Assessing organizational readiness for the Clean Cuts and Sharp Minds Collective: a barbershop health promotion network.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Black men have among the lowest life expectancy in the United States. Alarmingly, these men are underrepresented in health promotion efforts. There are well-documented barriers to recruiting and retaining Black men in health promotion efforts, such as exclusionary research practices - many researchers may be hesitant to reach Black men in culturally unique spaces, such as barbershops. Despite these practices, qualitative research among Black men unanimously find that Black men are interested in health promotion efforts. The Clean Cuts and Sharp Minds Collective (CCSMC) was designed to bridge this gap. The objectives of the CCSMC are to train barbers to be lay advocates for their clients, train barbers to be research partners, and serve as a nexus between barbers interest

SUBMITTER: Wippold GM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11022399 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature