Men’s Health Digital Badge

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The Men’s Health badge is a competency badge offered through the Department of Health Professions. Earning this badge demonstrates expertise in understanding the social, emotional, and psychological  issues affecting men’s health behaviors. While not clinical in nature, it is intended to prepare participants for working with boys and men in workplace contexts such as public health, healthcare, lifestyle medicine, wellness coaching, social work, education, criminal justice, and emergency response.  

Earning Criteria

Participants earning this badge are required to submit academic works demonstrating foundational understanding of issues impacting the health of men and boys, communicating with males, masculine discourse and health, and ways of engaging in the men’s health field.

Competencies Demonstrated

1. Academic and career planning with a faculty advisor.
2. Identify gender-specific morbidities and mortalities affecting boys/men across cultures.
3. Explore creative ways to engage boys and men in their health process.
4. Investigate health disparities across cultures of men.
5. Acknowledge detrimental and beneficial health behaviors associated with traditional masculine norms.
6. Amass a personal library of resources, including books, videos, and scholarly articles that inspire an interest in men’s well-being.
7. Articulate the intersection of masculine norms and aging in men.
8. Develop interpersonal communication skills for interacting with men.
9. Demonstrate knowledge of current trends and issues facing men across the life span.
10. Demonstrate professionalism through engagement with the American College of Lifestyle Medicine’s Men’s Health Member Interest Group, American Men’s Studies Association, or similar associations in the Men’s Health field.