Date/Time
Date(s) - 06/25/2016
10:30 am to 1:30 pm
Location
Whittier Street Health Center
During Men’s Health Month (June), Whittier is raising awareness about health disparities that affect boys and men of color. And we are also raising the dialogue on efforts to ensure that all men achieve better health outcomes. This June, encourage the men in your lives to take a powerful step towards good health by making healthier food choices, avoiding smoking, staying active, reducing risk for injury and scheduling a check-up.
Men’s Health Disparities: Source Office of Minority Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
The health status of racial and ethnic minority men has lagged far too long behind the general population, despite our nation’s vast advances in science, public health and health care. For example:
o Heart disease is the leading killer across most racial and ethnic minority communities in the United States, accounting for 24 percent of all deaths in 2010.
o Hispanic men are 30 percent more likely to have a stroke.
o African American men are 1.5 times more likely to be diagnosed with diabetes.
o Boys of color are less likely to engage in the recommended amount of physical activity each day.
o African American and Latino boys 6-11 years old are 1.3 times more likely to be obese than white boys of the same age group.
Please join the Whittier’s Men’s Health team at the 16th annual Men’s Health Summit at Whittier Street Health Center on June 25th, 2016 from 10.30am to 1.30pm. The theme for this year’s summit is Building Healthier Families One Man at a Time.
This summit is free and open to all. The summit will include a keynote speech, panel discussion, workshops, fitness demonstrations and award presentations to Men’s Health Champions. For more information, please contact Sorel Bertrand at 617 989 3043.
