Community Research Partners presents

Healthy Men, Healthy Communities: Strategizing to reduce HPV and related Cancers in African-American Men

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2019, 8:30-10:00 AM, Second Missionary Baptist Church, 1000 Halcyon Ave., Nashville, Tenn., 37204.

RSVP to cerc@vumc.org by Oct. 30.

Second Missionary Baptist Cooperative Ministries, Meharry Medical College, and Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center developed an educational program for
African American men to reduce cancers and cancer disparities associated with the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) in Middle Tennessee. Community partners participated in research trainings, while the academic partners learned how to engage and recruit African American men for research. African American men provided insight on their educational needs, preferred information sources, and channels to receive the program. This work led to the first cancer summit for African American men. The presenters will detail how the partnership developed and how the mutually-beneficial goals were achieved.

PRESENTERS:

Claudia Barajas, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
Bishop Calvin Barlow, Second Missionary Baptist Cooperative Ministries,
LaNese Campbell, Second Missionary Baptist Cooperative Ministries, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Jennifer Erves, PhD, MPH, MAEd, MS, CHES , Meharry Medical College