TY - JOUR
T1 - (Re)framing health literacy
T2 - Transforming the culture of health in the black barbershop
AU - Davis, Olga
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Health literacy, a barrier to addressing health disparities in Black communities, is exacerbated by a history of healthcare maltreatment, poorly informed partipation in experimentation, and a perception of unethical medical behavior. Black communities have employed oral tradition to address health; integrating public health (Ctaliennes into communication within socio cultural spaces of blackness, lilack barbers are redefining roles and spaces, recrafting discourse about healthcare among, Black men. The Barbershop Hypertension Screening Program is designed to increase health literacy and knowledge of Black males through high blood pressure screening and referrals, This project illuminates the role of Black barbers in transforming this emancipatory space to encompass health education and empowerment.
AB - Health literacy, a barrier to addressing health disparities in Black communities, is exacerbated by a history of healthcare maltreatment, poorly informed partipation in experimentation, and a perception of unethical medical behavior. Black communities have employed oral tradition to address health; integrating public health (Ctaliennes into communication within socio cultural spaces of blackness, lilack barbers are redefining roles and spaces, recrafting discourse about healthcare among, Black men. The Barbershop Hypertension Screening Program is designed to increase health literacy and knowledge of Black males through high blood pressure screening and referrals, This project illuminates the role of Black barbers in transforming this emancipatory space to encompass health education and empowerment.
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84888214803
SN - 0197-4327
VL - 35
SP - 176
EP - 186
JO - Western Journal of Black Studies
JF - Western Journal of Black Studies
IS - 3
ER -