SynthesisBMC public health2021
Health promotion interventions for African Americans delivered in U.S. barbershops and hair salons- a systematic review.
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- Socioeconomic Status, Social Support, and Quality of Life Among Black Adults.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Article
- Hair salons as a promising space to provide HIV and sexual and reproductive health services for young women in Lesotho: a citizen scientist mixed-methods study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Germline testing for prostate cancer: current state and opportunities for enhanced access.EBioMedicine · 2025Review
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- An mHealth Intervention With Financial Incentives to Promote Smoking Cessation and Physical Activity Among Black Adults: Protocol for a Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- Application of an implementation premortem: A novel qualitative approach leveraging prospective hindsight to enhance barbershop health interventions for Black men.Translational behavioral medicine · 2025Article
- Outreach to Outcomes: Advancing HIV Care in Priority Populations.Journal of CME · 2025Article
- Usual prevention in unusual settings: A scoping review of place-based health interventions in public-facing businesses.PloS one · 2025Article
- Improving Black Maternal Health: Early Implementation Findings from California's Black Infant Health Program.Maternal and child health journal · 2025Article
- Hypertension Management to Reduce Racial/Ethnic Disparities: Clinical and Community-Based Interventions.Current cardiovascular risk reports · 2024Article
- Next generation brain health: transforming global research and public health to promote prevention of dementia and reduce its risk in young adult populations.The lancet. Healthy longevity · 2024Review
- Perceptions of HIV self-testing promotion in black barbershop businesses: implications for equitable engagement of black-owned small businesses for public health programs.BMC public health · 2024Article
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- Community Asset Density and Past-Year Mental Health Symptoms Among Youths.JAMA network open · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundAfrican American adults suffer disproportionately from obesity-related chronic diseases, particularly at younger ages. In order to close the gap in these health disparities, efforts to develop and test culturally appropriate interventions are critical.
methodsA PRISMA-guided systematic review was conducted to identify and critically evaluate health promotion interventions for African Americans delivered in barbershops and hair salons. Subject headings and keywords used to search for synonyms of 'barbershops,' 'hair salons,' and 'African Americans' identified all relevant articles (from inception onwards) from six databases: Academic Search Ultimate, Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Embase, PsycINFO, PubMed, Web of Science (Science Citation Index and Social Sciences Citation Index). Experimental and quasi-experimental studies for adult (> 18 years) African Americans delivered in barbershops and hair salons that evaluated interventions focused on risk reduction/management of obesity-related chronic disease: cardiovascular disease, cancer, and type 2 diabetes were included. Analyses were conducted in 2020.
resultsFourteen studies met criteria for inclusion. Ten studies hosted interventions in a barbershop setting while four took place in hair salons. There was substantial variability among interventions and outcomes with cancer the most commonly studied disease state (n = 7; 50%), followed by hypertension (n = 5; 35.7%). Most reported outcomes were focused on behavior change (n = 10) with only four studies reporting clinical outcomes.
conclusionsHealth promotion interventions delivered in barbershops/hair salons show promise for meeting cancer screening recommendations and managing hypertension in African Americans. More studies are needed that focus on diabetes and obesity and utilize the hair salon as a site for intervention delivery.
trial registrationPROSPERO CRD42020159050 .
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