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Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2022. This study aimed at analyzing the psychosocial repercussions of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic on the health of men living in Brazil. For this, we carried out a socio-historical and qualitative study, with the participation of 200 men who answered an online questionnaire. The data collected were processed in the NVIVO12® software, structured by the Collective Subject Discourse method, and analyzed from the epidemic disease theoretical framework proposed by Charles Rosenberg. Our results showed that the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic brought about repercussions of different dimensions that compromised the health of men living in Brazil. The repercussions evidenced were behavioral changes and emergence of new habits due to the pandemic; uncomfortable family situations; impaired affective and sexual relationships; harms in marital relationships; and insecurity and psychological distress. It is important to implement strategies that maximize men’s health literacy, promoting better communication in terms of health, and search for help and suitable information about health/mental health. publishersversion published

Publisher Copyright: Copyright © 2022 de Sousa, Moreira, da Silva Santana, Araújo, Borges, Almeida, das Mercês, da Silva, Teixeira, Lourenção, Gomes, de Santana Carvalho, de Sousa, de Almeida, Viana and Pereira. Objective: This study aims to analyze sociohistorically how the normative patterns of hegemonic masculinity produced impacts on men’s health/mental health in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: A qualitative study from a socio-historical perspective was conducted with 50 men based on an online survey. A semistructured form was applied. The data were analyzed by the Collective Subject Discourse method, interpreted in the light of the context of epidemic disease and hegemonic masculinity. Results: The experience of the pandemic exposed the normative patterns of masculinities from the consummation of acts representative of the pandemic context, which incited men to deny the existence of COVID-19 disease and to delay the understanding and adoption of measures to protect and control COVID-19. As a repercussion, men presented conflicts in the regulation of emotions; presented emotional suppression; were more reactive; felt threatened regarding the loss of the role of family provider, virility; and revealed a sense of invulnerability, added to the weakening of self-care. Conclusion: The discourse revealed that the men’s behaviors are consistent with the characteristics of hegemonic masculinity, but express signs of recognition that this behavior causes harm to themselves and their health. publishersversion published

ObjectiveThis study aims to analyze sociohistorically how the normative patterns of hegemonic masculinity produced impacts on men’s health/mental health in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.MethodsA qualitative study from a socio-historical perspective was conducted with 50 men based on an online survey. A semistructured form was applied. The data were analyzed by the Collective Subject Discourse method, interpreted in the light of the context of epidemic disease and hegemonic masculinity.ResultsThe experience of the pandemic exposed the normative patterns of masculinities from the consummation of acts representative of the pandemic context, which incited men to deny the existence of COVID-19 disease and to delay the understanding and adoption of measures to protect and control COVID-19. As a repercussion, men presented conflicts in the regulation of emotions; presented emotional suppression; were more reactive; felt threatened regarding the loss of the role of family provider, virility; and revealed a sense of invulnerability, added to the weakening of self-care.ConclusionThe discourse revealed that the men’s behaviors are consistent with the characteristics of hegemonic masculinity, but express signs of recognition that this behavior causes harm to themselves and their health.

Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1-jmh-10.1177_15579883221119091 for SARS-CoV-2 in Brazil and Psychosocial Repercussions on Men’s Health: Health Literacy Is Important by Anderson Reis de Sousa, Wanderson Carneiro Moreira, Thiago da Silva Santana, Jules Ramon Brito Teixeira, Isabella Félix Meira Araújo, éric Santos Almeida, Evanilda Souza de Santana Carvalho, Emerson Lucas Silva Camargo, Antônio Tiago da Silva Souza, Hallyson Leno Lucas da Silva, Acássio Ferreira de Holanda, Paloma Carolina Teixeira Batista, Álvaro Francisco Lopes de Sousa, Isabel Amélia Costa Mendes, Márcia Aparecida Ferreira de Oliveira, Carlos Alberto da Cruz Sequeira and Álvaro Pereira in American Journal of Men's Health

Submitted by Éric Almeida (eriksdn@gmail.com) on 2021-09-14T18:25:34Z No. of bitstreams: 1 DISSERTAÇÃO.docx: 1362203 bytes, checksum: eac73347bd5459e8bf0e966645010edd (MD5) Approved for entry into archive by MARCOS AURELIO RIBEIRO DA SILVA (marcosars@ufba.br) on 2021-09-16T12:05:59Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 DISSERTAÇÃO.docx: 1362203 bytes, checksum: eac73347bd5459e8bf0e966645010edd (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2021-09-16T12:05:59Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 DISSERTAÇÃO.docx: 1362203 bytes, checksum: eac73347bd5459e8bf0e966645010edd (MD5) FAPESB Os dados epidemiológicos sinalizam o câncer de próstata como importante agravo masculino, sua prevenção têm sido uma questão controversa, alvo de muitos debates sobre os reais benefícios e implicações para a saúde dos homens, mobilizando importante parcela dessa população, principalmente por está permeada de diferentes aspectos simbólicos que se articulam à construção e exercício da masculinidade. Essa dissertação apresenta: (i) uma revisão bibliográfica que analisou as produções na Saúde Coletiva/Pública sobre essa temática e suas articulações com a discussão sobre a masculinidade e o cuidado à saúde. Nesta, foram identificados 12 artigos, obtidos no SCielo e Medline, posteriormente selecionados e submetidos à análise temática. A abordagem desse tema nas produções identificadas foram organizadas em quatro categorias temáticas, a saber: (i) o câncer de próstata enquanto questão sexual, (ii) exames que tocam os homens, (iii) o teste do PSA em questão e (iv) recursos masculinos para a prevenção. Percebe-se que a discussão é traçada de modo deslocado dos sujeitos a que diz respeito e os aspectos de gênero que implicam nesse debate ainda são pouco evidenciados, de maneira que ainda carecem de maior aprofundamento crítico sob a perspectiva da masculinidade e cuidado à saúde. E, (ii) uma pesquisa qualitativa ancorada nos princípios da hermenêutica dialética que identificou e analisou os sentidos dos homens sobre as práticas relacionadas à prevenção ao câncer de próstata. Foram envolvidos 21 homens, usuários de um serviço de urologia do Sistema Único de Saúde do município de Vitória da Conquista, Bahia. Dentre os resultados, percebeu-se que as práticas relacionadas à prevenção são elaboradas sob a escassez de informação e permeadas por sentidos que remetem ao medo da doença, encarada enquanto uma sentença à vida e concentram-se nas repercussões do toque retal, assimilado como uma violação de uma condição masculina. Constatou-se que as práticas elaboradas na direção da prevenção ao câncer de próstata refletem as implicações da masculinidade no cuidado à saúde dos homens, sobretudo, apontou que a dureza masculina é passível de abalos a partir de um toque.