John S. Luque|Levi Ross|Clement K. Gwede
Qualitative Systematic Review of Barber-Administered Health Education, Promotion, Screening and Outreach Programs in African-American Communities
Georgia Southern University|Georgia Southern University|Moffitt Cancer Center
barbershop portrayed culturally appropriate venue reaching black men health information preventive health screenings overcome institutional sociocultural barriers purpose review synthesize peerreviewed literature barbershopbased health programs provide lessons learned researchers practitioners literature search conducted identify articles review inclusion criteria specified studies based united states reported research barbers either assessed feasibility participation recruited administer health educationscreening outreach research activities literature search produced 901 unique bibliographic records peerreviewed publications eliminating articles meeting inclusion criteria 35 articles remained fulltext review final article sample consisted 16 articles complete abstraction assess characteristics studies role training barbers outcomes targeted effectiveness key findings barbershopbased studies reviewed targeted black men urban settings common study designs crosssectional studies feasibility studies needs assessments oneshot case studies barber administered interventions addressed primarily prostate cancer hypertension barbers provided health education screening referrals health care nonintervention studies focused mostly surveying interviewing barbers assessing feasibility future interventions barbershops culturally appropriate venue disseminating health education materials print media formats barbershops also acceptable venues training barbers conduct education screening studies barbers received training knowledge various health conditions increased significantly knowledge gains sustained time also able increase knowledge promote positive health behaviors among customers outcomes variable consistently documented