John S. Luque|Brian M. Rivers|Clement K. Gwede|Maisha Kambon|B. Lee Green|Cathy D. Meade
Barbershop Communications on Prostate Cancer Screening Using Barber Health Advisers
Georgia Southern University|Moffitt Cancer Center|Moffitt Cancer Center|Moffitt Cancer Center|Moffitt Cancer Center|Moffitt Cancer Center
objective authors report outcomes communitybased barber health adviser pilot intervention aims develop customized educational materials promote knowledge awareness prostate cancer cap informed decision making prostate cancer screening pcs among predominantly african american clientele method first authors implemented series learner verification processes barbershop clients n 15 adapt existing cap health promotion materials following intervention implementation barbershop conducted structured surveys barbershop clients n 40 evaluate intervention results findings posttest showed significant increase barbershop clients selfreported knowledge cap likelihood discussing pcs health care provider p lt 001 clients cultural model cap risk factors revealed cultural consensus eigenratio 33 mirrored biomedical model clients surveyed reported positively contents educational materials half 53 discussed cap least twice barber last month conclusion based pilot results barberadministered intervention appropriate viable communication channel promoting cap knowledge awareness priority population african american men