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Using data collected through semi-structured interviews and focus groupdiscussions with 37 adult men living in Brunei Darussalam, this paper exploreshow masculinities and expectations about male roles across the life courseinfluence men’s perceptions, of and attitudes towards health and health helpseekingbehaviour. Bruneian men gave accounts that consistently spoke of a seriesof masculine roles and associated attributes and behaviours, which mapped acrossthe life course. Men described health and the steps that they had taken to protecttheir health in terms of responsibilities associated with being a breadwinner,provider of support for parents, role model and leader of the family. Whilstadherence to Bruneian norms about masculinity could obstruct men’s engagementwith health help-seeking, we also found that men mobilised their understanding ofBruneian masculinity such that it provided culturally legitimate way of engaging inhealth help-seeking. We conclude by considering implications for furtherdevelopment of conceptualisations of masculinities, particularly responding to thecall to consider Connell’s theory of ‘hegemonic masculinity’ in the context of theGlobal South. We also consider the implications of the findings of this research forpolicy and practice in provision of health promotion and services in Brunei.
Author(s): Idris DR, Forrest SP, Brown SR
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Sociology of Health & Illness
Year: 2019
Volume: 41
Issue: 6
Pages: 1071-1087
Print publication date: 01/07/2019
Online publication date: 25/03/2019
Acceptance date: 04/02/2019
ISSN (print): 0141-9889
ISSN (electronic): 1467-9566
Publisher: Wiley
URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.12885
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.12885
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