Developing men's awareness of health issues.

CORREsPOnDEnCE TO: Lannes Johnson Clinical director, Harbour Health, PO Box 9, Greenhithe Auckland 0756, new Zealand ljohnson@ harbourhealth.org.nz Is there a need for New Zealand (NZ) to develop, or encourage, men’s awareness of health issues? Awareness by men themselves, their children, their partners, or all of the above? Would there be benefits in respect of health gain including quality of life, with a resulting reduction in secondary care health expenditure, or in the country’s productivity, with a consequent improvement in NZ’s gross domestic product?