Where are the Men: The Impact of Incarceration and Reentry on African American Men and Their Children and Families Publication Date: 08/2006 By the End of June 2005, there were over 2.1 million people incarcerated in jails and prisons in the United States-equivalent to one in every 135 U.S. residents (Beck and Harrison, 2006). The mass incarceration of individuals in the U.S. has had a detrimental impact on people of color, particularly African-American men.
The Secret Epidemic: Exploring the Mental Health Crisis Affecting Adolescent African-American Males Publication Date: 07/2008 Diagnosable mental illnesses and related behavioral problems have risen dramatically among adolescent African-American males in recent years. African American males in contemporary American society face major challenges to their psychological development and well-being.
2008 Community Voices Freedom’s Voice Conference Proceedings Publication Date: 2008 The 2008 conferences focused on addressing health disparities and inequities as a social justice issue for men, women, and their families.
2009 Community Voices Freedom’s Voice Conference Proceedings Publication Date: 2009 The 2009 Community Voices Freedom’s Voice conference focused on “Strengthening Families During Incarceration and Homecoming,” and brought together many of the local, state, and national level experts and advocates working to reform failed policies and improve services and outcomes for all those impacted by the criminal justice system.
Feeling the Strain: The Impact of Stress on the Health of African-American Men Publication Date: 04/2009 African-American males have the highest mortality rate and lowest life expectancy among men and women in all other racial or ethnic groups in the United States. It has been noted that the mortality rates of urban African-American men are comparable to those of men in developing countries (Furumoto-Dawson et al., 2007).
Interventions That Work Publication Date: n/a Interventions That Work - National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems - The health status of men and especially poor men of color in the United States is alarming. Poor minority men experience significant disparities in health status as demonstrated by higher rates of morbidity and mortality.1,2,3 Multiple factors are associated with these differences including, low socioeconomic status (SES), low educational attainment, precarious employment, and cultural norms and practices, to name a few.
Prostate Cancer and African-American Men: The U.S. Mortality Rates Publication Date: n/a Prostate cancer remains the most frequently diagnosed cancer in the United States. African Americans have the highest risk of prostate cancer in the world: 1 in 4 men.
Oral Cancer Disparities: The United State Mortality Rates Publication Date: n/a Statistics related to oral cancer in men.
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