Barbershops as Venues to Assess and Intervene in HIV/STI Risk Among Young, Heterosexual African American Men

Baker, Jillian Lucas; Brawner, Bridgette M.; Cederbaum, Julie A.; White, Shawn; Davis, Zupenda M.; Brawner, William R.; Jemmott, Loretta Sweet

doi:10.1177/1557988312437239

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“…Formative research was used to determine the feasibility and appropriateness of implementing an intervention in salons or barbershops, 7,9,10,13,16,19–24 assessing customer baseline characteristics, 10,12,17,19,25,26 developing training materials, 8,20 conducting a needs assessment, 27 observing customer–stylist interactions, 28 and assessing stylist–customer relationships. 29 Eight studies used qualitative methods either alone or in combination with a quantitative survey.…”

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“…7,8,16,21,22,27,28,30 Owners approved of implementing an intervention in their shop, 7,10,16 stylists/barbers were comfortable sharing health messages with customers, 18,19,31 and customers were willing to participate in interventions and receive health information in the salon/barbershop. 10,16,19,21,23 Two feasibility studies trained AA barbers to deliver prostate cancer education to customers. 30,32 Both trainings resulted in a significant increase in barber knowledge of prostate cancer and one found that barber knowledge was maintained after 3 months.…”

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A Literature Synthesis of Health Promotion Research in Salons and Barbershops

Linnan

D’Angelo

Harrington

2014

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

118

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Context Barbershops and beauty salons are located in all communities and frequented by diverse groups of people, making them key settings for addressing health disparities. No studies have reviewed the growing body of literature describing studies promoting health in these settings. This review summarized the literature related to promoting health within barbershops and beauty salons to inform future approaches that target diverse populations in similar settings. Evidence Acquisition We identified and reviewed published research articles describing formative research, recruitment, and health-related interventions set in beauty salons and barbershops. PubMed and other secondary search engines were searched in 2010 and again in 2013 for English-language papers indexed from 1990 through August 2013. The search yielded 110 articles, 68 of which were formerly reviewed, and 54 were eligible for inclusion. Evidence Synthesis Included articles were categorized as formative research (n=27), recruitment (n=7), or intervention (n=20). Formative research studies showed that owners, barbers/stylists, and their customers were willing participants, clarifying the feasibility of promoting health in these settings. Recruitment studies demonstrated that salon/shop owners will join research studies and can enroll customers. Among intervention studies, level of stylist/barber involvement was categorized. More than 73.3% of intervention studies demonstrated statistically significant results, targeting mostly racial/ethnic minority groups and focusing on a variety of health topics. Conclusions Barbershops and beauty salons are promising settings for reaching populations most at risk for health disparities. Although these results are encouraging, more rigorous research and evaluation of future salon- and barbershop-based interventions are needed.

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A Literature Synthesis of Health Promotion Research in Salons and Barbershops

Linnan

D’Angelo

Harrington

2014

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

118

107

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“…However, there are conceptual gaps in knowledge about risk factors and susceptibility. Participants strongly agreed that culturally appropriate barbershop-based initiatives could have meaningful impact by offering a diabetes self-care and monitoring program [16, 18, 24-27]. Previous research studies have failed to identify a single modifiable risk factor for diabetes in Black communities.…”

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“…Barbershops are a sort of “country club for Black men” [24]. They are an important channel for health outreach and health promotion targeting Black men [16, 18].…”

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Black Men’s Perceptions and Knowledge of Diabetes: a Church-Affiliated Barbershop Focus Group Study

Balls-Berry

Watson

Kadimpati

et al. 2015

J. Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities

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Background Diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death in the United States and disproportionately affects racial and ethnic minorities. These disparities persist despite educational efforts to reduce the prevalence of diabetes. Receptiveness of educational efforts for Black men needs to be studied. Objective This study assesses Black men’s receptiveness to a barbershop-based program focused on diabetes prevention and awareness in a church-affiliated barbershop in Rochester, Minnesota. Methods The pastor and barber of a church-affiliated barbershop and academic medical researchers designed a community-engaged research study to determine Black men’s perception of diabetes. Recruitment for the 90-minute focus group included flyers (n=60), email, and in-person. Units of analysis included focus-group audio recording, transcripts, and field notes. Using traditional content analysis, we categorized data into themes and sub-themes. Results Thirteen Black men participated (Group 1, n=6; Group 2, n=7) having a mean age of 40.3 years (range 19 to 65), and employed full-time (77%). Themes included diabetes prevention, treatment, prevalence, risks, and health education. Participants identified diet and exercise as essential components of diabetes prevention. Additionally, participants mentioned that family history contributes to diabetes. Participants agreed that barbershops are an appropriate setting for data collection and health education on diabetes for Black men. Discussion/Conclusion Findings indicate that Black men are generally aware of diabetes. The community-engaged research process allowed for development of a culturally appropriate research study on diabetes. This study is the foundation for developing a culturally appropriate health education program on diabetes for Black men.

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“…These theoretical frameworks have been used extensively in whole or in part in sexual health research with adolescents, emerging adults, minority and LGBT populations (Hovell et al 1994; Corcoran 2000; Wilson 2008; Baker et al 2012). By combining an individual behaviour change framework with the socio-ecological model, this study approaches HIV risk behaviour as a multilevel challenge, requiring individual, social and structural interventions.…”

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Social environment and sexual risk-taking among gay and transgender African American youth

Stevens

Bernadini

Jemmott

2013

Culture, Health & Sexuality

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More prevention effort is required as the HIV epidemic increases among gay and transgender African American youth. Using ecological systems theory and an integrative model of behaviour change, this study examines the sexual behaviour of gay and transgender African American young people as embedded within the unique social and structural environments affecting this population. Also examined is the important role played by mobile technology in the social and sexual lives of individuals. Seven focus groups were conducted with 54 African American young adults in a northeastern U.S. city. The findings provide a rich examination of the social and sexual lives of gay and transgender African American youth, focusing on the social environment and the impact of the environment on sexual risk behaviour.

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Barbershops as Venues to Assess and Intervene in HIV/STI Risk Among Young, Heterosexual African American Men

Cited by 29 publications

References 44 publications

A Literature Synthesis of Health Promotion Research in Salons and Barbershops

A Literature Synthesis of Health Promotion Research in Salons and Barbershops

Black Men’s Perceptions and Knowledge of Diabetes: a Church-Affiliated Barbershop Focus Group Study

Social environment and sexual risk-taking among gay and transgender African American youth

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