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Bonnie Pete Thomas, MD, Project Brotherhood: Ambulatory Cook County/Woodlawn Health Center, 6337 S. Woodlawn, Chicago, IL 60637, 312-747-7705, bonnie_w_thomasjr@yahoo.com, Thomas Mason, MD, Project Brotherhood: Woodlawn Health Center, 6337 S. Woodlawn, Chicago, IL 60637, and Marcus Murray, Woodlawn Health Center, Project Brotherhood, Woodlawn Health Center, 6337 S Woodlawn, Chicago, IL 60637.

Problem: African American men have the lowest life expectancy of all US groups. Frequently, African American men are subject to several social inequalities that negatively effect their morbidity and mortality. These social inequalities include unemployment and underemployment, racism, inadequate housing, poverty, poor quality schools and low quality food stores in their communities. The Project Brotherhood program at Woodlawn Health Center in Chicago uses an adaptation of the Canadian logic model of health. This model takes into account the conditions under which people live, including social and physical environments.

Methods: Project Brotherhood will survey 100 black men to assess there knowledge, attitudes and beliefs about the effects of social inequalities on their overall health. We will also conduct (2) focus groups to obtain additional qualitative data from this cohort.

Conclusions: An analysis of the data collected will be presented of the responses made by the participants about social inequality on their health. This analQuantitative and qualitative data will be presented to support the social inequalities.

Learning Objectives:

• 1)Identify the social inequalities that black men face.
• 2)Learn how these inequalites can affect the health of Black men.
• 3)Learn how to implement innovative community program i.e Project Brotherhood can be used to combat these social inequalities.

Keywords: Community Health Programs, Health Care Delivery

Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.

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