Barbershop Study Lowers Blood Pressure in Black Men

A Cluster-Randomized Trial of Blood-Pressure Reduction in Black ...

Among black male barbershop patrons with uncontrolled hypertension, health promotion by barbers resulted in larger blood-pressure reduction ...

Barbershop-based health intervention effective in lowering high ...

African-American men successfully lowered their high blood pressure to healthy levels through a novel project that paired local barbers with ...

Sustainability of Blood Pressure Reduction in Black Barbershops

Among black male barbershop patrons with uncontrolled hypertension, health promotion by barbers resulted in large and sustained BP reduction over 12 months.

Blood pressure interventions at barbershops prove cost effective

With the help of pharmacists at barbershops, men received health information and prescriptions to lower their systolic blood pressure. Their ...

Update: Cedars-Sinai's L.A. Barbershop Study

In their phone interviews, barbershop study participants said they had struggled to form healthy habits—especially proper diet, exercise, and ...

Black Barbershops Are Highly Cost-Effective Sites for Blood ...

Programs that bring pharmacists into Black-owned barbershops could dramatically improve hypertension control and reduce heart disease ...

Barbershop-Based Healthcare Study Lowers High Blood Pressure ...

African-American men lowered their high blood pressure to healthy levels when aided by a pharmacist and their barber, according to a new ...

Barbershop-Based Intervention Leads to Blood Pressure ...

A unique study that combined barbershop-based health outreach with the delivery of care onsite by a specialty-trained pharmacist resulted in significantly ...

Saving Lives, Lowering Costs | Harvard Medical School

In a 2018 randomized trial called the Los Angeles Barbershop Blood Pressure Study (LABBPS), barbers were trained to screen their Black male ...

Barbershop study sustainably reduces blood pressure for black men ...

Barbershop study sustainably reduces blood pressure for black men and expands to Nashville.

Here's how black barbershops could save lives and millions in ...

But men who took part in a barbershop study in Los Angeles were able to reduce theirs by an average of 21 points more than the control group.

Effectiveness of a Barber-Based Intervention for Improving ...

Background Barbershop-based hypertension (HTN) outreach programs for black men are becoming increasingly common, but whether they are an ...

Blood Pressure Reduction in Black Barbershops - Wiki Journal Club

In non-hispanic black men with uncontrolled hypertension, community-based (barbershop targeted) pharmacist-directed intervention was superior to ...

How barbershops could help lower blood pressure - CNN

Providing blood pressure monitoring and health services in black-owned barbershops resulted in significant blood pressure reductions among ...

Scaling Up Pharmacist-Led Blood Pressure Control Programs in ...

A barbershop-based, pharmacist-led blood pressure (BP) control program significantly improved hypertension control among Black men in the Los ...

Hair isn't the only thing getting trimmed at these black barbershops

Barbershops in the African-American community could help men reduce and control their blood pressure, according to a new study.

Cutting hair and blood pressure: How black barbershops can save ...

Turns out, a comfortable, straight-back barber's chair, with footrests and arms at heart level, may be the perfect place to measure blood ...

Why Barbershops May Be Key to Improving Black Men's Health | TIME

A study of African-American men in Los Angeles found that stationing pharmacists inside barbershops helped improve blood pressure.

Take a little off the top: How visits to the barbershop helped reduce ...

The study found that when a group of African American men with untreated high blood pressure got a screening and a friendly nudge from their ...

How barbershops can help trim high blood pressure in black men

Barbershops could significantly lower high blood pressure in black men in the United States. A new study shows a pharmacist-led program led ...