Social demographic aspects and self-referred health conditions of men attending a health care unit

This study aimed at characterizing social demographic aspects and health conditions of men attending a Primary Family Health Care unit in Montes Claros, MG, Brazil, correlating these variables with health self-perception and identifying men’s difficulty in using the health service. 115 adult men wer...

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Main Authors: Raissa de Oliveira Martins Cabacinha, Christian Dias Cabacinha, Daniel Silva Moraes, Henrique Andrade Barbosa, Lucinéia de Pinho
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Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Ceará 2014-10-01
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Online Access:https://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/3248
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Lucinéia de Pinho
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description This study aimed at characterizing social demographic aspects and health conditions of men attending a Primary Family Health Care unit in Montes Claros, MG, Brazil, correlating these variables with health self-perception and identifying men’s difficulty in using the health service. 115 adult men were interviewed who had attended the service in April and May, 2013. Most of them had completed high school, were married and adopted healthy practices, although they consumed alcoholic beverages. The main complaint regarding the health service was the long waiting time for attendance. The main factors that contributed for negative self-perception of health were: being married, suffering from chronic diseases and having low education; whereas those that contributed to the positive self-perception of health were: being young, being employed and not making regular use of medication (p<0.05). Those findings can subsidize policies to prevent diseases in promoting men’s health.
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spelling doaj-art-511dec57790147d4b3fad4e35c2b3fdb2025-08-20T12:59:27ZengUniversidade Federal do CearáRev Rene1517-38522175-67832014-10-01155Social demographic aspects and self-referred health conditions of men attending a health care unitRaissa de Oliveira Martins CabacinhaChristian Dias CabacinhaDaniel Silva MoraesHenrique Andrade BarbosaLucinéia de PinhoThis study aimed at characterizing social demographic aspects and health conditions of men attending a Primary Family Health Care unit in Montes Claros, MG, Brazil, correlating these variables with health self-perception and identifying men’s difficulty in using the health service. 115 adult men were interviewed who had attended the service in April and May, 2013. Most of them had completed high school, were married and adopted healthy practices, although they consumed alcoholic beverages. The main complaint regarding the health service was the long waiting time for attendance. The main factors that contributed for negative self-perception of health were: being married, suffering from chronic diseases and having low education; whereas those that contributed to the positive self-perception of health were: being young, being employed and not making regular use of medication (p<0.05). Those findings can subsidize policies to prevent diseases in promoting men’s health.https://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/3248Men’s HealthHealth ServicesGender and Health.
spellingShingle Raissa de Oliveira Martins Cabacinha
Christian Dias Cabacinha
Daniel Silva Moraes
Henrique Andrade Barbosa
Lucinéia de Pinho
Social demographic aspects and self-referred health conditions of men attending a health care unit
Rev Rene
Men’s Health
Health Services
Gender and Health.
title Social demographic aspects and self-referred health conditions of men attending a health care unit
title_full Social demographic aspects and self-referred health conditions of men attending a health care unit
title_fullStr Social demographic aspects and self-referred health conditions of men attending a health care unit
title_full_unstemmed Social demographic aspects and self-referred health conditions of men attending a health care unit
title_short Social demographic aspects and self-referred health conditions of men attending a health care unit
title_sort social demographic aspects and self referred health conditions of men attending a health care unit
topic Men’s Health
Health Services
Gender and Health.
url https://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/3248
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