Canada is facing a chronic disease epidemic. Canadian men, especially those living in rural and remote regions, are at risk for serious diseases such as type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke and some forms of cancer.

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Click here to visit the interactiv presentation of the findings.
There’s a lack of research that focuses specifically on chronic disease prevention and management for Canadian men. This is troublesome as men in general suffer poorer health outcomes compared to women; are less knowledgeable about health in general, specific diseases and their risk factors; are less likely to use information to maintain and improve their health; and tend to have low levels of health literacy.

We wanted to learn more about what helps men live healthier and what gets in the way so that we can use this information for future research studies and to help our implementation partners. To learn what we discovered click on the links on the left.

We would like to acknowledge the Canadian Institutes of Health Research – Meeting and Planning Grant Funding (2013 – 2014).