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Western Sydney University

Locality: Richmond, New South Wales

Address: Western Sydney University Hawkesbury Campus 2754 Richmond, NSW, Australia

Website: www.westernsydney.edu.au/mhirc

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25.01.2022 Great work being done in to promote health & wellbeing for truckies https://www.facebook.com/wavetoatruckie/

24.01.2022 Major recognition for International Men's Day this year! Well done Neighbours - programming an IMD episode - and great Mo Dr Karl Kennedy Alan Fletcher Movember https://www.digitalspy.com//neighbours-international-mens/

24.01.2022 The Shed in Mt Druitt, is a drop in centre for people at risk of suicide, originally a space for Aboriginal men in distress, now open to anyone who comes. It is based on the research on the social determinants of health, more specifically, the determinants of distress and suicide; the Shed links people to the services of which they are most in need. This #MensHealthWeek let us all "work Together" to prevent male suicides in Australia.

23.01.2022 The Shed in Mt Druitt, is a drop in centre for people at risk of suicide, originally a space for Aboriginal men in distress, now open to anyone who comes. It is based on the research on the social determinants of health, more specifically, the determinants of distress and suicide; the Shed links people to the services of which they are most in need. This #MensHealthWeek let us all "work Together" to prevent male suicides in Australia.

21.01.2022 The Building Young Men Program is facilitated by Panthers on the Prowl, the community engagement arm of Penrith Panthers NRL club. They work with 16 year old boys in the Nepean region to support a healthy transition from adolescence to adulthood, through a dynamic group mentoring approach. WSU is a research partner in this project.

21.01.2022 We know that men’s and women’s experiences of suicide are different. Male suicides are more often associated with relationship problems, money issues, job loss and alcohol abuse, whereas female suicides are more likely to be linked to mental illness and previous suicide attempts". - Glen Poole, Australian Men's Health Forum.

19.01.2022 Plus Paternal: A focus on fathers Case for Change. Healthy Male together with men, health professionals and organisations from across Australia is calling for changes to our health system, and society. Visit the website for more info and download the resource kit.

19.01.2022 "Aboriginal groups across the remote Kimberley region say the Western Australian Government's response to record suicide rates will do very little to save lives and must change". Suicide prevention in WA's Kimberley 'can't wait another day' say Indigenous leaders - by Ben Collins, ABC Kimberley:

18.01.2022 Men's Health Research Symposium Wednesday 24th June 2020: This event by Australian Men's Health Forum brings together academics from different disciplines and backgrounds with a shared interest in men’s health to explore common understandings (and misunderstandings), discuss some of the big ideas in men’s health research and explore opportunities for greater collaboration. Register here: https://menshealthconnected.menshealthconnected.com/mens-h/

17.01.2022 In addition to talking, there must be an effort to acknowledge that behind the suicide ideation could be unemployment, family issues, such as separations from children. We tend to quickly label anybody who approaches us in this context as being mentally ill and label them as depressed and understandably, we medicate them." - Says Emeritus Prof. John Macdonald in the "Suicide: Predicting The Unpredictable" article by Medical Forum. Read the full article here:

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13.01.2022 There are warnings workers in male-dominated industries such as construction and manufacturing are most in danger of losing their jobs as the coronavirus recession progresses. Source- SBS News

11.01.2022 Happy International Men's Day..!

11.01.2022 Men's Health Research Symposium Wednesday 24th June 2020: This event by Australian Men's Health Forum brings together academics from different disciplines and backgrounds with a shared interest in men’s health to explore common understandings (and misunderstandings), discuss some of the big ideas in men’s health research and explore opportunities for greater collaboration. Register here: https://menshealthconnected.menshealthconnected.com/mens-h/

10.01.2022 Australia's 'bloke blindspot' - we keep overlooking the people most at risk of suicide - Pete Shmigel, former chief executive of Lifeline and board member of two health NGOs.

10.01.2022 Plus Paternal: A focus on fathers Case for Change. Healthy Male together with men, health professionals and organisations from across Australia is calling for changes to our health system, and society. Visit the website for more info and download the resource kit.

07.01.2022 MHIRC has always been an advocate of the social determinants of people’s health, arguing for a balance to be struck between attendance at medical services and environments which support health and well-being. MHIRC has drawn attention to the national tragedy of suicide as affecting the whole population and notably that 1 in 3 deaths by suicide are of men. MHIRC, along with partners in Men's Health calls for a shift in approach to suicide prevention in Australia. The new "situational approach" focusing on situational distress, rather than mental illness is principally informed by and responds to risk factors of a broad spectrum of difficult human experiences across the life span. Visit MHIRC's suicide prevention website for more information: https://www.westernsydney.edu.au//mens_/suicide_prevention

06.01.2022 Australian Men's Health Forum

05.01.2022 Mary O'Brien founded Are You Bogged Mate? to address rural men's mental health says: "Many had lost sons and several had lost a father and a brother, or a brother and a husband," "It's an epidemic out there, an epidemic."