Understanding help-seeking in rural men of the Southern Interior : a qualitative study
department or school: Health and Social Development, Faculty of (Okanagan)
department or school: Social Work, School of (Okanagan)
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCO
creator: Pryzdial, Ian E.
issued: 2020-10-28T21:08:48Z
issued: 2020
related degree: Master of Social Work - MSW
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: Background: Men disproportionately experience the leading causes of death (e.g., heart disease, cancer), but are often hesitant to seek services for their health concerns. Additionally, suicide rates are higher for men, but they are less likely to be diagnosed with depression. Menâs under-reported illness and lower healthcare utilization is important in rural communities, where there are higher populations of older residents, less available local resources and less access to transportation to health services and that may further limit menâs intentions to seek help. This study aimed to gain an understanding of menâs perceptions and behaviours surrounding help-seeking. Research Design: Interpretive descriptive qualitative methods were used for the study. Data were collected via interviews with men living in two rural regions of the Southern Interior of British Columbia. Informal Community Conversations were also conducted in each region. Findings: Four themes on help-seeking were identified: environmental barriers (e.g., ruralness of communities, lack of health services); lack of health education or awareness; masculinity, with both positive and negative impacts; and informal support as a facilitator to help-seeking. Discussion: Men living in the rural communities of the Southern Interior face a range of external and internal barriers that limit their capacity to seek help when needed. Themes informed the thinking around a future framework of rural menâs help-seeking that highlighted the duality of these barriers. Additionally, findings were used to inform recommendations for changes in policy, practice, and education as well as future research specific to improving rural menâs well-being.
aggregated CHO: https://circle.library.ubc.ca/rest/handle/2429/76395
note: UNDERSTANDING HELP-SEEKING IN RURAL MEN OF THE SOUTHERNINTERIOR: A QUALITATIVE STUDYbyIan E. PryzdialB.A. (Psychology), University of British Columbia Okanagan, June 2017A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OFTHE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OFMASTER OF SOCIAL WORKinTHE COLLEGE OF GRADUATE STUDIES(Social Work)THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA(Okanagan)October 2020© Ian E. Pryzdial, 2020iiThe following individuals certify that they have read, and recommend to the College of GraduateStudies for acceptance, a thesis/dissertation entitled:UNDERSTANDING HELP-SEEKING IN RURAL MEN OF THE SOUTHERN INTERIOR: AQUALITATIVE STUDYsubmitted by Ian E. Pryzdial in partial fulfillment of the requirements ofthe degree of Master of Social Work .Dr. Nelly Oelke, School of NursingSupervisorDr. Shelly Ben-David, School of Social WorkCo-SupervisorDr. Carolyn Szostak, Department of PsychologySupervisory Committee MemberDennis Jasper, School of NursingSupervisory Committee MemberDr. Joan Bottorff, School of NursingUniversity ExamineriiiAbstractBackground: Men disproportionately experience the leading causes of death (e.g., heart disease,cancer), but are often hesitant to seek services for their health concerns. Additionally, suiciderates are higher for men, but they are less likely to be diagnosed with depression. Menâs under-reported illness and lower healthcare utilization is important in rural communities, where thereare higher populations of older residents, less available local resources and less access totransportation to health services and that may further limit menâs intentions to seek help. Thisstudy aimed to gain an understanding of menâs perceptions and behaviours surrounding help-seeking.Research Design: Interpretive descriptive qualitative methods were used for the study. Datawere collected via interviews with men living in two rural regions of the Southern Interior ofBritish Columbia. Informal Community Conversations were also conducted in each region.Findings: Four the…
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
date issued: 2020-11
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0394830
language: eng
degree discipline: Social Work
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: University of British Columbia
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Graduate
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/76395