Abstract
Health promotion and disease prevention efforts, which use empowerment strategies and emphasize community control, are essential to overcoming the legacy of medical malfeasance and successfully improving the health status of black males. This discussion depicts the legacy of harm and presents the case for empowerment strategies; it also describes one Boston community-based program example of utilizing an empowerment strategy and concludes with a challenge to all health professionals to become enablers of empowerment rather than obstructions to it.
Recommended Citation
Prothrow-Stith, Deborah and Whitaker, Eric
(1995)
"Can the Health Needs of African American Men Be Met Through Public Health Empowerment Strategies?,"
Trotter Review: Vol. 9:
Iss.
1, Article 7.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.umb.edu/trotter_review/vol9/iss1/7
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