OBJECTIVE: The authors report the outcomes of a community-based, barber health adviser pilot intervention that aims to develop customized educational materials to promote knowledge and awareness of prostate cancer (CaP) and informed decision making about prostate cancer screening (PCS) among a predominantly African American clientele. METHOD: First, the authors implemented a series of learner verification processes with barbershop clients (n=15) to adapt existing CaP health promotion materials. Following intervention implementation in the barbershop, they conducted structured surveys with barbershop clients (n=40) to evaluate the intervention. RESULTS: Findings from the posttest showed both a significant increase in barbershop clients' self-reported knowledge of CaP and in the likelihood of discussing PCS with a health care provider (p<.001). The client's cultural model of CaP risk factors revealed cultural consensus (eigenratio=3.3) and mirrored the biomedical model. All clients surveyed reported positively on the contents of the educational materials, and more than half (53%) had discussed CaP at least twice with their barber in the last month. CONCLUSION: 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.
OBJECTIVE: The authors report the outcomes of a community-based, barber health adviser pilot intervention that aims to develop customized educational materials to promote knowledge and awareness of prostate cancer (CaP) and informed decision making about prostate cancer screening (PCS) among a predominantly African American clientele. METHOD: First, the authors implemented a series of learner verification processes with barbershop clients (n=15) to adapt existing CaP health promotion materials. Following intervention implementation in the barbershop, they conducted structured surveys with barbershop clients (n=40) to evaluate the intervention. RESULTS: Findings from the posttest showed both a significant increase in barbershop clients' self-reported knowledge of CaP and in the likelihood of discussing PCS with a health care provider (p<.001). The client's cultural model of CaP risk factors revealed cultural consensus (eigenratio=3.3) and mirrored the biomedical model. All clients surveyed reported positively on the contents of the educational materials, and more than half (53%) had discussed CaP at least twice with their barber in the last month. CONCLUSION: 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.
Authors: Peter Briss; Barbara Rimer; Barbara Reilley; Ralph C Coates; Nancy C Lee; Patricia Mullen; Phaedra Corso; Angela B Hutchinson; Robert Hiatt; Jon Kerner; Prethibha George; Cornelia White; Nisha Gandhi; Mona Saraiya; Rosalind Breslow; George Isham; Steven M Teutsch; Alan R Hinman; Robert Lawrence Journal: Am J Prev Med Date: 2004-01 Impact factor: 5.043
Authors: John S Luque; Brian M Rivers; Maisha Kambon; Ronald Brookins; B Lee Green; Cathy D Meade Journal: J Cancer Educ Date: 2010-03 Impact factor: 2.037
Authors: John S Luque; Paul Monaghan; Ricardo B Contreras; Euna August; Julie A Baldwin; Carol A Bryant; Robert J McDermott Journal: Prog Community Health Partnersh Date: 2007
Authors: S P Kim; S J Knight; C Tomori; K M Colella; R A Schoor; L Shih; T M Kuzel; R B Nadler; C L Bennett Journal: Cancer Invest Date: 2001 Impact factor: 2.176
Authors: David E Nelson; Gary L Kreps; Bradford W Hesse; Robert T Croyle; Gordon Willis; Neeraj K Arora; Barbara K Rimer; K V Viswanath; Neil Weinstein; Sara Alden Journal: J Health Commun Date: 2004 Sep-Oct
Authors: Barak Gaster; Kelly Edwards; Susan Brown Trinidad; Thomas H Gallagher; Clarence H Braddock Journal: Ann Intern Med Date: 2010-11-16 Impact factor: 25.391
Authors: Bridgette M Brawner; Jillian Lucas Baker; Jennifer Stewart; Zupenda M Davis; Julie Cederbaum; Loretta Sweet Jemmott Journal: Fam Community Health Date: 2013 Apr-Jun
Authors: John S Luque; Dinorah Martinez Tyson; Shalanda A Bynum; Shalewa Noel-Thomas; Kristen J Wells; Susan T Vadaparampil; Clement K Gwede; Cathy D Meade Journal: Ann Anthropol Pract Date: 2011-11-01