Men’s Health Connected was AMHF’s response to COVID-19 in 2020. ‘If we can’t hold the National Men’s Health Gathering in its 25^th year,” reasoned CEO Glen Poole, ‘we’ll take it online.’

The month-long Men’s Health Connected online summit concludes this week with two events running in a round table format on Monday 29 June and Tuesday 30 June.

Around 1,500 people signed up to take part in Men’s Health Connected, a month-long online summit hosted by the Australian Men’s Health Forum, the peak body for people working to improve the lives and health of men and boys.

Men are under-represented in a variety of care settings including early childhood education, nursing, paid and unpaid care work and parenting. On Friday June 26, the Men’s Health Connected Online Summit explores the current status of men in early childhood education and brings together men working across different care settings to discuss some of the challenges faced by men in caring roles.

Anthony Hart, founder of Save Our Mates, has taken out the 2020 Men’s Health Award for South Australia.

Men’s health physiotherapist Jo Milios has won the Western Australia 2020 Men’s Health Award.

How can we change Australia's 'risky drinking' culture? That's the challenging question we'll be wrestling with at a 90-minute workshop on Wednesday 10 June at 3pm AEST as part of the Men's Health Connected online summit.

The Men’s Health Connected online summit continued on Thursday with a lens on how rural and remote men are coping amidst an unprecedented and constant wave of challenges. Drought, flooding plains, bushfires and more recently coronavirus, many are at breaking point.

How can we engage more men and boys in programs that improve their health? According to the National Men’s Health strategy, investing in outreach programs that seek to connect with men at social settings such as sporting clubs is one way to do this.

Why is it important to have policy, framework and strategy for male suicide? The question was put to four speakers on Day 3 of the Men’s Health Connected online summit by chair and mental health advocate, Pete Shmigel.