INTRODUCTION
Middle-aged men between 45-65 years who network in selected parks in Aalborg Municipality have been identified as
vulnerable and tend not to use and benefit from available health promotion offers
such as early detection. Anecdotal evidence indicates that they engage in risky health
behaviour with exposure to different health risk factors such as tobacco smoking, alcohol use and inactivity, which affects their overall health situation. Research additionally
indicates that vulnerable population groups receive few choices regarding their personal health behaviour and have limited access
to health information and -support to aid a sustaining health behaviour.
Health promotion
and early detection among vulnerable middle-aged men
Authors: Annette Pedersen | Mette Grønkjær | Helle Haslund Thomsen | Carsten Kronborg Bak | Tine Curtis⁵
2016
AIMS
› To describe and explore the
characteristics of vulnerable middle-aged men’s perceptions about their personal health, health behaviour, health literacy, and their patterns of social- and health care contacts
› To explore the services available in the health care- and social care system
in Aalborg Municipality in order to accommodate the health needs of vulnerable middle-aged men
› To recommend the prerequisites for health promotion and early detection which
accommodate the vulnerable middle-aged men’s situation
PERSPECTIVES
This research will convey new knowledge by exploring the vulnerable middle-aged men’s perspectives. Exploration of health
services available correlated to the vulnerable middle-aged men’s perspectives will provide essential insight important for health
promotion and early detection to vulnerable population groups. This knowledge will be valuable to local health administrators,
and health- and social workers in Aalborg Municipality and contributory in increasing the vulnerable middle-aged man’s personal health and well-being.
ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH DESIGN
Research strategy
› Multi-sited field work including step-in-step-out ethnography
› Documents
› Virtual ethnography Population selection › Middle-aged men
between 45-65 years
› High risk exposure to different health risk factors
› Resident in own home
› Native speaker of Danish
› Leaders and
decision makers in Aalborg
Municipality
› Health- and social workers in Aalborg Municipality
Inclusion and
sampling strategy
› Inclusion through gatekeepers
› Convenience sampling & snowball sampling
› Key participants through purposive sampling
Data Triangulation
› Non-participant and participant observations
› Field notes
› Qualitative interviews
› Examination of existing documents and virtual information
Analysis methods Triangulation
› Iterative-inductive analysis – data
categorising with open and focussed coding
› Applying theories when contribution is useful
› Document analysis
Meeting place in Aalborg Municipality for vulnerable middle-aged men
Meeting place in Aalborg Municipality for vulnerable middle-aged men
Annette Pedersen University College Northern Denmark, Aalborg, Denmark and The Faculty of Medicine, Department of Clinical Medicine, The doctoral programme Health Education, Organizations and Ethics , Aalborg University.
Mette Grønkjær Clinical Nursing Research Unit, Aalborg Hospital Science and Innovation Centre, Aalborg University Hospital, Denmark and Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Denmark.
Helle Haslund Thomsen Women- Child- and Urology, Aalborg University Hospital, Clinical Nurse Research Unit and Clinical Institute Aalborg University.
Carsten Kronborg Bak University College Northern Denmark, Department of Research and Development, Aalborg, Denmark.
Tine Curtis Aalborg Municipality, Denmark.
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