142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

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Clipper Clinic

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Huda Ahmed, M.S , Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
R. Clarence Jones, MEd , Outreach, Southside Community Health Services, Inc., Minneapolis, MN
Clipper Clinic has the primary goal of taking quality health care and evidence based health education to underserved communities.  Research has documented that for the African American community, barbershops and salons are a trusted environment where in depth discussions about personal issues are known to happen. Our collaboration of academic, HMO, community health clinics, and local barbershops located in underserved communities, works together to establish barbershops as champions of their community’s health.  Although Clipper Clinic is currently not a research project, the project is informed by the guiding principles of Community Based Participatory Research, specifically:
  • Facilitating collaborative, equitable involvement of all partners in all phases of program planning
  • Building on community strengths and resources.

The long term goal of clipper clinic is to reduce health inequities in underserved communities. This goal is accomplished by;

1. Fully Engaged Partnerships that breaks down the silos between academic, community clinics, HMO, and community barbershops.

2. Participant Awareness and Knowledge Building by providing biometric screenings, finding a medical home through warm hand referrals to low cost health care resources and providing evidence based health promotion and education.

3. Assessing and Responding to Community Health

A screening results data collection tool and a satisfaction survey were used to asses community need. The events satisfaction evaluation tool showed that 91% (n=189) thought Clipper Clinic was excellent or very good and a useful service.  Screening data indicated the blood pressure screening as being the only one utilized by almost 100% (n=189) of all participants, and that  65% of those had blood pressure numbers that were in the  prehypertension/hypertension range.

As a result of these findings;

  • Funding was secured to design a blood pressure intervention program led by barbers
  •  Due to how well the program has been received by the community and barbers, topics covered have been expanded to include cancer.

Learning Areas:

Administer health education strategies, interventions and programs
Chronic disease management and prevention
Diversity and culture
Implementation of health education strategies, interventions and programs
Public health or related education
Public health or related research

Learning Objectives:
Demonstrate how academia, HMO, Community Clinic, and local community barbershops can collaborate to bring health care services, education, and promotion to underserved communities that are affected by health disparities in Minnesota. Discuss how community needs can drive research agenda through this project Demonstrate how health education, promotion, prevention, and services can be brought and accepted in the barbershop environment

Keyword(s): Accessibility, Community-Based Partnership & Collaboration

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: As a public health practitioner of almost 10 years, I have been working on addressing health disparities through community engagement in the Community Based Organization, government and academic settings. My areas of focus have been addressing health disparities through Policy, Systems, and Environmental change; health care delivery; and research.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.