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GARCIA, Luis Henrique Costa; CARDOSO, Nicolas de Oliveira  y  BERNARDI, Cláudia Maria Canestrine do Nascimento. Self-care and men's diseases: an integrative national review. Rev. Psicol. Saúde [online]. 2019, vol.11, n.3, pp. 19-33. ISSN 2177-093X.  http://dx.doi.org/10.20435/pssa.v11i3.933.

The National Policy of Integral Attention to Men's Health (PNAISH) aims to promote the prevention of men's health. However, recent works showed the need of more discussion related to men's feelings about diseases and the impacts in social and work culture. Thus, this paper aims to verify the cultural, emotional and labor factors related to the process of fall ill and self-care of men. The search for empirical articles was conducted in the databases, Virtual Health Library (BVS), SciELO and PePSIC. Nine studies were included for results analysis in the end of selection stages. The main findings suggest that men feel fear and shame about their vulnerabilities and illness. They also perceive an imposition of patriarchal roles by society, considering self-care as a feminine attribute. Also, there was a tendency to prioritize work even if this implies health deterioration.

Palabras clave : men's health; self-care; health peromotion; health prevention.

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