I’ve covered a bit here with my film of two wonderful activists about raising awareness and the local Prostate group in Gloucester - I also know the Black community in Gloucester have done some great awareness raising work. One in Four Black Men will get Prostate Cancer. For the rest of guys the stats are one in eight will get prostate cancer. You can see more about the reasons why this is so important in my blog about Yes to Life standing in solidarity with Black Lives Matters.
The Prostate Health Education Network (PHEN) worked with GDavis Productions to produce Daddy’s Boys. The story is about Jessie, a father of three living with a prostate cancer diagnosis. The PHEN motto is: “Knowledge is the best defense against prostate cancer.” Hence the series has lots of good info as well as challenging the taboos and silence.
Apparently half the audiences are someone with prostate cancer or a family member - and they say they are also hoping this will educate women as they often have some influence over the men in their lives. Certainly the dramas will aid communication and enable folk to better support people - just knowing you can talk means people feel less alone - and plays/drama/creativity is such a great way to raise awareness.
See first two episodes at: https://www.daddysboys.net/tickets and they are hoping to tour again next year - sadly I guess they won’t come here but maybe there is a UK project that is similar?
Update 30/10/20: Here's some interesting new research which is better news - 'Black Men Have Better Outcomes From Radiation-Based Tx for High-Risk PCa': https://www.oncologynurseadvisor.com/home/cancer-types/prostate-cancer/racial-differences-radiotherapy-prostate-cancer-recurrence-metastasis/
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