The MAN model is a model of disease prevention and health promotion that seeks to improve and create pathways for men and adolescents to better access the Health Care System.  It is based on an understanding of the factors that are important to men and adolescents, in the way they relate and make decisions, and has two main components that work together.

Firstly, it raises the awareness of men and adolescents about their health status, and designs programs that address the issues which they have identified as being most important.

Secondly, it equips health care providers, primarily GPs and CHNs to better respond to the needs of men and adolescents in their delivery of services.

It accomplishes this by:

• Identifying health issues important to men and raising awareness about the consequences of specific issues that have a high morbidity or result in high mortality (usually, but not exclusively in the context of Men's Health Nights).
• Developing health  programs in partnership with local health providers to address identified issues.
• Equipping local health providers, especially GP's to:
• Have a better understanding of men and adolescents and how to relate to them better.
• Develop a physical environment in their Practice that is welcoming and provides opportunities in male environments that helps meet men's needs

Through our Professional Development Program for GPs, that attracts Continuing Medical Education (CME) points.

Providing an evaluation framework that identifies;

• epidemiological data within local communities;
• client awareness of health issues and their own health status (pre-test questionnaire);
• areas where programs may be improved;
• where further programs may be developed;
• the success of each  program in raising awareness and meeting consumer needs and its impact on the provision of health services in local communities over time (post-test questionnaire and health provider participation rates).

Programs that have utilized this model in their design include:

• Kidsafe on the Farm program in primary schools (school children and their parents)
• ASK - Lifeskills Program for Adolescents (targetting boys and girls)
• Workplace Health Program (both men and women)
• Parenting course for men – Man …. Being a Father
• Heart of the Grampians, Cardio Vascular Disease program (community, families, and workplaces)