M3R Short – Term Strategies & Initiatives

#1 – GETTING THE WORD OUT

(At the 1871 – 619 Black History Month Wellness Vendor Fair with Empirical Radiance)

#2 – SHORT MESSAGES

#MoreMinoritiesinMedicalResearch

#M3R

• Black men have the highest rate of prostate cancer deaths, more than twice as high as any other group.

• Hispanic man and women are almost twice as likely to have and die, from liver cancer.

• Hispanic women are 40 percent more likely to be diagnosed with cervical cancer than non-Hispanic women  & 30 percent more likely to die from it, compared to non-Hispanic women.

• Hispanic women are 30 percent are more likely to die from it, compared to non-Hispanic women.

• Black men are 70 percent more likely to die from a stroke compared to non-Hispanic whites.

 

 

 

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