UBC Males’s Well being Analysis Program welcomes PhD candidate Calvin Fernandez who might be contributing to the Males Constructing Intimate Companion Relationships examine.
A former well being training government and educator from Malaysia, Calvin Fernandez (he/him) may be very invested in addressing points associated to males’s well being, particularly those that reside within the World South and males in key inhabitants teams reminiscent of homosexual males and different males who’ve intercourse with males, intercourse employees, individuals who use medicine and incarcerated individuals.
By means of his expertise, Calvin has witnessed how faith, sociocultural and conventional gender norms affect males’s well being behaviours in a conservative society like Malaysia, and its influence on their total well being outcomes. He realized that “a variety of males are literally fearful of being sick, however most of them are much more terrified by the truth that they’re fearful of being sick”. That stated, he believes that to enhance males’s well being outcomes, “we have to change the narrative of what it means to be a person by utilizing more healthy fashions of masculinity, and to make sure that it consists of the experiences of all males, particularly those that are underprivileged and belong in minority teams”.
“Males want to grasp that one of the best ways to guard their households and their communities is by embracing their vulnerabilities, reaching out and asking for assist, and taking good care of themselves – not abandoning their well being or placing themselves prone to violence and hazard”.
At UBC Males’s Well being Analysis Program, he might be working as part of the Males Constructing Intimate Companion Relationships (MBIPR) examine.
Calvin holds a bachelor’s diploma in Medical Bioscience from Monash College and a Masters of Medical Training from the College of Malaya.
