It is well documented that under-served health needs among men result in avoidable mortality and morbidity, increase medical costs for health systems, and ultimately pose significant public policy challenges in nearly all nations [1]. Strong evidence also indicates that disparities in health outcomes among men occur along the social fault lines of our various nation-states [2]. Race, ethnicity, and language group; income; immigration status; sexual orientation; and other phenomena are rather consistent categories of social marginality. These categories often reverberate in health as markers of vulnerability [3]. By focusing in a globally co-ordinated fashion on the social determinants of health and the health disparities among men that correlate with marginality, the field of men's health can contribute directly to policy agendas for structural reform, global co-operation, and social justice.
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