The Brother, You’re on My Mind toolkit provides Omega Psi Phi Fraternity chapters and partners with the materials needed to educate fellow fraternity brothers and community members on depression and stress in African American men. The toolkit also aims to communicate the importance of seeking help for mental health problems and to encourage affected individuals to […]
Salon, Barbershop
Shape Up! Barbers Building Better Brothers: A Sexual Health Intervention for Young Black Males in Philadelphia
With men accounting for two-thirds of new HIV infections among blacks in the U.S., the University of Pennsylvania researchers looked for the best way to reach the population about safe sex. They found the barber’s chairs. The Shape Up! Barbers Building Better Brothers program launched in 2009 as a one-on-one intervention with Philadelphia -area barbers […]
Systematically Targeting AIDS Reduction and Treatment
NNEDLearn 2013 Participant: International Black Women’s Congress Description: The program’s goal is to provide HIV prevention and education to the underserved and hard-to-reach African American community. The agency is located in the oldest, low-income Black community in Norfolk; surrounded by three public housing developments. The agency is staffed by multigenerational, community-based persons who mirror the target […]
Incorporating Community Groups into Depression Care Can Improve Coping among Low-Income Patients
Improving care for depression in low-income communities — places where such help is frequently unavailable or hard to find — provides greater benefits to those in need when community groups such as churches and even barber shops help lead the planning process, according to a study published online by the Journal of General Internal Medicine. […]
HIV Prevention Education through Community Health Educators in Salons
NNEDLearn 2013 Participant: AIDS Care Objective: HIV/STD prevention education through Community Health Educators in Salons Description: Get It Done utilizes African American and Latino barbers and hair dressers as Community Health Educators to provide HIV/STD prevention messages and information about substance abuse and treatment. The program also provides convenient access to HIV Testing, through the use […]
Arkansas Minority Barber & Beauty Shop Health Initiative
The mission of the Arkansas Minority Barber & Beauty Shop Health Initiative is to increase public awareness about heart disease and stroke. The goal is to empower minorities to better understand hypertension prevention and management. This initiative will carry out its mission by incorporating Million Hearts™ which will focus on coordinating and enhancing cardiovascular disease […]