International Journal of Mens Social and Community Health
IntroductionIt has been well established that men are not inclined to seek psychosocial help. Alt... more IntroductionIt has been well established that men are not inclined to seek psychosocial help. Although barriers preventing psychosocial help-seeking behaviors in men have been extensively documented, few studies have investigated perceived facilitators and preferences involved in these behaviors.MethodsBased on an online survey of 2095 Quebec men, this descriptive study explores men’s psychological distress and help-seeking behaviors, perceptions of effective facilitators of help-seeking behaviors, and psychosocial intervention preferences.ResultsAbout 30% of the men surveyed presented some form of psychological distress, and very few had used psy-chosocial services in the last year. Most men did not have a preference regarding the gender of their therapist, although they reported favoring solution-focused interventions and appreciating a continuity in the therapeutic relationship. Men also highly rated the importance of free or low-cost services to facilitate help-seeking behaviors...
The aim of this special issue of the Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation was to present an ove... more The aim of this special issue of the Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation was to present an overview of current practices in the field of evaluation of complex interventions. Seasoned evaluators described their approaches to these types of evaluation in the healthcare context. Building upon their contributions, this synthesis offers a cross-sectional reading of their experiences, highlighting the common and divergent features of their approaches as well as their most pressing concerns and interests.
This study examines the association between masculinity ideology and health-promoting behaviors (... more This study examines the association between masculinity ideology and health-promoting behaviors (HPB) among male workers. In total, 669 participants completed the Male Role Norms Inventory and the Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile II, which measures six HPBs (nutrition, physical activity, stress management, interpersonal relations, health responsibility, and spiritual growth). Results show that masculinity ideology was associated with HPBs, controlling for socioeconomic characteristics. Men who consider themselves poor and have low education endorsed masculinity norms more strongly and adopted fewer HPBs. Restrictive Emotionality was negatively associated with all HPBs, while Negativity Toward Sexual Minorities was negatively associated with physical activity and interpersonal relations. Avoidance of Femininity and Toughness were positively associated with physical activity. This study suggests that men’s endorsement of masculinity norms should be considered in health promotion pro...
Background: The recent review of suicide prevention strategies (Mann et al, 2005) highlighted typ... more Background: The recent review of suicide prevention strategies (Mann et al, 2005) highlighted types of interventions that were evidenced to be effective. Since suicide behaviour is not attributable to one single cause, a holistic approach that integrates and qualitatively improves effective preventive interventions is needed. Objectives: To evaluate the possibility of implementing the social marketing approach in suicide prevention. Method: A systematic review of relevant publications related to the use of the social marketing approach in suicide prevention. Results: Social marketing has proven to be effective in tackling social issues via marketing behavioural change. Its conceptual perspective and inventory of tools (customer orientation, audience segmentation, marketing research, strategic planning, competitive positioning, etc.) could be implemented in suicide prevention. Since a big share of suicides is committed in a state of impaired cognitive functioning and due to a multifa...
Ce rapport presente les resultats de l’etude pilote de l’Atelier d’Autogestion de la Depression (... more Ce rapport presente les resultats de l’etude pilote de l’Atelier d’Autogestion de la Depression (AAD) de Revivre, une intervention de groupe comportant dix seances. Afin d’estimer l’efficacite potentielle de l’AAD, nous avons mesure les changements survenus chez les participants entre le debut et la fin de l’atelier, tant sur le plan de leurs symptomes de depression que de leur connaissance de la depression, de leurs comportements d’autogestion, de leur sentiment d’auto-efficacite et de leur adhesion au traitement par antidepresseur. Nous avons egalement documente, de maniere qualitative, les perceptions des participants et des animateurs quant aux effets de l’atelier, ainsi que leur appreciation de son format, de son contenu, de la formule de groupe et de l’animation. Les resultats indiquent que les symptomes de depression – mesures par deux instruments differents – diminuent significativement entre le debut et la fin de l’atelier. Cette diminution se poursuit quatre mois plus tard...
Objectives The Global Model of Public Mental Health is "global" not only in the sense o... more Objectives The Global Model of Public Mental Health is "global" not only in the sense of having an international perspective, but in regarding service users as actors at all levels of public mental health exerting collective and organized influence on the social determinants of health, in addition to being recipients of care. Having access to appropriate health and mental health care when needed is a fundamental human right. Having a say over the manner in which care is provided, including partnership in decision making in care planning and ongoing care, has gained increasing support among recipients and providers of care. Over the past few decades in the Canadian province of Quebec, patient participation and partnership in decision-making has been promoted through successive Mental Health Action Plans (MHAP) and other policies. In these documents, participation and partnership are associated with the exercise of citizenship and the promotion of service users' rights, ...
Support from caregivers is an important element of mental health recovery. However, the mechanism... more Support from caregivers is an important element of mental health recovery. However, the mechanisms by which social support influences the recovery of persons with depressive, anxiety, or bipolar disorders are less understood. In this study, we describe the social support mechanisms that influence mental health recovery. A cross-sectional qualitative study was undertaken in Québec (Canada) with 15 persons in recovery and 15 caregivers—those having played the most significant role in their recovery. A deductive thematic analysis allowed for the identification and description of different mechanisms through a triangulation of perspectives from different actors. Regarding classic social support functions, several of the support mechanisms for mental health recovery were identified (emotional support, companionship, instrumental support, and validation). However, informational support was not mentioned. New mechanisms were also identified: presence, communication, and influence. Social s...
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Older public housing tenants experience various factors associated with physical inactivity and a... more Older public housing tenants experience various factors associated with physical inactivity and are locally dependent on their environment to support their physical activity. A better understanding of the person-environment fit for physical activity could highlight avenues to improve access to physical activity for this subgroup of the population. The aim of this study was to evaluate older public housing tenants’ capabilities for physical activity in their residential environment using a socioecological approach. We conducted individual semi-structured walk-along interviews with 26 tenants (female = 18, male = 8, mean age = 71.96 years old). living in housing developments exclusively for adults aged 60 years or over in three neighborhoods in the city of Montreal, Canada. A hybrid thematic analysis produced five capabilities for physical activity: Political, financial, social, physical, and psychological. Themes spanned across ecological levels including individual, public housing...
1. J Interprof Care. 2009 Jul;23(4):414-6. Interdisciplinary primary health care research trainin... more 1. J Interprof Care. 2009 Jul;23(4):414-6. Interdisciplinary primary health care research training through TUTOR-PHC: the insiders' view. Perreault K, Boivin A, Pauzé E, Terry AL, Newton C, Dawkins S, Houle J, Brown JB. Centre ...
Background: People in recovery from anxiety, depressive or bipolar disorders can receive both for... more Background: People in recovery from anxiety, depressive or bipolar disorders can receive both formal (from practitioners) and informal help (from family and friends). These two types of helping relationships have often been studied separately as either therapeutic relationships or social support. Yet, the mechanisms of these two forms of help have not been empirically compared in the context of mental health recovery. Aims: The purpose of this study is to compare the mechanisms of informal help and formal help in recovery by combining the perspectives of individuals in recovery, their informal helper and their practitioner. Method: Individual interviews were conducted with 15 triads ( N = 45 participants) comprising a person in recovery, their most significant informal helper and their most significant practitioner to compare the two forms of help through a mixed method approach. Based on the paradigm of critical realism, the research puts the emphasis on the triangulation of data s...
Historically, positive psychology research and practice have focused on studying and promoting we... more Historically, positive psychology research and practice have focused on studying and promoting well-being among individuals. While positive psychology interventions focusing on the well-being of communities and marginalized groups have recently been developed, studies reporting on their nature and characteristics are lacking. The aim of this paper is to examine the nature of community-level positive psychology interventions. It reviews the target populations, intervention modalities, objectives, and desired effects of 25 community-level positive psychology interventions found in 31 studies. This scoping review shows that community-level programs based on positive psychology vary greatly in all these aspects. However, most interventions are aimed at individual-level changes to achieve target group outcomes. Contextual issues such as social conditions, values, and fairness affecting well-being are rarely considered. Discrepancies between community-level positive psychology interventio...
Introduction À Montréal, les caractéristiques des cas de suicide sont susceptibles de varier d... more Introduction À Montréal, les caractéristiques des cas de suicide sont susceptibles de varier d'un territoire à l'autre. Les données recueillies par les coroners dans le cadre de leurs investigations sur les suicides pourraient servir à appuyer la planification en matière de prévention du suicide à l'échelle locale. Méthodologie Dans cette étude, nous avons analysé tous les dossiers des coroners relatifs aux décès par suicide survenus à Montréal entre 2007 et 2009 afin de déterminer l'utilité des données disponibles, d'établir un profil des cas de suicide et d'examiner les différences à l'échelle locale en comparant deux territoires, celui ayant le taux de suicide le plus élevé et celui ayant le taux le plus faible. Résultats Les données recueillies ont révélé qu'il n'existait pas de procédure uniforme et systématique pour la consignation des données sur les décès par suicide. Quoique les taux de données manquantes aient été variables, ils étaient ...
International Journal of Mens Social and Community Health
IntroductionIt has been well established that men are not inclined to seek psychosocial help. Alt... more IntroductionIt has been well established that men are not inclined to seek psychosocial help. Although barriers preventing psychosocial help-seeking behaviors in men have been extensively documented, few studies have investigated perceived facilitators and preferences involved in these behaviors.MethodsBased on an online survey of 2095 Quebec men, this descriptive study explores men’s psychological distress and help-seeking behaviors, perceptions of effective facilitators of help-seeking behaviors, and psychosocial intervention preferences.ResultsAbout 30% of the men surveyed presented some form of psychological distress, and very few had used psy-chosocial services in the last year. Most men did not have a preference regarding the gender of their therapist, although they reported favoring solution-focused interventions and appreciating a continuity in the therapeutic relationship. Men also highly rated the importance of free or low-cost services to facilitate help-seeking behaviors...
The aim of this special issue of the Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation was to present an ove... more The aim of this special issue of the Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation was to present an overview of current practices in the field of evaluation of complex interventions. Seasoned evaluators described their approaches to these types of evaluation in the healthcare context. Building upon their contributions, this synthesis offers a cross-sectional reading of their experiences, highlighting the common and divergent features of their approaches as well as their most pressing concerns and interests.
This study examines the association between masculinity ideology and health-promoting behaviors (... more This study examines the association between masculinity ideology and health-promoting behaviors (HPB) among male workers. In total, 669 participants completed the Male Role Norms Inventory and the Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile II, which measures six HPBs (nutrition, physical activity, stress management, interpersonal relations, health responsibility, and spiritual growth). Results show that masculinity ideology was associated with HPBs, controlling for socioeconomic characteristics. Men who consider themselves poor and have low education endorsed masculinity norms more strongly and adopted fewer HPBs. Restrictive Emotionality was negatively associated with all HPBs, while Negativity Toward Sexual Minorities was negatively associated with physical activity and interpersonal relations. Avoidance of Femininity and Toughness were positively associated with physical activity. This study suggests that men’s endorsement of masculinity norms should be considered in health promotion pro...
Background: The recent review of suicide prevention strategies (Mann et al, 2005) highlighted typ... more Background: The recent review of suicide prevention strategies (Mann et al, 2005) highlighted types of interventions that were evidenced to be effective. Since suicide behaviour is not attributable to one single cause, a holistic approach that integrates and qualitatively improves effective preventive interventions is needed. Objectives: To evaluate the possibility of implementing the social marketing approach in suicide prevention. Method: A systematic review of relevant publications related to the use of the social marketing approach in suicide prevention. Results: Social marketing has proven to be effective in tackling social issues via marketing behavioural change. Its conceptual perspective and inventory of tools (customer orientation, audience segmentation, marketing research, strategic planning, competitive positioning, etc.) could be implemented in suicide prevention. Since a big share of suicides is committed in a state of impaired cognitive functioning and due to a multifa...
Ce rapport presente les resultats de l’etude pilote de l’Atelier d’Autogestion de la Depression (... more Ce rapport presente les resultats de l’etude pilote de l’Atelier d’Autogestion de la Depression (AAD) de Revivre, une intervention de groupe comportant dix seances. Afin d’estimer l’efficacite potentielle de l’AAD, nous avons mesure les changements survenus chez les participants entre le debut et la fin de l’atelier, tant sur le plan de leurs symptomes de depression que de leur connaissance de la depression, de leurs comportements d’autogestion, de leur sentiment d’auto-efficacite et de leur adhesion au traitement par antidepresseur. Nous avons egalement documente, de maniere qualitative, les perceptions des participants et des animateurs quant aux effets de l’atelier, ainsi que leur appreciation de son format, de son contenu, de la formule de groupe et de l’animation. Les resultats indiquent que les symptomes de depression – mesures par deux instruments differents – diminuent significativement entre le debut et la fin de l’atelier. Cette diminution se poursuit quatre mois plus tard...
Objectives The Global Model of Public Mental Health is "global" not only in the sense o... more Objectives The Global Model of Public Mental Health is "global" not only in the sense of having an international perspective, but in regarding service users as actors at all levels of public mental health exerting collective and organized influence on the social determinants of health, in addition to being recipients of care. Having access to appropriate health and mental health care when needed is a fundamental human right. Having a say over the manner in which care is provided, including partnership in decision making in care planning and ongoing care, has gained increasing support among recipients and providers of care. Over the past few decades in the Canadian province of Quebec, patient participation and partnership in decision-making has been promoted through successive Mental Health Action Plans (MHAP) and other policies. In these documents, participation and partnership are associated with the exercise of citizenship and the promotion of service users' rights, ...
Support from caregivers is an important element of mental health recovery. However, the mechanism... more Support from caregivers is an important element of mental health recovery. However, the mechanisms by which social support influences the recovery of persons with depressive, anxiety, or bipolar disorders are less understood. In this study, we describe the social support mechanisms that influence mental health recovery. A cross-sectional qualitative study was undertaken in Québec (Canada) with 15 persons in recovery and 15 caregivers—those having played the most significant role in their recovery. A deductive thematic analysis allowed for the identification and description of different mechanisms through a triangulation of perspectives from different actors. Regarding classic social support functions, several of the support mechanisms for mental health recovery were identified (emotional support, companionship, instrumental support, and validation). However, informational support was not mentioned. New mechanisms were also identified: presence, communication, and influence. Social s...
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Older public housing tenants experience various factors associated with physical inactivity and a... more Older public housing tenants experience various factors associated with physical inactivity and are locally dependent on their environment to support their physical activity. A better understanding of the person-environment fit for physical activity could highlight avenues to improve access to physical activity for this subgroup of the population. The aim of this study was to evaluate older public housing tenants’ capabilities for physical activity in their residential environment using a socioecological approach. We conducted individual semi-structured walk-along interviews with 26 tenants (female = 18, male = 8, mean age = 71.96 years old). living in housing developments exclusively for adults aged 60 years or over in three neighborhoods in the city of Montreal, Canada. A hybrid thematic analysis produced five capabilities for physical activity: Political, financial, social, physical, and psychological. Themes spanned across ecological levels including individual, public housing...
1. J Interprof Care. 2009 Jul;23(4):414-6. Interdisciplinary primary health care research trainin... more 1. J Interprof Care. 2009 Jul;23(4):414-6. Interdisciplinary primary health care research training through TUTOR-PHC: the insiders' view. Perreault K, Boivin A, Pauzé E, Terry AL, Newton C, Dawkins S, Houle J, Brown JB. Centre ...
Background: People in recovery from anxiety, depressive or bipolar disorders can receive both for... more Background: People in recovery from anxiety, depressive or bipolar disorders can receive both formal (from practitioners) and informal help (from family and friends). These two types of helping relationships have often been studied separately as either therapeutic relationships or social support. Yet, the mechanisms of these two forms of help have not been empirically compared in the context of mental health recovery. Aims: The purpose of this study is to compare the mechanisms of informal help and formal help in recovery by combining the perspectives of individuals in recovery, their informal helper and their practitioner. Method: Individual interviews were conducted with 15 triads ( N = 45 participants) comprising a person in recovery, their most significant informal helper and their most significant practitioner to compare the two forms of help through a mixed method approach. Based on the paradigm of critical realism, the research puts the emphasis on the triangulation of data s...
Historically, positive psychology research and practice have focused on studying and promoting we... more Historically, positive psychology research and practice have focused on studying and promoting well-being among individuals. While positive psychology interventions focusing on the well-being of communities and marginalized groups have recently been developed, studies reporting on their nature and characteristics are lacking. The aim of this paper is to examine the nature of community-level positive psychology interventions. It reviews the target populations, intervention modalities, objectives, and desired effects of 25 community-level positive psychology interventions found in 31 studies. This scoping review shows that community-level programs based on positive psychology vary greatly in all these aspects. However, most interventions are aimed at individual-level changes to achieve target group outcomes. Contextual issues such as social conditions, values, and fairness affecting well-being are rarely considered. Discrepancies between community-level positive psychology interventio...
Introduction À Montréal, les caractéristiques des cas de suicide sont susceptibles de varier d... more Introduction À Montréal, les caractéristiques des cas de suicide sont susceptibles de varier d'un territoire à l'autre. Les données recueillies par les coroners dans le cadre de leurs investigations sur les suicides pourraient servir à appuyer la planification en matière de prévention du suicide à l'échelle locale. Méthodologie Dans cette étude, nous avons analysé tous les dossiers des coroners relatifs aux décès par suicide survenus à Montréal entre 2007 et 2009 afin de déterminer l'utilité des données disponibles, d'établir un profil des cas de suicide et d'examiner les différences à l'échelle locale en comparant deux territoires, celui ayant le taux de suicide le plus élevé et celui ayant le taux le plus faible. Résultats Les données recueillies ont révélé qu'il n'existait pas de procédure uniforme et systématique pour la consignation des données sur les décès par suicide. Quoique les taux de données manquantes aient été variables, ils étaient ...
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