Men's Sheds: Assessing Health, Well-being & Community Influence

This essay provides an in-depth evaluation of the Men's Sheds program in the UK, a gendered intervention aimed at improving the health and well-being of older men. It explores the program's various components, including work opportunities, clinical support, educational initiatives, recreational activities, and communal support, highlighting how these interventions address gendered health disparities. The essay also examines the social determinants influencing the success of Men's Sheds, such as access to healthcare, education, racism, neighborhood environment, and economic stability, and concludes that the program effectively promotes physical, mental, and social well-being among its participants by fostering a supportive community and addressing specific health challenges faced by men.

Health and Well-being

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY ..................................................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Health and well-being is the consider as the state of complete mental, physical, social
wellness, this is not only the absence of disease or infirmity. Concept of the health and well-
being is the good mental, physical and social condition, which should meet the healthy body,
behaviours and social participation ability standards. Health and well-being is the maintenance of
the standard physical fitness and mental stability (Barden and Caleb2019). The importance of
health and well-being management of the effective life of the peoples with quality of the living,
with effective physical strengths, cognitive abilities and social participation. Mostly men's live
with the lower life expectancy than the women and more sensitized to illness, men's are less
likely to engage in the healthy behaviour. Men's Sheds help mostly to men by integrating them
by doing and sharing activities, provide support to the improvement of men's health and well-
being. This is the UK Men's sheds association, focus in the improvement of the overall health
and well-being of the older males population of UK. In this essay evaluation of the Men's
Sheds, gendered intervention level of the health and well-being concept application is done,
along with the analysis of the community influence on the health and well-being of the men's
who participate in the group. Numbers of the social determinants are also evaluated which
influence the success of the this intervention.
MAIN BODY
Health the concept covering the key factor of individual, such as biological,
psychological, physical and social maintenance. Well-being is the stability, maintenance and
good condition of the physical, mental and social health.
On the basis of WHO (world health organisation) health and well-being is the people
state of complete, mental, physical and social well-being and not only the absence of disease. In
basic terms health and well-being is the physical fitness and mental stability along with the good
social condition, with the aid of which people live the quality of life and lead to the effective
well-being of the public and economical growth. In the separate terms health is good stability of
mind, spirit, physical fitness, absence of the disease. Well-being is the enjoyable life, deliberate
lifestyle by personal responsibilities and optimal enhancement of physical, spiritual and mental
health (Grover and Singh, 2020).
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Men's Sheds is the non profit community following the concept of health and well-being
in their interventions of men's health improvement by the aid of several health and well-being
supporting approaches for the older men's of the UK. Men's Sheds is playing the positive role
in the community for their target group, by addressing the gendered health disparity that male
face. The main development of Men's Sheds community, supporting and influencing the health
and well-being of the participants, is done 2002 by Peter Sergeant and Ron Fox. From that time
organisation key intervention is addressing the gendered health disparity faced by the males.
This is now the clear overcoming infrastructure to support men in establishment and
management of their health and well-being in regional, rural and remote areas. The main
concept of aims of this organisation is related to the multiple approaches of men's health and
well-being improvement. Men's Sheds intervention is divided into five main categories, that is
the appropriate work opportunity, clinical, educational, recreational and communal support for
the men's (Ahl, Hedegaard and Golding, 2017).
Five sheds of this community is having the different concept and strategies related to the
management of health and well-being. Work sheds are for the men's who want to be remain
physically active and feet . Clinical and communal sheds is having the similar characteristics
and responsibilities, related to the support and help of local male community communicate and
discuss about their health well-being. Under the clinical approach of the community men's get
educated for their healthy lifestyle, hygiene, food and care services provided to them according
to their health condition needs and requirements. Under the recreational approach of the
intervention men's get promotes and supported for the performance of social activities in the
local areas. Educational approach is associated with all other approaches of this community
intervention. This approach involves the implementation of educational programmes related to
the physical health management, social behaviours and effective working. Main aim of this
approach is improvement of the skills and qualities of the men's so that they can live their life
well and good with, healthy food, hygienic physical healthy, living environment and job (Jaspal,
2018). There is another shed of this organisation, known as the virtual shed, it provides an
internet or online capability, with the help of that men's from the country or around the world can
actively communicate and participate in different activities, like photography, writing etc.
Overall the level of health and well-being concept, application in the development of
Men's Sheds is main or it can be consider as the, 100% use of men's health and well-being
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concept in development of this organisation, influencing the men's health and well-being (Ripoll
and et. al., 2021).
This organisation is consider as the male friendly service providing, health by stealth
approach. Basically Men's Sheds aid to overcome from the complication and issues of
imbalance healthcare outcome that affect men's. It has been identified that men's are having the
worse health outcome among the all age group than females in most of the countries. There are
the various social determinants of the, which impact or influence the, success of Men's Sheds
intervention. One of most expressed determinant is lack of the support for older men''s due to
which their health and well-being get adversely effected. This organisation is also working for
reducing the negative cultural, social and ideological attitudes towards the men's.
This organisation is contentiously working for the men's with the use of health and well-
being concept, for example, Men's Sheds has developed the difference in the diagnosis and
treatment of the diabetes, by working with the Ireland diabetes care providers and professionals
to address male diabetes. There is the continuous growth of relationship between the men's
health and shed's identified for practitioners (Taylor and et. al., 2018).
Men's Sheds is working on the treatment and care of the several health complication and
disease of the men's. Some example of the Men's Sheds supporting approaches and programs
are care and management of the men with dementia, Alzheimer in the early stages. Within this
non profit community every practitioner and participant help each other. Most of the participants
of this association are teacher and learners.
Impact of the Men’s Sheds health and well-being concept application on their
community group or campaign success is very good and effective. Men’s Sheds health and well-
being concept is management of the effective health and well-being by providing work, clinical,
educational, recreational and communal support to the men's.
With the influence of Men’s Sheds health and well-bing management approaches like
work opportunities, for men's, behaviour education recreational activities, this organization is
achieved success. Such as they have achieved increased mobility and decreased sedentary
behaviour. With the influence and support of the clinical, communal and educational program's,
organization achieved success in Increasing ability to overcome physical illness or injury.
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This organisation achieved effective success in improvement of the men's health by
contributing to the Improved diet of the men's, by giving appropriate knowledge of the nutritive
diet, financial aid.
Educational approach of this organization Decreased alcohol use habit's of the men's and
achieving success in their goal of effective health and well-being of men's. Physical health
knowledge and awareness of the men's is also improved and due to that, organisation can get
further success in achievement of their goal of good health and quality of men's living.
Social determinants which are influencing the intervention of Men's Sheds
Access to health care services is the one of the most affecting social determinant, this is
basically the availability, awareness, and support to get the appropriate care services. In the
society older males or poor men's are either not aware about the right way to get the appropriate
care services, or some of the time they get discriminated for the quality of care.
Education is very important factor, this can posses both negative and positive influence
on the success of Men's sheds health and well-being interventions. Such as in the case of lake of
the education in men's, it contribute negatively to the achievement of Men's Sheds aim of good
health and well-being of the men's. In other hand appropriate education of the men's cause
positive influence on the interventions, because by the help of this men's is can be easily
promoted to manage good health and social activities (Wilson and et. al., 2018).
Racism is the belief about the human group that, humans possess different behavioural
traits comparable to the physical appearance, and it further divided based on superiority. This is
the another main social determinant influence the Men's Sheds interventions, because
discrimination of the men's on the basis of their colour, gender and culture is increasing the need
of additional care plan and approaches on their interventions. Due to the racism this organisation
face problem to achieve their goal effectively, because this lead to the discrimination and
inequalities in work, care services and facilities. Due to which this become difficult to achieve
the goal of health and well-being of the men's.
Neighbourhood and built environment of the society impacting the Men's Sheds
interventions of health well-being, by influencing the emotional and mental state of the men's. In
the social environment there are the various misconception about the men's which distress and
hurt them. Due to the the negative built environment organisation need to work on the
development of positive environment for the the management of effective health well-being of
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the men's. Built environment factors like inaccessible or non-existent side-walks, walking paths
etc., influences the community health and well-being goal success, by contributing to the good
and sedentary habit's. Further the on the basis of good and bad habits, health and well-being get
effected in both positive and negative terms. For example due to the availability of effective built
environment, like green parks, play grounds etc. contribute to the good habit's of physical
activities and contribute to the good health (Kopec and et. al., 2017).
Economical stability is another social determinant impact the success the Men's Sheds
community goal. This determinant is basically related to the financial stability and security of the
men's in society. If the people are economically stable then they can manage each and every
faculties for them, through which their health and well-being is can be manage. Financial
resources in context to the health well-being is very useful, because with the aid of this, people
can arrange good food, shelter and health services for them , through which their overall health is
can be manage at good state. In context to the Men's Sheds, goal of health well-being there is
the huge influence of economical stability, because in UK men's are having different economical
status, due to which organisation have to manage their interventions. Such as for the low
economical background men's they, provide work, financial aid other essential support. In other
hand for the financially stable men's they just have to provide education and proper guidance, to
achieve their goals. So it is clear that economical stability effects the community intervention
success in both positive and negative term, by increasing and decreasing the needs of additional
support (Roy, and et. al., 2018).
CONCLUSION
From the above study it has been concluded that health and well-being is the good
physical, mental and social stability or condition of the individuals. In the male there is the huge
cases of the wares health condition and lake of the interest in healthy behaviour. There are the
various social factors due to which older male, faces complications in their health and well-
being, such as lack of financial stability, education, lack of proper access to the care and
appropriate work opportunity. Men's Sheds is the non profit organisation, overall the concept of
care and interventions of this is based on the concept of men's health well-being. This
organisation is involving the five main approaches for the management of men's health well-
being, that is work, clinical, educational, recreational and communal support. This organisation
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focus on the each aspects of the health and well-being maintenance, by providing the appropriate
place for living, work for earning, clinical services and education for effective living.
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