Men's Health Night Evaluation

Vernon, Canada May 2001

Organised by North Okanagan Health Region,
British Columbia In Partnership with Local Rotary Clubs

VERNON 135 RESPONDENTS 79% RETURN RATE

• 40% of the Respondents are in the 60+ age range
• 37% are in the 50-59 age range
• 17% are in the 40-49 age range
• 1.48% are in the 30-39 age range
• 0.7% are in the 20-29 age range
• 0.7 are in the 16-20 age range

• 33% described their occupation as Retired
• 21% described their occupation as Professional
• 19% described their occupation as Self Employed
• 7.4% described their occupation as Trade
• 6.6% described their occupation as Semi Professional
• 5.9% described their occupation as Other
• 2.2% described their occupation as Manual
• 1.48 described their occupation as Farmer
• 0.7% described their occupation as Seasonal Worker
• 0.7% described their occupation as Office Worker
• 0.7% described their occupation as Unemployed

• 82% of the Respondents are Married
• 5.1% of the Respondents have a Common Law Partner
• 2.9% of the Respondents are Divorced
• 2.2% of the Respondents are Separated
• 2.2% of the Respondents are Single
• 1.48 of the Respondents are Widowers
• 0.7% of the Respondents have Never Married

• 88% of the Respondents have visited a Family Doctor in the last year
• 5.9% have not
• 32% have visisted the Family Doctor once
• 23% have visited twice
• 12% have visisted three times
• 24% have visisted a Family Doctor 4 or more times

• 66% went for a check up
• 28% went due to injury
• 11% because of issues
• 2.9% for a chat
• 1.48% visited because of Partners Health
• 0.7% for relationship stuff
• 0.7% because of children's health

• 74% visited a Doctor in Vernon
• 2.2% visited a Doctor in Salmon Arm
• 17.5% visited a Doctor in other areas

• 32.5% rated their last visit to the Doctor as Good
• 31.1% described it as Very Good
• 22.9% described it as Satisfactory
• 7.4% described it as Too Quck
• 2.2% felt that the Doctor Didn't Relate Well
• 0.7% felt that the Doctor was Not Supportive

• 51% have visisted other Health Professionals in the Last Year
• 42% have not

• 45% described Medical Specialists as the most important health professional/service for men's health
• 30% felt that Family Doctors were the most important
• 20% felt that Walk In Clinics were important
• 11% felt that a Counsellor was the most important
• 6.6% felt that Osteopath / Naturopath were important
• 4.4% felt that Psychologists were important for men's health
• 3.7% felt that a Community Health Nurse was most important
• 3.7% felt that a Hospital Nurse was most important
• 2.2% felt that a Physio / Chiropractor was the most important

• 48% felt that an after hours service would make it easier for them to see a Doctor
• 64% felt that an after hours service was uncessary

• 45% indicated that as a result of the night that they would be more likely to visit a Family Doctor/health professional
• 35% indicated that they would not

• 74% indicated that they would be interested in asttending additional information sessions on men's health
• 11% indicated that they would not

• · 85% felt that more Men's Health Information Nights would improve the capacity of men to deal with their health issues
• 1.48% indicated that they did not think that Men's Health Information Nights would improve the capacity of men to deal with their health issues

• 100% indicated that Men's Health is important
• 100% indicated that all men should have the opportunity to attend a Men's Health Night

• · 54% indicated that they would like to attend a Health Screening for Heart Disease
• 60% indicated that they would like to attend an Information Session on Health and Wellbeing
• 54% indicated that they would like to attend an Information Session on Male General Health
• 27% indicated that they would like to attend an Information Session on Retirement
• 22% indicated that they would like to attend an Information Session on Estate Planning (Handing on the Business / Farm)
• 22% indicated that they would like to attend an Information Session on Depression / Stress
• 21% indicated that they would like to attend an Information Session on Do men and women talk in different languages
• 17% indicated that they would like to attend an Information Session on What's cool for men - Being a Man in the 21st Century
• 13% indicated that they would like to attend an Information Session on MAN …. Being a Father (Parenting Course for Men)
• 12% indicated that they would like to attend an Information Session on Men's Discussion Groups - Man to Man

What makes you ….. feel ordinary (Relationships)

• 27% felt that the relationship with the partner made them feel ordinary
• 14% felt their relationship with friends made them feel ordinary
• 13% felt their relationship with their children made them feel ordinary
• 11% felt that their relationship with themselves made them feel ordinary
• 6% felt that their relationship with their workmates made them feel ordinary
• 1.48% felt that their relationship with their ex-partner made them feel ordinary
• 45% felt that they were happy with their relationships

What makes you ….. feel ordinary (Sex)

• 14.8% indicated their Inability to Perform
• 11% indicated they had a Lack of Good Sex
• 11% indicated that they had a Lack of Intimacy Love
• 10% indicated a Lack of Sex
• 5.9% indicated a Lack of Opportunity
• 4.4% indicated their Knowledge of Sex
• 29% were happy with their sex/intimacy

What makes you ….. feel ordinary (Work)

• 23.7% indicated Retirement
• 17% indicated Stress/Tension
• 11% indicated Uncertainty of Income
• 8.8% indicated Long Hours
• 7.4% indicated Uncertainty
• 6.6% indicated Isolation
• 5% indicated Management
• 2.2% indicated Unemployment
• 22.9% indicated that they were happy with their work/income

• · 54% indicated that they would like to address the issues of their Health the most
• 22% indicated that they would like to address the issues of Relationships the most
• 7.4% indicated that they would like to address the issue of Sex the most
• 3.7% indicated that they would to address the issues of Work the most

• Speaker Score out of 5
• Dernard Denner 4.33
• Gerry McNamara 3.77
• Glen Kissman 4.27
• Dennis Lavoie 4.5

Comments:

• It was just by chance that I heard about this meeting. Perhaps more advertising would be advantageous to get a larger turnout. I have some hearing problems and found the acoustics terrible so didn't comprehend much of the words. There seemed to be an echo with most speakers. In future a smaller hall with better acoustics would help us hearing impaired.
• Much appreciated.
• I thought the night was very interesting.
• Each one of these speakers could have a night to themselves.
• Should be given to men 20-30 years of age.
• More of this type of seminar should be held.
• Timely and informative - thank you to presenters, Rotary and Bernard!
• Thanks for doing this! We need more in-depth 'if possible'.
• All the details are too much. Spike the Interest then make details HANDY. Give need to know "dire need" in examples. I do NOT want to hear the same thing over and over. Need new info.
• Very informative.
• There needs to be more effort on men's isolation and emotional life.
• The time would have been better spent with Bernard doing the full entertaining and energetic presentation which includes enough of the same information at a general level. I would have stayed more attentive except for prostate talk by Lavoie.
• I think the awareness is critical in educating men about their health. The problem is getting the message out to the higher risk men. Smokers, etc, will probably never come to this type of seminar until after its too late.
• Future presentations need a lot more advance publicity.
• We should have more of these.
• Someone should be assigned to coordinate displays. Greater opportunity to get information out to a target audience.
• Thank you for the very informative night. I feel that I learned a lot and the evening was well spent. Should have more of these groups.
• Good for David Bowering to take the initiative. This is the real first health promotive thing the NOHR has done in 6 years! Need to do more. Hope rotary clubs continue to sponsor these kinds of nights. Put a link to Bernard's site on the NOHR site.