Back to Annual Meeting Page		American Public Health Association 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition December 10-14, 2005 Philadelphia, PA

Abstract #118310

Thomas Mason, MD¹, Matthew Green², Bonnie Pete Thomas, MD¹, Marcus Murray³, Craig Spivey³, and Bayatae Abraham⁴. (1) Project Brotherhood: Woodlawn Health Center, 6337 S. Woodlawn, Chicago, IL 60637, 312-747-7705, jazzroots@aol.com, (2) Project Brotherhood, 6337 S. Woodlawn Ave., 6337 S. Woodlawn Ave., Chicago, IL 60607, (3) Woodlawn Health Center, Project Brotherhood, Woodlawn Health Center, 6337 S Woodlawn, Chicago, IL 60637, (4) Woodlawn Clinic, Project Brotherhood, 6337 S Woodlawn, Chicago, IL 60637

Background: Project Brotherhood is a program designed by and for Black men. The program is located in a Chicago health center, which is part of the Ambulatory and Community Health Network (ACHN) of the Cook County Bureau of Health Services. ACHN operates 23 public health centers with over 760,000 annual visits. PB assumes a broad concept of health resting on the international perspectives of the World Health Organization definition, the People's Health Charter and the Canadian model of determinants of health. The purpose of Project Brotherhood is: 1) to create a safe, respectful, male friendly “place” where a wide range of health and social issues confronting black men can be addressed; 2) expand the range of health care for men of color and abandon the “medical model” paradigm of health service delivery.

Methods: Project Brotherhood has designed a program to increase the awareness about colon-rectal cancer screening among black men. PB developed a twelve hour culturally specific curriculum for barbers. Eleven barbers were trained from five barbershops and have begun educating their clientele. Educational information and instructions for FOBT are at each shop, and clients may return their tests to the barbershop or the health center.

Conclusion: We will present the Project Brotherhood Logic Model and a process evaluation of our colon cancer prevention program to date. This will include analysis of pre-test and post-test data, directed interviews of barbers and a focus group of Black men.

Learning Objectives:

• Learn methods to increase the awareness of colon cancer in underserved communities.
• Learn innovative strategies to recruit and retain black men in the health care system.
• Identify methods to increase colon cancer screening in an urban setting.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

I wish to disclose that I have NO financial interests or other relationship with the manufactures of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services or commercial supporters.