Reading Time: 4 minutes In Canada, men account for three out of every four suicides – with seven men dying by suicide every day – but our support programs fall short
Author: John Oliffe
As founder and lead investigator of UBC’s Men’s Health Research program (www.menshealthresearch.ubc.ca), Dr. John Oliffe focuses on masculinities as it influences men’s health behaviours and illness management, and its impact on partners, families and overall life quality. Findings drawn from his research have informed a suite of men’s health interventions amid offering guidance to clinicians and researchers to advance men’s health promotion in the areas of psychosocial prostate cancer care, smoking cessation and male suicide prevention.