Black leaders urge shared health knowledge
By DANIEL YEE
Associated Press Writer
ATLANTA (AP) -- Although an avid tennis player and very trim at age 58, Terrell Slayton Jr. has a host of chronic conditions - including diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol. But he knows that many other black men in his community don't even know the status of their health.
"Even the most learned among us sometimes, for whatever reason, don't get that checkup as often as we should," said Slayton, who has learned to balance regular exercise and a medication schedule with his busy role as Georgia's assistant secretary of state.
A program created by former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. David Satcher and a group of the city's top leaders - the 100 Black Men of Atlanta Inc. - is aimed at raising health awareness among black men. They are working to first educate themselves about their own health so they can teach others and serve as role models.
"I started the program ... to take advantage of the fact these men are leaders in the community - they were in a position not only to improve their own health but to influence the health of other people," said Satcher, now interim president of the Morehouse School of Medicine and member of the 100 Black Men group.
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For real. We (black men) seem to have this health resistance thing going on. Everyweek on my show I am encouraging the brothers to get all the necessary test at least once a year. My dad has prostate cancer and I make sure that I go every year and get test.
Posted by: Dell Gines at August 15, 2005 09:25 AM