Black men are more likely than anyone to have undiagnosed or poorly managed chronic conditions like diabetes and heart disease. A MetroHealth health fair hopes to change that.
CLEVELAND — Getting your routine health screenings is already personal as it is, but for Gary Jackson coming to the Minority Men's Health Fair at MetroHealth is even more personal because he's quickly reminded of when he visited the fair back in 2017.
It was the fair that he says helped him learn that he had prostate cancer, and miraculously he's now a five-year survivor.Walking through the fair on MetroHealth's main campus, we found a lot of men who look like Jackson, have similar health issues, and have similar stories. According to the National Institutes of Health, Black men die younger than all other groups of men except Native Americans, and Black men are more likely than anyone to have undiagnosed or poorly managed chronic conditions like diabetes and heart disease.
"We're breaking down a lot of the barriers that prevented men of color from seeking access to care. The word is getting out to the community of the importance of undergoing preventative health screenings, not waiting or thinking that you have to have signs or symptoms," said Modlin.At just 13 years old, Amyis Glover said he's being proactive.
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