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Barbers Against Prostate Cancer: A Feasibility Study for Training Barbers to Deliver Prostate Cancer Education in an Urban African American Community

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The goal of this pilot study was to assess the feasibility of training barbers to deliver a brief culturally and literacy appropriate prostate cancer educational intervention to urban African American men. Eight barbers received training to deliver a 2-month educational intervention in the barbershop and completed pre- and posttest training assessments. The training workshops led to a significant increase in mean prostate cancer knowledge scores among the barbers (60% before vs. 79% after; P < 0.05). The barbers also reported positively on the intervention in terms of satisfaction and relative ease of engaging clients. Training barbers to deliver a prostate cancer educational intervention is a feasible strategy for raising prostate cancer awareness of the disease among a priority population.

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  1. Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, Georgia Southern University, P.O. Box 8015, Statesboro, GA, 30460, USA

    John S. Luque

  2. Health Outcomes & Behavior, Moffitt Cancer Center, 12902 Magonolia Dr, FOW-EDU, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA

    Brian M. Rivers, Maisha Kambon, B. Lee Green & Cathy D. Meade

  3. Community Health Advocacy Partnership, Tampa, FL, USA

    Ronald Brookins

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This publication was supported by Grant Number 0U01 CA 114627-03S2, from the National Cancer Institute and its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the National Cancer Institute. Presented at the 6th Biennial Conference, Cancer, Culture, & Literacy, Clearwater, Florida, May 16, 2008.

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Luque, J.S., Rivers, B.M., Kambon, M. et al. Barbers Against Prostate Cancer: A Feasibility Study for Training Barbers to Deliver Prostate Cancer Education in an Urban African American Community. J Canc Educ 25, 96–100 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-009-0021-1

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