Online Men’s Health Programs

Online Men’s Health Studies at MSU Denver Include

• Online Men’s Health Credential and Digital Badge
• Multiple Online Degrees with a Men’s Health Minor
• Multiple Online Degrees with Concentrations in Men’s Health

Men and boys have their own unique set of challenges, and there is an accumulating body of research in men’s health that is defining and clarifying these real and sometimes overwhelming challenges. The morbidity and mortality data in areas where healthy masculinity is not promoted or understood not only impacts the individual lives of adult men and boys, but also affect other men, women, children, animals and perhaps even the environment itself.

The creation of a men’s health program that aligns with online degrees at MSU Denver is intentional and designed to meet a growing need to inform developing programs and future health care practitioners. Consistent with the intention of MSU Denver to transform lives, students of this program will achieve competency, and many will become experts in transforming the lived experience of men and boys. Imagine the advantage to social service agencies, healthcare programs, criminal justice systems, mental health workers and educations systems to be able to employ qualified professionals who possess skills in guiding men to personal and professional success.

The Men’s Health Digital Badge is designed for people who work in careers impacted by the behaviors of men. It is designed for persons who recognize the increased effects of men who are directionally lost or poorly motivated and astray. Thus, the badge can showcase efficacy in working with men.

The Men’s Health digital badge has been intentionally created to provide needed education on the issues affecting the health of men and boys, specifically their lack of engagement in healthcare, education, workforce, and relationships. Having the credentials gained by enrollment into this fully online credential, which is currently the only online men’s health academic credential in the United States, will demonstrate to future potential employers and graduate programs that a student has achieved competency in understanding the underlying factors leading to the current crisis of men and boys.

The online minor in Men’s Health can complement any online or in-person major that is relevant to the student’s career goals. Online Majors relevant to the Men’s Health Minor include:

• Integrative Health Care
• Lifestyle Medicine
• Health Care Management
• Public Health
• Psychology
• Human Development and Family Studies
• Sociology

Our Online Men’s Health concentration provides a comprehensive understanding of the health and wellness of men through evidence-based curriculum content. Students examine the diverse factors that contribute to the totality of men’s health and well-being, including discernment of existing paradigms that inform men’s health behaviors. Experienced online instructors provide a broad-based understanding of the key determinants of men’s health across cultures, the disease processes affecting men across the lifespan, the theories underlying masculinity and fathering practices, and the scientific research methods needed to evaluate the latest information in this expanding field of healthcare. Online Degree options affiliated with this concentration include:

• Online Integrative Health Care
• Online Lifestyle Medicine
• Online Public Health

By examining the diverse factors that contribute to the whole perspective of men and boy’s health and well-being, including discernment of existing paradigms of maleness that inform a guy’s health behaviors, students attain a broad comprehension of the key determinants of men’s health issues across cultures, the disease processes affecting men across the lifespan, the theories underlying masculinity and fathering practices, and the scientific research methods needed to evaluate the latest information in this expanding field of healthcare.

• Those who complete either of these programs will be prepared to:
  Demonstrate a non-judgmental attitude of respect for a wider definition of manhood/boyhood and self-confidence in guiding men toward increased self-awareness.
• Be a role model in nurturing males toward leadership roles using skills of collaboration, resourcefulness, teaching, and advocacy.
• Integrate a variety of communication skills, media techniques, and strategies effectively and appropriately, to influence the health of men and boys.
• Assess wellness attributes and detriments of men and boys.
• Interact with other professionals seeking to better the lives of men, to share ideas and techniques thought be effective in eliciting confidence in a world where the role of men is very much in a dynamic state of uncertainty.

The curriculum within MSU Denver’s Online Men’s Health Certificates, Credentials, Minors and Degrees respects diverse cultural values, including the fluidity of gender identification, while providing support toward understanding healthy masculinity and behaviors of men in this progressive era.