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| Ranking |
Effective Practice |
| Description |
This program uses barbershops as a site for community health promotion programming targeting hypertension in African American men in low-income communities. The program offers free blood pressure screening and education at African American-owned barbershops. Participants with high blood pressure are provided with individualized blood pressure report cards and referred to community physicians. Men who return to the barbershop with a report card signed by their health care provider receive an incentive. Barbers involved in the program serve as peer-educators, sharing stories depicting successful risk reduction strategies adopted by customers or other members of the target community. |
| Goal / Mission |
The goal of this program is to reduce blood pressure among African American men. |
| Results / Accomplishments |
A non-randomized feasibility study design was used to determine if the intervention program of continuous blood pressure monitoring and peer-based health messaging in a barbershop lowers blood pressure Blood pressure decreased significantly in the intervention group but was unchanged in the comparison group (p < 0.0001). Hypertension treatment and control increased significantly (p's < 0.001) in the intervention group, but remained unchanged in the comparison group. Barbers trained in the intervention demonstrated a high degree of intervention fidelity. |
| Categories |
Health / Heart Disease & Stroke
Social Environment / Neighborhood/Community Attachment
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| Organization(s) |
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Hypertension Division |
| Source |
Hypertension |
| Date of Publication |
2007 |
| Date of Implementation |
Apr 2002 |
| Location |
County: Dallas, TX |
| Primary Contact |
Ronald Victor
Hypertension Division
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Room J4.134
5323 Harry Hines Blvd
Dallas, TX 75390
(214) 648-3111
ronald.victor@utsouthwestern.edu
http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/index.html
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| For more details |
http://hyper.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/4...
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| Target Audience |
Racial / Ethnic Minorities |
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