Study protocol: evaluation of sheds for life (SFL): a community-based men’s health initiative designed for shedders by shedders in Irish Men’s sheds using a hybrid effectiveness-implementation design

摘要

Men’s Sheds (“Sheds”) offer a unique opportunity to reach a captive audience of “hard-to-reach” men. However, attempts to engage Sheds in structured health promotion programmes must respect the ethos of Sheds as highly variable, autonomous, non-structured spaces. This paper captures the key methodologies used in “Sheds for Life’ (SFL), a men’s health initiative tailored to the Shed setting.