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Research Resources

There is a large range of resources on issues of ageing, older men and their health and wellbeing. Listed below are references to a selection of reports, books and journals.

Research into the health and wellbeing of older people, including older men, is being carried out through a range of research centres across Australia.

Print Research Resources [ pdf ]

Books Journals & Reports

Australasian Journal on Ageing covers social gerontology, home and community services, health services research, geriatric medicine and biology of ageing.
www.blackwell-synergy.com/links/toc/aja

Steve Biddulph’s 1998 book Manhood: an action plan for changing men's lives, Faber, UK. opens new pathways for men to healing the past, forming true partnerships with women, and honouring their own inner needs.
www.stevebiddulph.com

A conference paper about e-commerce and electronic banking for older people is Helen Scott (2001) Old Dogs learning new clicks- older Australians in the information age.
www.cota.org.au/ecommerc.htm

EMALE is one of Australia’s largest free monthly men’s health and wellbeing e-bulletin and is available via email. Contact Greg Millan at: PO Box 953 Hamilton NSW 2303 or Email: gmillan@bigpond.net.au

Richard Fletcher’s chapter "Fathers' Role in Family Services: the Engaging Fathers Project " is a chapter in Robin Sullivan (ed) (2004) Focus on Fathering, book published by the Australian Council on Educational Research (ACER).
http://www.newcastle.edu.au/centre/fac/efathers/includingfathers/

Rainbow Visions website has a collection of reports and articles for older gay men and women. It also hosts an e- network forum to facilitate information sharing and discussion on issues around gay and lesbian ageing in Australia.
www.rainbowvisions.org.au/resources.html

A federal parliamentary committee report released in 2004 of their inquiry into the long term strategies for ageing over the next 40 years. The study was carried out by the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Ageing.
www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/haa/strategies/report/fullreport

An article by Rick Hayes (2002) ‘Primary Health and The Problem with Men?’ is in the Australian Journal of Primary Health 8 (1):83-85 reports on a study of older men’s access to health and welfare services.
www.latrobe.edu.au/aipc/ajph

A study of how older people manage money, carried out with members of seniors groups in western Sydney, with assistance of COTA NSW and CPSA by Andrew Chodkiewicz in 2003 is Numeracy in Practice: Managing money: a study with older people, Adult Literacy and Numeracy Australian Research Consortium (ALNARC) and University of Technology Sydney.

A major bibliography compiled by Michael Flood in 2006. The Men's Bibliography: A comprehensive bibliography of writing on men, masculinities, gender, and sexualities.
mensbiblio.xyonline.net

A detailed research report on Men’s Sheds is available from Barry Golding. Contact Barry Golding via Email at: b.golding@ballarat.edu.au

Prof. Barry Golding has recently completed research on men's sheds as places of learning for older men. The report on this research entitled Men's sheds in Australia: Learning through community contexts.
www.ncver.edu.au/publications/1780.html

Multicultural Mental Health Australia carries out a range of research studies into the mental health of older men, and reports on its various projects can be found on its website.
mmha.org.au/Research_Projects/BrowseAll

A discussion paper for the NSW Ministerial Advisory Committee on Ageing on Older Men - Keeping the Balance: Older Men and Healthy Ageing. The paper is available on the "Discussion Papers" page of the MACA website
www.maca.nsw.gov.au

Peter O’Connor is a psychologist and psychotherapist and author. Among his notable publications are: Understanding the mid-life crisis: a Jungian look at mid-life, Revised edition, Sun Books, Melbourne, and Facing the fifties: from denial to reflection, Allen & Unwin, Australia.

The latest research on who is most at risk of prostate cancer and the genetic basis of prostate cancer from the Prostate Cancer Institute, plus information about early detection and after care, information including news, seminars, latest statistics and personal stories.
www.prostatecancer.org.au/Research.asp

Jack Zinn’s key 2003 book Older Men's Business: Valuing Relationships, Living with Change, Finch Publishing, UK. Jack Zinn speaks about older men and addresses issues such as work and retirement, family relationships, deteriorating health, sexuality, spirituality, loneliness, and some darker issues such as depression, suicide, and alcoholism, and addresses their need for support networks during this stage of the lives.

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