BMHI - Black Men's Health Initiative

ORIGINS

The Black Men's Health Initiative was chartered as a non-profit corporation in South Carolina in March 2005 as a vehicle to educate African American and men of the African Diaspora about the risks and complications of chronic disease. The Black Men's Health Initiative (BMHI) is focused on community competent prevention education and innovative interventions that will have direct results in lowering risk and improving the health status of Black men. The BMHI will couple lightheartedness and humor with a direct and frank approach to engaging Black men around health.

PRODUCTS

2012 cALENDER

April

14th: Community Bridges Training - Rock of Ages Church, Rocky Mount, NC

22nd: Mens Forum - Zebulon First Baptist Church, Zebulon, NC

24th: Duke Office of Health Equity Advisory Council Meeting

June

23rd: 2012 Prostate Health Summit - Mitchell Community College, Statesville, NC

According to the CDC Life Expectancy Charts of 2008, in the U.S. an affluent white woman lives on average to be 81.1 years of age, 14 years longer than poor Black men, who live on average to 66.9 years.