Changing men or changing health systems? A scoping review of interventions, services and programmes targeting men’s health in sub-Saharan Africa

Table 5 Intervention typologies and findings based on men conceptualization

Conceptualization of men	Gender-responsiveness of intervention/service	N	References
Man, the client (n = 6) [33, 59, 63, 65, 77, 82]	Gender neutral	1	[65]
	Gender sensitive	5	[33, 59, 63, 77, 82]
	Gender partnering	0
	Gender transformative	0
Masculine man (n = 15) [30, 32, 34, 35, 43, 52, 55, 58, 60, 64, 66,67,68, 71, 74]	Gender neutral	13	[32, 34, 35, 43, 52, 55, 58, 60, 64, 66,67,68, 71]
	Gender sensitive	1	[74]
	Gender partnering	0
	Gender transformative	1	[30]
Man, the marginal (paradox) (n = 9) [41, 46, 48, 53, 54, 57, 69, 79, 81]	Gender neutral	7	[41, 46, 53, 54, 57, 69, 81]
	Gender sensitive	2	[48, 79]
	Gender partnering	0
	Gender transformative	0
Man, the gatekeeper (n = 22) [31, 36,37,38,39,40, 45, 47, 49,50,51, 56, 61, 62, 70, 72, 75, 76, 80, 83,84,85]	Gender neutral	8	[38, 39, 51, 72, 75, 83,84,85]
	Gender sensitive	0
	Gender partnering	13	[31, 36, 40, 45, 47, 49, 50, 56, 61, 62, 70, 76, 80]
	Gender transformative	1	[37]
Unclassified (n = 4) [42, 43, 73, 78]	Gender neutral	4	[42, 43, 73, 78]
	Gender sensitive	0
	Gender partnering	0
	Gender transformative	0

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