Men's Health Week

Event Details

Date:

Monday, 14 June 2021 - Sunday, 20 June 2021

Time:

9:00 am

Location:

Campbell Place, St Lucia campus

URL:

https://life.uq.edu.au/mens-health-week

Event category(s):

Full Description:: Men's Health Week is an opportunity to promote the health of men and boys across the globe, highlighting the importance of men's health and what it means to be healthy.

During this week, we'll be focussing on men’s mental health and what we can do collectively across the UQ community to help.

According to Beyond Blue, one in eight men will experience depression, and one in five men will experience anxiety at some stage of their lives. Perhaps more worryingly, men in our lives make up an average of seven out of every nine suicides every day in Australia. To put that into perspective, the number of men who die by suicide every year in Australia is nearly double that of the national road toll. Accepting support, overcoming stigma and changing the idea that men need to be tough and keep going at the cost of their health is something as a society we want to overcome.

This Men's Health Week, let's get together, talk about Men's Mental Health and help Break the Stigma! Discover what's on at UQ at: life.uq.edu.au/mens-health-week.