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

• Published in: The New England journal of medicine Vol. 378; no. 14; pp. 1291 - 1301
• Main Authors: Victor, Ronald G, Lynch, Kathleen, Li, Ning, Blyler, Ciantel, Muhammad, Eric, Handler, Joel, Brettler, Jeffrey, Rashid, Mohamad, Hsu, Brent, Foxx-Drew, Davontae, Moy, Norma, Reid, Anthony E, Elashoff, Robert M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Massachusetts Medical Society 05.04.2018
• Subjects: African Americans; Antihypertensive Agents - therapeutic use; Barbering; Blood pressure; Blood Pressure - drug effects; Chemotherapy; Cluster analysis; Cohort Studies; Collaboration; Drug therapy; Drug Therapy, Combination; Evidence-based medicine; Health promotion; Health Promotion - methods; Health Promotion - statistics & numerical data; Humans; Hypertension; Hypertension - drug therapy; Hypertension - ethnology; Hypertension - therapy; Intervention; Life Style; Male; Men; Middle Aged; Pharmacists; Self Report; Socioeconomic Factors; Los Angeles California; United States > US

In this trial involving black male barbershop patrons with uncontrolled hypertension, health promotion by barbers resulted in larger blood-pressure reduction when coupled with medication management in barbershops by specialty-trained pharmacists.