Theme: The Men's Room - Health Forum

Men HATE to show weakness.
Men HATE to be ill.
Men HATE to go to the doctor.
Men do not like to be made to feel powerless or helpless about health decisions. It can be uncomfortable for men to have open and honest discussions about their health. These discussions are a form of intimacy that they are unfamiliar with. They are hesitant to trust medical professionals with their concerns about health. This makes men reluctant to participate in doctor visits to gain information.
Men also do not acknowledge or know warning signs of preventable health diseases.
These are some of the reasons that preventable disease becomes health disparities for men.
The goals are for men to make proactive rather than reactive decisions to go to the doctor and for men to have candid conversations with medical professionals.

Houston Community College
1300 Holman Street
William Harmon Building
Houston, Texas, 77004
United States

Antwan Floyd

Master Strength and Conditioning Coach

Floyd is a Master Strength and Conditioning Coach through the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association and Registered Strength and Conditioning Coach with the National Strength and Conditioning Association. Floyd trains athletes in the Houston/Pearland area through his company, Precision Performance, LLC. Floyd was Strength & Conditioning Assistant for the Houston Rockets; Director of Strength and Conditioning for the Houston Sabercats; Director of Performance Systems at Athlete Training + Health; Director of Speed, Strength & Conditioning at Coastal Carolina University. Antwan served two years as Associate Director of Sports Performance at the University of Houston Cougar Sports Performance Department. Floyd also served as the Associate Director of Strength and Conditioning at the University of Missouri. He holds a 2004 Master’s degree from the Missouri College of Education and Counseling Psychology and a University of Wyoming 2002 B.S. in Exercise Physiology.

Dr. Napoleon B. Higgins Jr.

Psychiatry and Mental Health Nutrition

Dr. Napoleon Higgins is a child, adolescent and adult psychiatrist. He also specializes in nutrition and health. He is owner of Bay Pointe Behavioral Health Services and South East Houston Research Group. He received his MD from Meharry Medical College in Nashville TN and completed residency in Adult Psychiatry and fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. Dr. Higgins is Executive Director of the Black Psychiatrists of America, CEO of Global Health Psychiatry, President of the Black Psychiatrists of Greater Houston, and Past President of the Caucus of Black Psychiatrists of the American Psychiatric Association. He co-authored Bree’s Journey to Joy: A Story about Childhood Grief and Depression, How Amari Learned to Love School Again: A Story about ADHD, Mind Matters: A Resource Guide to Psychiatry for Black Communities and author of Transition 2 Practice: 21 Things Every Doctor Must Know in Contract Negotiations and the Job Search.