Men's Shed Intervention: Promoting Health and Well-being

Promoting Health &
Well being

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................3
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................4

INTRODUCTION
According to studies, considered holistic meaning in regards with health and well being
can be defined as the collection individual's each aspects of health, the aspects of health are
social, emotional and also intellectual factors. (Normanand and et. al., 2021) Whereas, other
multiple researchers define health and well being as that the absence of illness, disease and
mental distress. Further studies considered as negative concept of health. (Men's Sheds: A
conceptual exploration of the causal pathways for health and well-being, 2019). Within the
concept of positive concept of health and well-being, studies confirmed that the health and well
being of an individual is termed as the achievement and also the maintenance of all physical
fitness and stability of mental state of individuals. It has been observed that men have lower
expectancy as in contrast of females and also they are found to be major susceptible to the acute
leading diseases, such lung caner, heart related diseases and others. Also men have also observed
to indulged with several harmful practices but also they are less likely to involved in health
seeking interventions and patterns.
In order to address Men's lower life expectancy, the gender based intervention
introduced in UK, which is well known as Men Sheds movement that was firstly proposed in
Australia in 1980s, which have further opted by other countries as well as states like Ireland, UK
and others. (Men's Sheds: A conceptual exploration of the causal pathways for health and well-
being, 2019). This essay develop understanding of the context gender based intervention i.e. Men
Shed which influence the health and well-being of men as well as social determinant of this
theory that impact in accomplishment of this intervention.
MAIN BODY
Men gender had been analysed in several studies and also they had been recommended to
follow healthy practices that can facilitate them to attain several opportunities to improve their
health as compared to women (Beyer, Lynch and Kaner, 2018), in order to their lower
expectancy, the Men's Shed intervention promotes safe and secured environment which can
allow them to improve their mental, social, emotional and physical health by taking part in
multiple recreational activities offered by the Men's Shed group, which are performed by
participants in either individually or in collaborative manner. Therefore, the implementation of
this intervention can help males to enhance their skills, which are learning as well as sharing