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Cover
Title page
Copyright page
DEDICATION
PREFACE
PURPOSE
BOOK DEVELOPMENT
ORGANIZATION OF THE BOOK
DISCLAIMER
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
THE AUTHOR
1 Historical Perspectives of Male Health
WHAT IS MALE HEALTH?
MALE HEALTH IN HISTORY
CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES
EPIDEMIOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL EVIDENCE
SUMMARY
KEY TERMS
2 Birth and Infancy
MALE INFANT MORTALITY AND HEALTH RISKS
SOCIOCULTURAL IMPLICATIONS OF BEING BORN MALE
CIRCUMCISION
SUMMARY
KEY TERMS
3 Early Childhood
THE JOURNEY BEGINS
BOYS WILL BE BOYS? THE ROLE OF PARENTS
NUTRITION AND DIET
SEXUAL HEALTH
DISPARITIES IN MALE HEALTH OUTCOMES
SUMMARY
KEY TERMS
4 Toddler Years and Young Childhood
DEFINING THE TODDLER AND YOUNG CHILD
VACCINATIONS
PHYSICAL HEALTH
SOCIAL HEALTH
TEMPERAMENT, EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND DISCIPLINE
SUMMARY
KEY TERMS
5 School Age
PHYSICAL HEALTH
NUTRITION
EMOTIONAL HEALTH
SCHOOL AND LEARNING AND SOCIAL HEALTH
HEALTH DISPARITIES AMONG SCHOOL-AGE BOYS
SUMMARY
KEY TERMS
6 Preadolescence and “Tween” Years
THE PREADOLESCENT YEARS
PHYSICAL HEALTH
EMOTIONAL HEALTH
BOYS AND “RITES OF MANHOOD”
SUMMARY
KEY TERMS
7 Adolescence
PHYSICAL CHANGES
PHYSICAL HEALTH
PSYCHOLOGICAL AND EMOTIONAL CHANGES
SEXUAL HEALTH, SEXUALITY, AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION
SEXUAL DEVIANCE
VIOLENCE, AGGRESSION, AND BULLYING
DRUG USE
JUVENILE OFFENDERS AND INCARCERATION
SUMMARY
KEY TERMS
8 Young Adulthood
PHYSICAL HEALTH
SOCIAL HEALTH
EMOTIONAL HEALTH
NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS AND ANABOLIC-ANDROGENIC STEROIDS
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
SUMMARY
KEY TERMS
9 Middle Adulthood
PHYSICAL HEALTH
EMOTIONAL HEALTH
FATHERS’ RIGHTS
SUMMARY
KEY TERMS
10 Older Adulthood
PHYSICAL HEALTH
EMOTIONAL HEALTH
SUMMARY
KEY TERMS
11 Elder Years
PHYSICAL HEALTH
EMOTIONAL HEALTH
SOCIAL HEALTH
SUMMARY
KEY TERMS
12 Death
THE SEVEN AGES OF MAN
GETTING ONE’S MATTERS IN ORDER
SUMMARY
KEY TERMS
13 Promoting Male Health
ADVOCACY AND RESEARCH
MALE STUDIES
ANDROLOGY
MISANDRY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
THE FUTURE
SUMMARY
KEY TERMS
GLOSSARY
REFERENCES
Index
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