of workplace programs should be guided by strength-based masculine virtues and values that proactively embrace work and family life. |
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