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Article: Cook County 'point man' lacks rules, program.(Cook County, Illinois, Department of Public Health liaison Frank Barnes)
- Article from:
- The Chicago Reporter
- Article date:
- April 1, 2002
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In early June 1999, Cook County Board President John H. Stager gave a speech about his fight against prostate cancer. Loop lunch-goers filled the James R. Thompson Center Plaza in downtown Chicago as Stroger helped unveil a U.s. prostate cancer awareness stamp and pledged Cook County's strong commitment to preventing the disease.
As part of the ensuing effort, the county's Department of Public Health targeted south suburban African American communities to reach those at highest risk for prostate cancer: black men. And the county hired Frank Barnes, a longtime acquaintance of Stroger's and a former employee of the Cook County Department of Building and Zoning, to ...