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July 2006, Vol 96, No. 7 | American Journal of Public Health 1147-1148
© 2006 American Public Health Association
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.088013

LETTER

BALTIMORE MEN’S HEALTH CENTER BUILDS HEALTHY FAMILIES ONE MAN AT A TIME

Nicole C. Jarrett, PhD and Sherry A. Adeyemi, BS

The authors are with the Baltimore City Health Department, Baltimore, Md.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Sherry A. Adeyemi, Baltimore City Health Department, 210 Guilford Ave, 3rd Floor, Baltimore, MD 21202 (e-mail: sherry.adeyemi@baltimorecity.gov).

Because this article has no abstract, we have provided an extract of the first 100 words of the full text and any section headings.

We applaud the October issue of the Journal for examining the public health consequences of incarceration—in particular, the work of Freudenberg et al.1 As reiterated throughout the issue, the incarcerated population in the United States is disproportionately male, African American, and poor. This profile coincides with the men who receive medical care at the Baltimore City Health Department’s Men’s Health Center, a primary care center for uninsured men. The Men’s Health Center is funded in part by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation in partnership with the National Center for Primary Care.

In a culture where poor men of color are undervalued, . . . [Full Text]






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