Healthy Eating and Active Living: Rural-Based Working Men's Perspectives.

Oliffe, JL; Bottorff, JL; Sharp, P; Caperchione, CM; Johnson, ST; Healy, T; Lamont, S; Jones-Bricker, M; Medhurst, K; Errey, S

Healthy Eating and Active Living: Rural-Based Working Men's Perspectives.

Oliffe, JL Bottorff, JL Sharp, P

Caperchione, CM Johnson, ST Healy, T Lamont, S Jones-Bricker, M Medhurst, K Errey, S

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Citation:: American Journal of Men's Health, 2017, 11, (6), pp. 1664-1672
Issue Date:: 2017-11

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dc.contributor.author	Oliffe, JL
dc.contributor.author	Bottorff, JL
dc.contributor.author	Sharp, P https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5616-3181
dc.contributor.author	Caperchione, CM
dc.contributor.author	Johnson, ST
dc.contributor.author	Healy, T
dc.contributor.author	Lamont, S
dc.contributor.author	Jones-Bricker, M
dc.contributor.author	Medhurst, K
dc.contributor.author	Errey, S
dc.date.accessioned	2022-08-12T05:02:23Z
dc.date.available	2022-08-12T05:02:23Z
dc.date.issued	2017-11
dc.identifier.citation	American Journal of Men's Health, 2017, 11, (6), pp. 1664-1672
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dc.description.abstract	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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dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	SAGE Publications
dc.relation.ispartof	American Journal of Men's Health
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dc.subject	1117 Public Health and Health Services
dc.subject.classification	Public Health
dc.subject.mesh	Adult
dc.subject.mesh	British Columbia
dc.subject.mesh	Diet, Healthy
dc.subject.mesh	Exercise
dc.subject.mesh	Focus Groups
dc.subject.mesh	Health Promotion
dc.subject.mesh	Health Surveys
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Male
dc.subject.mesh	Masculinity
dc.subject.mesh	Men's Health
dc.subject.mesh	Middle Aged
dc.subject.mesh	Rural Population
dc.subject.mesh	Young Adult
dc.subject.mesh	Adult
dc.subject.mesh	British Columbia
dc.subject.mesh	Diet, Healthy
dc.subject.mesh	Exercise
dc.subject.mesh	Focus Groups
dc.subject.mesh	Health Promotion
dc.subject.mesh	Health Surveys
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Male
dc.subject.mesh	Masculinity
dc.subject.mesh	Men's Health
dc.subject.mesh	Middle Aged
dc.subject.mesh	Rural Population
dc.subject.mesh	Young Adult
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Exercise
dc.subject.mesh	Health Surveys
dc.subject.mesh	Focus Groups
dc.subject.mesh	Adult
dc.subject.mesh	Middle Aged
dc.subject.mesh	Rural Population
dc.subject.mesh	Health Promotion
dc.subject.mesh	British Columbia
dc.subject.mesh	Male
dc.subject.mesh	Men's Health
dc.subject.mesh	Young Adult
dc.subject.mesh	Masculinity
dc.subject.mesh	Diet, Healthy
dc.title	Healthy Eating and Active Living: Rural-Based Working Men's Perspectives.
dc.type	Journal Article
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Abstract:

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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