Using Community-Based Participatory Research Methods to Reach Women With Health Messages: Results From the North Carolina BEAUTY and Health Pilot Project

This pilot study used a community-based participatory research approach to recruit and train five licensed cosmetologists from two beauty salons to deliver health promotion messages to their customers. Stylists attended a 4-hr workshop to develop skills for delivering targeted health messages. Educa...

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Published in:Health promotion practice 2005-04, Vol.6 (2), p.164-173
Main Authors: Linnan, Laura A., Ferguson, Yvonne Owens, Wasilewski, Yvonne, Lee, Ann Marie, Yang, Jingzhen, Solomon, Felicia, Katz, Mira
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Beauty Culture
Community Participation
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Health Promotion - methods
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Neoplasms - prevention & control
North Carolina
Pilot Projects
Women's Health Services
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Summary:This pilot study used a community-based participatory research approach to recruit and train five licensed cosmetologists from two beauty salons to deliver health promotion messages to their customers. Stylists attended a 4-hr workshop to develop skills for delivering targeted health messages. Educational displays in the salons reinforced these messages. Qualitative and quantitative methods assessed satisfaction, readiness to change, and self-reported health behavior changes in customers immediately postintervention and at 12 months. Trained stylists reported they would continue delivering health messages after the 7-week pilot was completed; 81% of customers read the educational displays, and 86% of customers talked with their cosmetologist about the Bringing Education and Understanding to You Project. At 12 months, 55% of customers reported making changes in their health because of the conversations they had with their cosmetologist. Customers who spoke more often with their cosmetologists about health also reported a higher percentage of self-reported behavior changes. It appears that trained licensed cosmetologists are effective in promoting health messages to their customers.
ISSN:1524-8399
1552-6372
DOI:10.1177/1524839903259497