Screening for hypertension at the hairdresser: a feasibility study in France and Morocco

• Published in: Blood pressure Vol. 29; no. 4; pp. 202 - 208
• Main Authors: Boivin, J. M., Risse, J., Laurière, E., Burnier, M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Taylor & Francis 03.07.2020; Taylor & Francis Group
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Barbering; Beauty Culture; Blood Pressure; Blood Pressure Determination; Cardiology and cardiovascular system; Community Health Services; control rate; Diagnostic Screening Programs; Feasibility Studies; Female; France; Human health and pathology; Humans; Hypertension; Hypertension - diagnosis; Hypertension - physiopathology; Life Sciences; low-income; Male; Middle Aged; Morocco; North Africa; Patient Acceptance of Health Care; Predictive Value of Tests; prevalence; Prospective Studies; screening; Young Adult; Morocco; France; Hypertension; prevalence; control rate; screening; North Africa; low-income; lowincome

Purpose: Worldwide, hypertension awareness remains largely insufficient. This is particularly true in some population subgroups with a low socioeconomic status or in young adults who have limited interactions with healthcare systems. Performing Blood Pressure (BP) screening in non-conventional setti...