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Agency asks Reynoldsburg to partner on mass screenings after citing high undiagnosed hypertension
Summary
The African American Male Wellness Agency presented Nov. 10 asking Reynoldsburg to partner on outreach and free biometric screenings; the agency cited a survey of roughly 10,000 screenings finding over 62% had high blood pressure and 52.76% were unaware.
Jason D. Marshall, executive director of the African American Male Wellness Agency, and program manager Kendra White presented the agency's outreach model to Reynoldsburg City Council on Nov. 10 and asked the city to partner on upcoming events.
Marshall said the agency conducts free biometric screenings and other public-health programming and reported their survey of about 10,000 screenings found "over 62 percent" of men screened had high blood pressure and "52.76 percent" did not know they had hypertension. He said many of those individuals were "walking around taking time bombs" and urged partnership and city support for outreach efforts at community events.
Kendra White described workforce development and opioid-prevention elements of the agency's programming and said the agency can provide boots-on-the-ground marketing, door-to-door outreach and data to target local residents. Council members thanked the presenters, noted November is Diabetes Awareness Month, and asked for contact information so staff can coordinate. No formal directive or funding decision was recorded at the meeting.
