Long-form Educational Videos for Your Shop:
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Please note: there are many variances in screening guidelines. It is generally agreed that, for the individual man who is interested in taking responsibility for this health and longevity, a baseline risk assessment for cardiovascular disease & cancer in his 40s may be prudent.
Order Print Resources for Your Shop:
Performance Package Upgrades:
A resource to practice for when things get a little heavy in the chair:
Public Service Announcements:
Prostate Cancer Related Barber Shop Initiative Tracker
- Cumberland - Healthy Carolinians (circa 2011), Healthy Conversations, & Grow Your Own Way: Cuts & Conversations pilot site.
- Durham - Black Men's Health Initiative (BMHI) Barbers/Brothers Against Prostate Cancer (B.A.P. CapTM) Trimming Prostate Cancer in North Carolina work (circa 2000), The Prostate Net® Barbershop Initiative®, also known as "Going to the Barber Shop to Fight Prostate Cancer" (circa 2004), Grow Your Own Way: Cuts & Conversations pilot site.
- Edgecombe - Edgecombe County Barbershop Partnership.
- Halifax - Walt's Diversity Barber Shop.
- Onslow - Grow Your Own Way: Cuts & Conversations pilot site.
- Scotland - Grow Your Own Way: Cuts & Conversations pilot site.
- Wake - Black Men's Health Initiative (BMHI) Barbers/Brothers Against Prostate Cancer (B.A.P. CapTM) Trimming Prostate Cancer in North Carolina work (circa 2000), The Prostate Net® Barbershop Initiative®, also known as "Going to the Barber Shop to Fight Prostate Cancer" (circa 2004), the North Carolina Minority Prostate Cancer Awareness Action Team's "Barber Shop Saturdays" whereby the team would personally deliver prostate health literature and videos to participating barber shops throughout the Raleigh area on Saturdays throughout September, Prostate Cancer Awareness Month (currently inactive).
- Wilson - DiFrent Level Barber Studio participated in an experiment to deliver telehealth services and help determine whether community-based telehealth programs can increase broadband access for underserved communities.
For Potential Research Partners
Grow Your Own Way: Cuts & Conversation, next steps/study ideas:
Published References & Abstracts:
Rose, John & Linnan, Laura & Carlisle, Veronica & Li, Jiang & Diggs, Pamela. (2007). North Carolina Trimming Risk in Men (TRIM) Project: Formative research to assess the potential for promoting cancer prevention in Black barbershops.
Abstract: Health-related conversations in shops are not common, but barbers report high comfort levels discussing health topics with customers. Pilot barber training workshops produced desired changes in participant knowledge and self-efficacy to deliver cancer prevention messages. Barbershops have high potential for reaching large numbers of Black men with vital information to help them make informed decisions about prostate and colorectal cancer screening to reduce their risks for cancer.
Holt, C.L., Wynn, T.A., Lewis, I., Litaker, M.S., Jeames, S., Huckaby, F., Stroud, L., Southward, P.L., Simons, V., Lee, C., Ross, L. and Mitchell, T. (2009), "Development of a barbershop‐based cancer communication intervention", Health Education, Vol. 109 No. 3, pp. 213-225. https://doi.org/10.1108/09654280910955557
Abstract: The advisory panel, focus groups, and interviews provide key recommendations for core content, intervention structure, and evaluation strategies. The men suggest a variety of things they want to know about prostate cancer, however the perceived need for CRC information is much broader, suggesting a knowledge gap. The men prefer print materials that are brief, use graphics of real African‐American men, and provide a telephone number they can call for additional information.
Simons, V. Going to the Barbershop: Enhancing Men's Health in a Minority Community Setting. AUANews, 2009, Vol 14, Issue 4, p35.
Abstract: The initiative will make use of barbershops in African American communities to educate African American men about prostate cancer. It is asserted that the initiative was successful in informing people who were at high risk.
Releford BJ, Frencher SK Jr, Yancey AK. Health promotion in barbershops: balancing outreach and research in African American communities. Ethn Dis. 2010 Spring;20(2):185-8. PMID: 20503901; PMCID: PMC4244298.
Abstract: Promoting health and preventing illness among African American men, who die disproportionately from preventable diseases, is a challenging health disparity that has seen limited progress. However, focusing our efforts in places outside of traditional clinical and community settings such as the barbershop has shown promise for ameliorating these disparities. In particular, barbershop-based health promotion as conducted by the Black Barbershop Health Outreach Program has successfully reached nearly 10,000 men nationwide through a grassroots, volunteer-driven effort. At the same time, researchers have begun to conduct formal clinical trials in barbershops in order to explore interventions targeting this at-risk population. Herein, we describe, in brief a review of barbershop-based health promotion and the experience of this novel community-based organization. We argue for continuing to integrate evaluation and research using community-partnered principles into successful grassroots initiatives without dulling the practical impact of these programs is a crucial next step as we move beyond simply acknowledging health disparities and seek to find solutions.
Luque, John & Rivers, Brian & Gwede, Clement & Kambon, Maisha & Green, B Lee & Meade, Cathy. (2011). Barbershop Communications on Prostate Cancer Screening Using Barber Health Advisers. American journal of men's health. 5. 129-39. 10.1177/1557988310365167.
Abstract: Based on the pilot results, the barber-administered intervention was an appropriate and viable communication channel for promoting CaP knowledge and awareness in a priority population, African American men.
Luque JS, Ross L, Gwede CK. Qualitative systematic review of barber-administered health education, promotion, screening and outreach programs in African-American communities. J Community Health. 2014 Feb;39(1):181-90. doi: 10.1007/s10900-013-9744-3. PMID: 23913106; PMCID: PMC3947222.
Abstract: Barbershops are a culturally appropriate venue for disseminating health education materials in both print and media formats. Barbershops are also acceptable venues for training barbers to conduct education and screening. In studies where barbers received training, their knowledge of various health conditions increased significantly and knowledge gains were sustained over time. They were also able to increase knowledge and promote positive health behaviors among their customers, but these outcomes were variable and not consistently documented.
Laura A. Linnan, Heather D’Angelo, Cherise B. Harrington, A. Literature Synthesis of Health Promotion Research in Salons and Barbershops. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Volume 47, Issue 1, 2014, pages 77-85.
Abstract: 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.
- Mental Health First Aid Training for barbers. Comparative Effectiveness Research to assess comfort delivering prostate cancer awareness information with or without MHFA training and/or receptiveness of other health information by clients of MHFA trained barbers.
- Grow Your Own Way: GROW-VEMBER community service project/public health experience for students.
Published References & Abstracts:
Rose, John & Linnan, Laura & Carlisle, Veronica & Li, Jiang & Diggs, Pamela. (2007). North Carolina Trimming Risk in Men (TRIM) Project: Formative research to assess the potential for promoting cancer prevention in Black barbershops.
Abstract: Health-related conversations in shops are not common, but barbers report high comfort levels discussing health topics with customers. Pilot barber training workshops produced desired changes in participant knowledge and self-efficacy to deliver cancer prevention messages. Barbershops have high potential for reaching large numbers of Black men with vital information to help them make informed decisions about prostate and colorectal cancer screening to reduce their risks for cancer.
Holt, C.L., Wynn, T.A., Lewis, I., Litaker, M.S., Jeames, S., Huckaby, F., Stroud, L., Southward, P.L., Simons, V., Lee, C., Ross, L. and Mitchell, T. (2009), "Development of a barbershop‐based cancer communication intervention", Health Education, Vol. 109 No. 3, pp. 213-225. https://doi.org/10.1108/09654280910955557
Abstract: The advisory panel, focus groups, and interviews provide key recommendations for core content, intervention structure, and evaluation strategies. The men suggest a variety of things they want to know about prostate cancer, however the perceived need for CRC information is much broader, suggesting a knowledge gap. The men prefer print materials that are brief, use graphics of real African‐American men, and provide a telephone number they can call for additional information.
Simons, V. Going to the Barbershop: Enhancing Men's Health in a Minority Community Setting. AUANews, 2009, Vol 14, Issue 4, p35.
Abstract: The initiative will make use of barbershops in African American communities to educate African American men about prostate cancer. It is asserted that the initiative was successful in informing people who were at high risk.
Releford BJ, Frencher SK Jr, Yancey AK. Health promotion in barbershops: balancing outreach and research in African American communities. Ethn Dis. 2010 Spring;20(2):185-8. PMID: 20503901; PMCID: PMC4244298.
Abstract: Promoting health and preventing illness among African American men, who die disproportionately from preventable diseases, is a challenging health disparity that has seen limited progress. However, focusing our efforts in places outside of traditional clinical and community settings such as the barbershop has shown promise for ameliorating these disparities. In particular, barbershop-based health promotion as conducted by the Black Barbershop Health Outreach Program has successfully reached nearly 10,000 men nationwide through a grassroots, volunteer-driven effort. At the same time, researchers have begun to conduct formal clinical trials in barbershops in order to explore interventions targeting this at-risk population. Herein, we describe, in brief a review of barbershop-based health promotion and the experience of this novel community-based organization. We argue for continuing to integrate evaluation and research using community-partnered principles into successful grassroots initiatives without dulling the practical impact of these programs is a crucial next step as we move beyond simply acknowledging health disparities and seek to find solutions.
Luque, John & Rivers, Brian & Gwede, Clement & Kambon, Maisha & Green, B Lee & Meade, Cathy. (2011). Barbershop Communications on Prostate Cancer Screening Using Barber Health Advisers. American journal of men's health. 5. 129-39. 10.1177/1557988310365167.
Abstract: Based on the pilot results, the barber-administered intervention was an appropriate and viable communication channel for promoting CaP knowledge and awareness in a priority population, African American men.
Luque JS, Ross L, Gwede CK. Qualitative systematic review of barber-administered health education, promotion, screening and outreach programs in African-American communities. J Community Health. 2014 Feb;39(1):181-90. doi: 10.1007/s10900-013-9744-3. PMID: 23913106; PMCID: PMC3947222.
Abstract: Barbershops are a culturally appropriate venue for disseminating health education materials in both print and media formats. Barbershops are also acceptable venues for training barbers to conduct education and screening. In studies where barbers received training, their knowledge of various health conditions increased significantly and knowledge gains were sustained over time. They were also able to increase knowledge and promote positive health behaviors among their customers, but these outcomes were variable and not consistently documented.
Laura A. Linnan, Heather D’Angelo, Cherise B. Harrington, A. Literature Synthesis of Health Promotion Research in Salons and Barbershops. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Volume 47, Issue 1, 2014, pages 77-85.
Abstract: 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.