The Australian longitudinal study on male health-methods

D Currier; J Pirkis; J Carlin; L Degenhardt; SC Dharmage; B Giles-Corti; I Gordon; L Gurrin; J Hocking; A Kavanagh; LA Keogh; R Koelmeyer; AD LaMontagne; M Schlichthorst; G Patton; L Sanci; MJ Spittal; DM Studdert; J Williams; DR English

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The Australian longitudinal study on male health-methods

D Currier, J Pirkis, J Carlin, L Degenhardt, SC Dharmage, B Giles-Corti, I Gordon, L Gurrin, J Hocking, A Kavanagh, LA Keogh, R Koelmeyer, AD LaMontagne, M Schlichthorst, G Patton, L Sanci, MJ Spittal, DM Studdert, J Williams, DR English

BMC Public Health | BMC | Published : 2016

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-3698-1

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Abstract

Background: The Australian Longitudinal Study on Male Health (Ten to Men) was established in 2011 to build the evidence base on male health to inform policy and program development. Methods: Ten to Men is a national longitudinal study with a stratified multi-stage cluster random sample design and oversampling in rural and regional areas. Household recruitment was conducted from October 2013 to July 2014. Males who were aged 10 to 55 years residing in private dwellings were eligible to participate. Data were collected via self-completion paper questionnaires (participants aged 15 to 55) and by computer-assisted personal interview (boys aged 10 to 14). Household and proxy health data for boys ..

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The research on which this paper is based on was conducted as part of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Male Health by the University of Melbourne. We are grateful to the Australian Government Department of Health for funding and to the boys and men who provided survey data.