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‘Man up!
Let’s
Talk
Health’
campaign
holds
Sept. 26
events
Radio-thon,
information
designed
to
promote
better
health
 DETROIT,
MI -
African
American
men from
across
Southeast
Michigan
will be
encouraged
to
become
more
proactive
with
their
health
during
events
being
held
across
Detroit
on
Saturday,
September
26 as
part of
the ‘Man
Up!
Let’s
Talk
Health’
campaign.
The
campaign’s
sponsors,
100
Black
Men of
Greater
Detroit,
Blue
Cross
Blue
Shield
of
Michigan,
the
American
Cancer
Society
and the
Michigan
Department
of
Community
Health,
will
host a
radio-thon
from 9
a.m.-1
p.m. on
Smooth
Jazz
WVMV
98.7.
Listeners
will be
encouraged
to visit
one of
three
sites
Saturday
where
they can
get
information
on how
to work
toward
better
health.
“Those
who come
to these
sites
will
have the
chance
to learn
ways
they can
help to
lower
death
rates
among
African
American
men for
critical
health
challenges
such as
prostate
cancer,
diabetes
and
heart
disease,”
said
Bill
Toples,
who
chairs
the
Health
and
Wellness
Committee
for 100
Black
Men of
Greater
Detroit.
“In
addition
to
asking
men to
sign a
pledge
promising
to
secure a
family
physician,
we will
also
provide
on-site
education
about
prostate
health.”
Participants
will
also be
able to
receive
giveaways
for
taking
part in
the
campaign.
The
sites
that
will
provide
information
and
giveaways
are:
• COTS
(Coalition
on
Temporary
Shelter),
26
Peterboro
in
Detroit,
9 a.m.-1
p.m.
•
Michigan
Barber
College,
8988-90
Grand
River,
noon-4
p.m.
• Matrix
Center,
13560 E.
McNichols
Rd, 10
a.m.-noon
The
radio-thon
and
Saturday
events
are part
of an
awareness
campaign
that
began in
August.
Campaign
organizers
are
doing
outreach
in
churches
and
barbershops
to raise
awareness
among
men and
to again
commit
them to
taking
better
care of
themselves.
The goal
is to
get men
to sign
a pledge
that
commits
them to
securing
a
primary
care
physician
within
60 days.
The
efforts
will
culminate
in a
September
2010
health
walk on
Belle
Isle.
Prostate
health
continues
to be
problematic
for all
men, but
is
particularly
so for
African
American
men.
African
American
male
prostate
health
issues
are
about 60
percent
higher
and
African
American
men are
2.4
times
more
likely
than
Caucasian
men to
die from
the
disease.
For more
information
on 100
Black
Men of
Greater
Detroit
or to
get
involved,
go to
the
organization’s
web site
at
100blackmendetroit.org
or
contact
866.560.8865.
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