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Men’s places literature review

by Arney F, Westby MA

Report
Year	2012
City	Darwin
Institution	The Centre for Child Development and Education, Menzies School of Health Research
Date	January 2012

Abstract

This literature review examined the prevention of and response to family violence, and focused on the engagement of Indigenous men in remote communities. This report included information on:

engagement
barriers to engaging men
service paradigms
social exclusion
changing the orientation of services to engage and support men
exploring the potential role of a men's space.

The report highlighted the:

need to work with Indigenous men
limitations of mainstream law and order approaches to family violence
lack of an evidence base for community-based approaches to family violence
need to use models which represent men's attitudes to violence, health, service delivery and changes to behavior.

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract