Men’s Health Month 2024 Toolkit 

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June is Men’s Health Month! This annual observance encourages men and boys to be proactive in their health by implementing healthy living decisions.  

This year, the U.S Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Minority (OMH) is focusing on improving health outcomes for racial and ethnic minority and American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) men through its theme Be the Source for Better Health: Improving Health Outcomes Through Our Cultures, Communities, and Connections. This theme calls on each of us to understand how the unique environments, cultures, histories, and circumstances (known as social determinants of health, or SDOH) of racial and ethnic minority and AI/AN men impact their overall health.  

Along with unique health issues that don’t affect women, racial and ethnic minority and AI/AN men contend with a wide range of intersecting SDOH factors that can have adverse health outcomes. Visit the Men’s Health Month 2024 website to find resources, social media messages, graphics, and information on how to Be the Source for Better Health. 

About Men’s Health Month 

June is Men’s Health Month! This annual observance, established in 1994, is a time to help educate men and their families about the importance of being proactive about their health by implementing preventive health practices and healthy living decisions. 

Be the Source for Better Health for Men

This year, the U.S Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Minority (OMH) is focusing on improving health outcomes for racial and ethnic minority and American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) men through its theme Be the Source for Better Health: Improving Health Outcomes Through Our Cultures, Communities, and Connections. This theme calls on each of us to understand how the unique environments, cultures, histories, and circumstances (known as social determinants of health, or SDOH) of racial and ethnic minority and AI/AN men impact their overall health.  

On average, men in the United States die nearly 6 years earlier than women and are at higher risk for many serious diseases, including heart disease, lung cancer, and HIV. 

By addressing SDOH through a comprehensive approach, we can work to advance health equity, reduce health disparities, and Be the Source for Better Health for racial and ethnic minority and AI/AN men. 

Take Action

Public health and community-based organizations can take steps to start improving the health of racial and ethnic minority and AI/AN men in their communities by addressing SDOH. Organizations can leverage these steps to Be the Source for Better Health in your communities:  

Connect

Stay connected and participate in conversations about health equity on social media by tagging @MinorityHealth and using the hashtags #SourceForBetterHealth and #MensHealth Month on: 

X (in English and en español), Facebook, and Instagram, and subscribe to OMH e-newsletters. 

Convene

Bring together members of your community and trusted organizations to identify concerns specific to racial and ethnic minority and AI/AN men in your community.  

Consider

Collect and utilize multiple sources of data and information, including public health data, to help develop strategies that can benefit you and your community.  

Commit

Committing to provide culturally and linguistically appropriate services (CLAS) is one way to help eliminate health inequities. Effective, equitable, and respectful care and services that are responsive to diverse cultural health beliefs and practices, preferred languages, economic and environmental circumstances, and health literacy levels are essential to close the gap in health outcomes for racial and ethnic minority populations. 

Collaborate

Work with trusted partners to address the impact of SDOH on racial and ethnic minority and AI/AN men and to find innovative solutions that can be put into action. Mobilize partners to develop and implement strategies addressing health disparities and long-standing inequities.