Concepções de homens hospitalizados sobre a relação entre gênero e saúde

Abstract

The masculine health is still little argued. Studies show that there is a hegemonic social standard on masculine that influences men's preventive behaviors on health. This study, qualitative-descriptive, had investigated by means of the interview analysis of two hospitalized men, their conceptions about the relation between gender, health/illness. Under the masculine point of view, men and women become equally ill, even though women take care more and preventively of their health due to her reproductive body. Men are careless of their health because they have difficulties in get out from work, they only look for medical aid in critical situations that limits their social life, and they get more severe diseases. The identified conceptions emphasize the necessity of elaboration of public policies to health's promotion, specific to the masculine population. © 2009 Psicologia: Teoria e Pesquisa.