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Readings

Textbooks

The following books are recommended but not required:

Featherstone B, Hearn J, Pringle K. Man Made: Men, masculinities and equality in public policy. London, UK: The Coalition on Men and Boys; 2009.
Levant & W. S. Pollack (Eds.) A new psychology of men. New York: Basic Books. 1995.
Connell, R. W. Masculinities. Berkeley: University of California Press. 2005.
Heidelbaugh J, Ed. Clinical Men's Health: Evidence in Practice. First Edition. 2007.

TOPIC	READINGS

Session 1: Overview of Male Reproductive Health	Required Lindberg LD, Sonfield A, Gemmill A. Reassessing adolescent male sexual and reproductive health in the United States: Research and recommendations. Am J Men's Health 2008;2(1):40-56. Glasier A, Gulmezoglu AM, Schmid GP, Moreno CG, Van Look PF. Sexual and reproductive health: a matter of life and death. Lancet. 2006 Nov 4;368(9547):1595-607. Suggested Background Reading Featherstone B, Hearn J, Pringle K. Man Made: Men, masculinities and equality in public policy. London, UK: The Coalition on Men and Boys; 2009. Section 1: pages 17-21. Gavin L, MacKay AP, Brown K, Harrier S, Ventura SJ, Kann L, et al. Sexual and reproductive health of persons aged 10-24 years - United States, 2002-2007. MMWR Surveill Summ 2009;58(6):1-58. National Adolescent Health Information Center. A health profile of adolescent and young adult males. San Francisco, CA: University of California, San Francisco, 2005. Martinez GM, Chandra A, Abma JC, Jones J, Mosher WD. Fertility, contraception, and fatherhood: Data on men and women from Cycle 6 (2002) of the National Survey of Family Growth. National Center for Health Statistics. Vital Health Stat 23(26), 2006.
Session 2: Masculinities & Sexuality: What Does it Mean to Be a Man, and How Is This Related to Men's Sexual Health?	Required Readings Pleck JH. In Levant & W. S. Pollack (Eds.), A new psychology of men. New York: Basic Books. (1995). Chapter 1 - The gender role strain paradigm: An update. (pp. 11-32). Anderson R. (May 1994). The code of the streets. The Atlantic Monthly, 81-94. Ryan, C. & Futterman, D. Lesbian and gay youth: Care and counseling. Adolescent Medicine: State of the Art Reviews, 1997; 8(2):207-374. Frankel L. An appeal for additional research about the development of heterosexual male sexual identity. J Psychology Human Sexuality. 2004;16(4):1-16. Giordano PC, Longmore MA, Manning WD. Gender and the meanings of adolescent romantic relationships: A focus on boys. American Sociological Review, 2006; 71:260â€“287. Suggested Background Reading Featherstone B, Hearn J, Pringle K. Man Made: Men, masculinities and equality in public policy. London, UK: The Coalition on Men and Boys; 2009. Section 2: pages 22-26. Connell RW. (2005). Chapter 1 - The science of masculinity (pp. 3-44) In Masculinities. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. Connell RW. (2005). Chapter 3 - The social organization of masculinity. In Masculinities (pp. 67-86). Berkeley : University of California Press. Courtenay WH. (2000). Constructions of masculinity and their influence on men's well-being: A theory of gender and health. Soc Sci Med, 50 (10), 1385-1401. Pulerwitz J, Barker G. Measuring Attitudes Toward Gender Norms Among Young Men in Brazil: Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the GEM Scale. Men & Masculinities. 2008;10:322-338 Thompson EH & Pleck JH. In Levant & W. S. Pollack (Eds.), A new psychology of men. New York : Basic Books. (1995). Chapter 5 - Masculinity ideologies: A review of research instrumentation on men and masculinities. (pp. 129-163). Lohan M. How might we understand men's health better? Integrating explanations from critical studies on men and inequalities in health. Soc Sci Med 2007;65(3):493-504. Jaccard J, Dodge T, Dittus P. Parent-adolescent communication about sex and birth control: a conceptual framework. New Dir Child Adolesc Dev 2002(97):9-41. Johns Hopkins Public Health Magazine. Sex and Health. 2008 Special Issue. Lewis LJ & Kertzner RM. (2003). Toward improved interpretation and theory building of African American male sexualities. Journal of Sex Research, 40 (4), 383-395. Wilson BD, Harper GW, et al (in press). Negotiating dominant masculinity ideology: strategies used by gay, bisexual and questioning male adolescents. Am Journal of Community Psychology.
Session 3: Male Reproductive Health Across the Lifespan: From Needs to Service Receipt	Required Readings Kalmuss D, Austrian K. Real men do... Real men don't: Young Latino and African American men's discourses regarding sexual health care utilization. American Journal of Men's Health. March 16, 2009 Online First. Hoffman ND, Freeman K, Swann S. Healthcare preferences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth. J Adolesc Health. Sep 2009;45(3):222-229. Marcell AV. The Adolescent Male. In Clinical Men's Health: Evidence in Practice. Ed. Heidelbaugh J. First Edition. 2007. Bustamante-Forest R, Giarratano G. Changing men's involvement in reproductive health and family planning. Nurs Clin North Am. 2004 Jun;39(2):301-18. Suggested Background reading Featherstone B, Hearn J, Pringle K. Man Made: Men, masculinities and equality in public policy. London , UK : The Coalition on Men and Boys; 2009. Sections 7 (pgs 83-104), 8 (pgs 105-122), 9 (123-149) Region II Male Involvement Advisory Committee. Guidelines for Male Sexual and Reproductive Health Services: A Tool for Family Planning Providers : Region II DHHS Office of Family Planning; 2005.
Session 4: Male Reproductive Health Across the Lifespan: From Needs to Service Receipt (cont.)	Required Readings Laumann EO, Nicolosi A, Glasser DB, et al. Sexual problems among women and men aged 40-80 y: prevalence and correlates identified in the Global Study of Sexual Attitudes and Behaviors. Int J Impot Res. Jan-Feb 2005;17(1):39-57. Editorials Austin PF. Is neonatal circumcision clinically beneficial? Argument in favor. Nat Clin Pract Urol. 2009;6(1):16-18. Van Howe RS. Is neonatal circumcision clinically beneficial? Argument against. Nat Clin Pract Urol. 2009;6(2):74-75. Farley SJ. Neonatal circumcision: the controversy rages on. Nat Clin Pract Urol. 2009;6(1):59. Suggested Background Reading Featherstone B, Hearn J, Pringle K. Man Made: Men, masculinities and equality in public policy. London, UK: The Coalition on Men and Boys; 2009. Sections 3 (pgs 28-41), 6 (pgs 65-82), 10 (151-157) Kalmuss D, Tatum C. Patterns of Men's Use of Sexual and Reproductive Health Services. Perspect Sex Reprod Health. Jun 2007;39(2):74-81. Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States National Guidelines Task Force. Guidelines for Comprehensive Sexuality Education: 3rd Edition - Kindergarten through 12th Grade. New York, NY 2004.
Session 5: Community-Based Intervention	Required Readings Kirby D, Laris BA, Rolleri L â€“ ETR Associates. The Impact of Sex and HIV Education Programs in Schools and Communities on Sexual Behaviors among Young Adults. Family Health International, Research Triangle Park, NC. 2006 Jemmott JB, 3rd, Jemmott LS, Fong GT. Reductions in HIV risk-associated sexual behaviors among black male adolescents: effects of an AIDS prevention intervention. Am J Public Health. Mar 1992;82(3):372-377. Martino SC, Elliott MN, Corona R, Kanouse DE, Schuster MA. Beyond the "big talk": the roles of breadth and repetition in parent-adolescent communication about sexual topics. Pediatrics. Mar 2008;121(3):e612-618. Sonenstein F. New Directions for Title X, 2008. Barker G. Evaluation of Project H. Background Speizer IS, Magnani RJ, Colvin CE. The effectiveness of adolescent reproductive health interventions in developing countries: a review of the evidence. J Adolesc Health. 2003 Nov;33(5):324-48 Marston C, King E. Factors that shape young people's sexual behaviour: a systematic review. Lancet. 2006 Nov 4;368(9547):1581-6. Philpott A, Knerr W, Maher D. Promoting protection and pleasure: amplifying the effectiveness of barriers against sexually transmitted infections and pregnancy. Lancet. 2006 Dec 2;368(9551):2028-31 DiIorio C, McCarty F, Resnicow K, Lehr S, Denzmore P. REAL men: a group-randomized trial of an HIV prevention intervention for adolescent boys. Am J Public Health 2007;97(6):1084-9. World Health Organization. Barker G, Ricardo C, Nascimento M. Engaging men & boys in changing gender-based inequity in health: evidence from programme interventions. Geneva, Switzerland. 2007.
Session 6: Clinic-Based Interventions	Required Readings Addis ME, & Mahalik JR. (2003). Men, masculinity, and the contexts of help seeking. Am Psychol, 58 (1), 5-14. Raine T, Marcell AV, Rocca CH, Harper CC. The other half of the equation: Serving young men in a young women's reproductive health clinic. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health. 2003;35(5):208-214. Lafferty WE, Downey L, Holan CM, et al. Provision of sexual health services to adolescent enrollees in Medicaid managed care. Am J Public Health. Nov 2002;92(11):1779-1783. Grimley DM, Hook EW, 3rd. A 15-minute interactive, computerized condom use intervention with biological endpoints. Sex Transm Dis. Feb 2009;36(2):73-78. Boyer CB, Barrett DC, Peterman TA, Bolan G. Sexually transmitted disease (STD) and HIV risk in heterosexual adults attending a public STD clinic: evaluation of a randomized controlled behavioral risk-reduction intervention trial. Aids. Mar 1997;11(3):359-367. Suggested Background Reading Marcell AV, Ford CA, Pleck JH, & Sonenstein F. (2007). Masculine beliefs, parental communication, and adolescent males' health care use. Pediatrics, 119(4), e965-974.
Session 7: Class Presentations	No Assigned Reading
Session 8: Class Presentations, Wrap-Up, and Evaluation	No Assigned Reading