ABSTRACT
The World Health Organisation has produced a men's health report and strategy for the 53 countries of the European region. There has been a long debate about men's help-seeking behaviour with conflicting messages from the literature and research. Men's usage of health services across the lifespan reflects these changing patterns of need. Boys younger than 18 year have similar if not greater access to services than girls. The gap in usage was only partially explained by reproductive health consultations in women; when the analysis also took into account two conditions commonly associated with women and men consultation rates came closer to parity. Men are also less likely to seek help with regard to the common mental health conditions. A systematic review and meta-analysis of the role mobile devices in doctors-patient communication found in the majority of cases they were only being used for appointment reminders, medication adherence, disease control, and test-result notification.
