Strategies for engaging vulnerable young men in health and social services. Australian boys and young men are regarded as risk takers and reluctant to seek help; traits perceived to jeopardise their e

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Strategies for engaging vulnerable young men in health and social services. Australian boys and young men are regarded as risk takers and reluctant to seek help; traits perceived to jeopardise their engagement with supportive health and social services. In addition, the professionals within these services are often poorly equipped to engage boys and young men when they do seek help. This Fellowship, collaborating with Movember, government, non-government, peak bodies and Aboriginal community-controlled organisations, will co-design novel evidence-based, equitable, age-appropriate, gender-transformative, and culturally-responsive strategies, tools and frameworks that enable vulnerable and marginalised adolescent boys and young men to access, and engage with, health and social services in Australia more effectively. . Scheme: Mid-Career Industry Fellowships. Field: 4206 - Public Health. Lead: Prof James Smith