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Editorial
. 2006 Oct;98(10):1652-3.

Most Black women have a regular source of hair care--but not medical care

Ruth C Browne
Editorial

Most Black women have a regular source of hair care--but not medical care

Ruth C Browne. J Natl Med Assoc. 2006 Oct.

Abstract

In this issue, Brown, Naman, Homel et al. present the results of an innovative community-based health education program that the Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health has conducted in African-American beauty salons since 1996. Black Pearls: The Health and Beauty of the Black Woman is a beauty-salon-based health education and screening program in Brooklyn, NY that has recently been replicated in West Philadelphia, PA.

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