BP MARKOWITZ TO URGE MEN TO VISIT PHYSICIAN, ENCOURAGE LOVED ONES TO GET THEM THERE Veteran News 4 New York reporter and Brooklynite John Noel will share his personal story about the importance of going to the doctor
11:30 A.M. (PRESS CONFERENCE)
11:00 A.M. – 2:00 P.M. (HEALTH SCREENINGS)
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2
BROOKLYN BOROUGH HALL
209 JORALEMON STREET
BETWEEN COURT AND ADAMS STREETS
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN
On Tuesday, October 2, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz will launch his eleventh annual “Take Your Man to the Doctor” campaign—a call to action for men of all ages, ethnicities, and economic levels to regularly visit a doctor, and for the women and men who love them to help make it happen. Participating Brooklyn hospitals, clinics and healthcare professionals will offer tests for blood pressure, diabetes, depression, glaucoma, HIV, Hepatitis C and pulmonary function, and make important health information available onsite from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Borough Hall Plaza.
BP Markowitz will be joined by Emmy Award-winning TV journalist and Brooklynite John Noel. Last year, Noel sought medical attention after he realized that he felt ill but was unable to identify the cause. Noel was hospitalized and subsequently underwent surgery to remove a brain tumor, and is still undergoing treatments.
In 2006, BP Markowitz learned firsthand the importance of regular checkups, early detection and preventative care when he experienced chest pains that resulted in an operation to insert a stent. He finally went to the hospital only after his wife Jamie insisted.
- According to a 2011 study conducted by the Canadian Medical Association Journal, on average, married male heart attack victims arrived at the hospital half an hour sooner than those who were not married, and married men were more than 60 percent less likely to arrive late than their single peers. Source: http://www.cmaj.ca/content/183/13/1482
- According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report Health, United States, 2010, men ages 18-44 years represented about 20 percent fewer visits to a primary care generalist than women. The report also indicates that men were twice as likely not to have a usual source of health care, as compared to women. Source: www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus/men.htm, Tables 92 and 75.
- The 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report found that Hispanic and Black men were less likely than White men to have access to a physician. The report shows that Black patients were about four percent less likely to have a usual primary care provider, and an even higher disparity of approximately 15 percent for Hispanics. Source: www.ahrq.gov/qual/nhdr10/Chap9.htm
- The U.S Department of Health and Human Services recommends that men receive regular screenings for such things as blood cholesterol, blood pressure, colorectal cancer, diabetes, depression, sexually transmitted diseases and prostate cancer. Source: www.ahrq.gov/ppip/healthymen.htm
BP Markowitz will be joined at the kickoff event by the Brooklyn Nets Mobile Experience and participating “Take Your Man to the Doctor” partners: Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center; The Brooklyn Hospital Center; Coney Island Hospital; Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center; Kings County Hospital Center; Maimonides Medical Center; MetroPlus Heath Plan, Inc.; New York City Department of Health; New York Methodist Hospital; Preferred Health Partners; SUNY Downstate Medical Center; SUNY Downstate Medical Center University Hospital of Brooklyn at Long Island College Hospital; and Woodhull Medical Center.
