These can adversely affect their selfesteem, education, choice of employment, and their ability to access appropriate services thereby affecting their health status. The work of addressing the issue of cultural competency is often as challenging as it is rewarding. But no one in any type of institution or agency that addresses education, human services or medical treatment has the luxury of ignoring this responsibility. Each one of us has to be prepared to work respectfully and be willing to take on this challenge if we truly want to provide the best services possible. The first annual prostate cancer walk to benefit prostate cancer research in Massachusetts will take place on the Boston Common on Father's Day, Sunday, June 17, 2001.
Prostate cancer is the most common cause of cancer deaths among men.
In the United States, a man dies of prostate cancer every 17 minutes and one is diagnosed with prostate cancer every 2.6 minutes. Prostate cancer will claim the lives of 31,500 men this year. Prostate cancer, once believed to be an illness that afflicts older men, is now being diagnosed in men in their forties. They are taking on the task of organizing a walk to raise awareness of the disease as well as the needed funds for prostate cancer research. The plan is administered by the MA Executive Office of Elder Affairs and replaces the Commonwealth's Pharmacy Program and Pharmacy Program Plus.