Health Promotion with Adolescent Boys and Young Men of Colour

lt;p> James A. Smith, PhD is the Deputy Dean of Rural and Remote Health Northern Territory, and Matthew Flinders Professor (Health and Social Equity) at Flinders University, Australia. He has worked at the research-policy-practice nexus in men's health for over two decades, with national and global expertise in men's help seeking, men's health promotion, men's health equity, and men's health policy. He was the inaugural Director of the Freemasons Centre for Male Health and Wellbeing - Northern Territory at Menzies School of Health Research; and has been an advisor to numerous national and global organisations with an interest in men's health, including the World Health Organization. In 2020, he was the NT Fulbright Senior Scholar where he visited the United States to explore health promotion strategies aimed at reducing health inequities among boys and young men of colour. In 2021, Professor Smith was presented the NT Men's Health People's Choice Award, and National Runner-Up in Men's Health Research Award, by the Australian Men's Health Forum. He is a Fellow of the Australian Health Promotion Association, Editor-in-Chief of the Health Promotion Journal of Australia, and Editorial Advisory Board Member of the International Journal of Men's Social and Community Health. He holds honorary academic status at multiple universities in Australia, Canada, and the United States.

Daphne C. Watkins, PhD is a University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor, Professor of Social Work, and Director of the Vivian A. and James L. Curtis Center for Health Equity Research and Training at the University of Michigan. Her research focuses on generating new knowledge about: (1) the social determinants of health that explain within-group differences for boys and men; (2) evidence-based strategies to improve the mental health of boys and men; and (3) the intersection of age, culture, and gender. Dr. Watkins is a mixed methods expert who uses qualitative and quantitative data to increase knowledge about how intersecting social determinants and gender dynamics place Black men at high risk for poor health. She is the past President of the American Men's Studies Association and the Founding Director of the Young Black Men, Masculinities, and Mental Health (YBMen) Project. She also serves on several committees and boards aimed at improving men's health domestically and globally.

Derek M. Griffith, PhD is a Founder and Co-Director of the Racial Justice Institute, Founder and Director of the Center for Men's Health Equity, and Professor of Health Systems Administration and Oncology at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Trained in psychology and public health, Dr. Griffith's program of research focuses on developing strategies to improve Black men's health and to achieve racial, ethnic and gender equity and justice in health and well-being. Dr. Griffith is Vice Chair of Global Action on Men's Health, and he has collaborated with colleagues in Canada, Ireland, New Zealand and the United States on various research projects. Dr. Griffith is a contributor to and editor of Racism: Science and Tools for the Public Health Professional (APHA Press, 2019) and Men's Health Equity: A Handbook (Routledge, 2019), and author of over 150 peer-reviewed manuscripts. He has been the principal investigator of research grants from the American Cancer Society, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, several institutes within the National Institutes of Health, and other entities.

1. Introduction: What do we know about global efforts to promote health among adolescent boys and young men of colour?.- 2. Becoming: An intervention to promote mental wellbeing of young Black men in the United States.- 3. A community-based ecosystems approach for promoting the health, wellbeing and healing of boys and young men of colour.- 4. First-Generation Black college men in the United States and the value of cohort-based programs: Addressing inequities through the YBMen Project.- 5. Situating for success: Lessons learned from the evaluation of the Making Connections place-based mental health initiatives involving boys and men of colour across the United States.- 6. "Where are our men?": How the DUDES Club has supported Indigenous men in British Columbia, Canada to seek a path of healing and wellness.- 7. Coming to know Ishkode: Re-encountering Indigenous male wholistic wellness in Canada.- 8. Exploring the social and cultural determinants of Indigenous males' participation and success in higher education in Australia.- 9. Applying Indigenous Data Sovereignty principles to research with young Indigenous males: Lessons for health promotion from a higher education project in Australia.- 10. La Cultura Cura and El Joven Noble: Culturally rooted theory and practice formulations for healing wounded boys and young men of colour in the United States.- 11. Promoting health and wellbeing: Young Cook Islands Maori men in New Zealand and the Cook Islands.- 12. Promoting cultural identity as a form of health promotion for New Zealand-born Niue men in Aotearoa (New Zealand).- 13. "Been through it too": Exploring community development through collaborative hip-hop creation.- 14. Masculinities and health in justice-involved youth: Implications for boys and young men of colour.- 15. Conclusion: Future directions in global health promotion with young men of colour.