The course is Unit 8 of the ‘Engage’ National Men’s Health programme and is supported by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Department of Health and Health Service Executive. It is coordinated by Men’s Development Network and was developed in partnership with Engage Training partners such as South East Technological University (SETU), Men’s Health Forum in Ireland and HSE Ireland.
Connecting with Men: A programme dedicated to building the capacity of service provider to engage men in relation to their health and wellbeing.
This programme was created in 2022 and consolidated the key learnings and approaches from its predecessors Units 1-5 ‘Engaging Men in Health’, Unit 6 ‘Connecting with Young Men’ and Unit 7 ‘Men in the Middle’ into one unit.
On Feirm Ground – Wellbeing for Farmers
Unit 8 of the Engage Programme: to equip frontline agricultural advisors with the knowledge,
skills and competencies to engage and signpost farmers on health issues and to mainstream a health promotion focus into routine farming extension activities.
