Dr. Derrick Griffith is a Founding Co-Director of the Racial Justice Institute and a Founder and Director of the Center for Men’s Health Equity. He also serves as the Chair of Global Action on Men’s Health – a global men’s health advocacy organization. Trained in psychology and public health, Dr. Griffith’s program of research focuses on developing anti-racism approaches to achieve racial, ethnic, and gender equity in health. His research has explored how notions of manhood, trustworthiness, intersectionality, and individual tailoring can be incorporated into community-based and policy strategies to promote health and well-being. With Josh and Casey, they try to answer whether men have shorter life expectancies or not.

To start the conversation Josh asks Dr. Griffith about his work on the Men's Health Equity handbook including why men have worse health outcomes but more opportunity. Moving on, Casey asks how we can better promote men's health before Josh asks how men/women can accept men's vulnerability. Next, Casey asks Dr. Griffith on escaping toxic masculinity and social media. Switching topics, the guys ask how mental health is treated in the black community as well as the physical health harms of racism. To wrap things up the guys ask about potential low-hanging fruit for handling racism issues and how everyday guys can improve their mental health.

Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:45 - Men having more power but worse health
4:02 - Promoting men's health
9:10 - How men can be vulnerable
13:20 - Marketing men's mental health
17:25 - Escaping toxic masculinity harms
21:38 - Is social media a problem?
24:38 - How men can stop bad habits
26:47 - Mental health in the black community
29:30 - Physical health problems of racism
34:20 - Potential racism solutions
38:02 - Improving your mental health
40:38 - Outro

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