To promote Men’s Health Week (15th June – 21st June 2026), a number of books and pamphlets related to the subject have been complied and displayed in our reading room. This specific Men’s Health Week is about Men and the pharmacy. The organisers have also suggested sharing resources from previous years which discuss a diverse variety of topics. These include stress, diabetes, prostate health, mental health and Covid-19.
In the spirit of having a broad conversation about Men’s health we have collected a really varied selection of books and pamphlets encompassing different time periods. One particularly interesting pamphlet on hygiene, Cleanliness Pays: The Man’s Book of Health, was written by LSHTM’s own Andrew Balfour, who you may recognise from the plaque by the entrance to the school, and was published posthumously in 1939. Other books and pamphlets investigate the topic more broadly whilst some focus in on topics such as reproductive health and mental health.
Books
Payne, Sarah. The Health of Men and Women. Polity, 2006.
Piet-Pelon, Nancy J., et al. Men in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan : Reproductive Health Issues. Karshaf, 2000.
Courtenay, Will H. Dying to Be Men : Pschosocial, Environmental and Behavioural and Biobehavioural Directions in Promoting the Health of Men and Boys. Routledge, 2011.
Watson, Jonathan. Male Bodies : Health, Culture, and Identity. Open University Press, 2000.
Pamphlets
Miller, Arthur P., and United States. Agency for International Development. Office of Human Resources and Social Development. Water and Man’s Health. Agency for International Development, 1962.
Balfour, Sir Andrew. Cleanliness Pays : The Man’s Book of Health. The Health and Cleanliness Council, 1938.
Twenty-Four Thousand Men : What They Did in a Campaign for Better Health. M.L.I. Co, Press, 1927.
Ali, Samia Raoof. Men and Reproductive Health in Punjab : Perspectives from 37 Discussion Groups. Population Council, 1999.
Alan Guttmacher Institute. In Their Own Right : Addressing the Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs of Men Worldwide. Alan Guttmacher Institute, 2003.
Lloyd, Trefor, et al. Boys’ and Young Men’s Health : Literature and Practice Review : An Interim Report. Health Development Agency, 2001.
