June is Men’s Health month. Let’s turn back the clock and consider a commercial which started with a woman standing in her home and then the camera panned to a man sitting in a comfortable, tufted reclining lounge chair in the living room. Then the camera pans to two big strong men picking up the sitting man and putting him in the chair into the back of a truck and then driving off to take the man to a physician care visit. It was to take your man to the doctor day commercial. This was a funny but serious message to the population of men and to the women who love and care for them.

Digging deeper into the messaging about men reluctant to care for themselves is a background of dire statistics. Men die sooner than women.  This is a known and taken for granted notion whose time has come to be addressed. Although men’s health and issues with longevity are known, men are not included in priority population efforts (AHRQ, 2024).

The past five years have shown the world that health is wealth, and a valuable commodity. It also revealed that preexisting lifestyle and modifiable conditions can have an even negative effect on life and health and can accelerate the negative effects of chronic degenerative diseases and even to the point of death. Have you ever considered that men may be a vulnerable population? Although there are portions of the population of men who have worse outcomes (Bradley, 2022), overall, there needs to be increased focus toward improvement in the health of men. It is time to pay attention to their needs (Milne-Tyte, 2025)

How can faith community nurses’ impact this ‘taken for granted’ notion and interrupt the cycle that has been pervasive in our families, society and the world? Nurses play a vital role in improving the health of vulnerable populations. Nurses can address the fears, and other issues that men carry with them. Nurses can assist in opening new perspectives and provide support and bridge the gap and make the connections men need while developing the actions to engage in positive thinking, and personalized wellness. Faith community nurses can use their knowledge and use of care models, assessment skills and professional contacts to facilitate a safe space for men to express their concerns, connect men with needed health professional services, and access to healthy food and lifestyle choices.

Through utilization of a whole person health perspective, faith community nurses can help men who attend their faith communities, faith organizations and faith institutions. Faith community nurses can identify, prevent and address their health and care needs. Nurses can use the CLEAR Whole Person Model^TM developed by Loma Linda University as a guide toward whole person care, where the nurse travels alongside the person in their health journey. Nurses can C-Connect, L- Listen, E- Explore, A-Acknowledge, R-Respond (Jones, Ramal, Petersen, 2024). Providing a whole person health perspective would include all the areas that impact the health of the men. Thus, the care and nurture of men is important as their health impacts their family, community, workplace and even the nation and the world. Moreover, taking a proactive stance and watchfulness so that no man suffers in silence within the space that the nurse engages, in whatever that space may be. This work of supporting the men within your sphere of influence can help promote whole person health, healing and change lives.