Psychosocial Oncology Supports for Men: A Scoping Review and Recommendations.
Although men's cancer experiences have received limited attention within the field of psychosocial oncology, increasing attention is being devoted to the development and evaluation of men-centered programs. This scoping review describes this emergent body of literature, detailing the focus, participation, and impact of interventions designed to help men with cancer build illness-specific knowledge, adapt to illness, manage side effects, distress, and uncertainty, sustain relationships, and more. Striving to build on existing knowledge, research gaps and opportunities are discussed, including a need for stronger methodologies, more tailored and targeted supports, attention to the experiences of men with nonprostate cancers, and the explicit integration of gender analyses in the research process.
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada lisawenger@gmail.com.
Lisa M
LM
Wenger
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
John L
JL
Oliffe
University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus, Kelowna, British Columbia; Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Australia.
Joan L
JL
Bottorff
D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D057228:Masculinity; D054526:Men's Health; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D012944:Social Support
gender; masculinity; men’s health programs; oncology/cancer; psychosocial oncology; review