(Flint, Michigan) The Genesee County Health Department along
with local barber shops and fitness centers would like to invite
all Genesee County men to participate in the Healthy African
American Men program. The program is scheduled to take place
September 9th – 13th and is aimed at
increasing the knowledge of prostate cancer among men, primarily
African American men in Genesee County.
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer found in men other
than skin cancer. It is also the second leading cause of cancer
death among men. It is important to know that prostate cancer
occurs almost 70% more often in African American men then it does
in European American men. African American men are also twice as
likely to die from prostate cancer as European American men. It is
estimated that 30,200 men in the United States will die of
prostate cancer this year alone.
Learn more about prostate cancer. Participants will receive
incentives and a chance to win a prize. You will also be given the
opportunity to have a FREE blood test that helps detect prostate
cancer.
Participating barbershops and fitness centers include Kings and
Queens, Cut Above, Kingdom Covenant Cuts, The Source Fitness
Center and The Rock Fitness Center.
For more information, please call the Genesee County Health
Department at (810) 785-5279.
Date: August 8, 2002 Kill Date:
September 9, 2002
Release Date:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Dianna LaBonte, RN, BSN
Community Health Nursing Program
(810) 785-5279
