Partnering Medical Students With Barbers to Cut Hypertension in Black Men
| Autor: | Roxanne Dupuis, Lisa M. Lewis, Bridgette M. Brawner, Yoonhee P. Ha, Carolyn C. Cannuscio, Leah Seifu |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty High prevalence AJPH Images of Health Students Medical Extramural business.industry Medical screening education Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health MEDLINE Barbering Community Networks Health equity Black or African American Family medicine General partnership Hypertension medicine Humans Health education Female Hypertension diagnosis business |
| Popis: | The article discusses a partnership between the Student National Medical Association at the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine and barbershops in West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to improve the health of Black men in the community. Topics include health education, health counseling, and medical screening offered to Black men from the community at the barbershops, the high prevalence of hypertension among Black men in the U.S., and medical students' efforts to reduce health disparities. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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