Beauty and barber shops provide an excellent opportunity to reach men and women of all ages in a friendly, familiar, and comfortable environment. This initiative utilized the salon as a venue to expand awareness regarding women's and men's health and wellness issues. The initiative provided beauty salon owners with resources and skills to improve the health of the clients they serve by improving one’s sense of well-being. This initiative extended the concept of personal beauty to include overall health and wellness. The initiative focused primarily on breast and cervical cancer prevention and screening. However, the initiative also addressed general men and women’s health concerns, including exercise and nutrition.

Contact

Dr. Cynthia (Cee) Barnes Boyd, RN, PhD, FAAN
312.996.7963
cboyd@uic.edu

Program Dates

2003 - 2007

Partners - UIC

   • National Center of Excellence in Women's Health/Center of Excellence

Partners - Community

   • Guys and Dolls Salon (Austin Community)
   • Destiny’s Creative Hair Designs (Park Manor Community)
   • Sister Locs (South Shore Community)
   • II Kilos
   • Beauty and Barber Shop (North Lawndale Community)
   • Franchie Barnes’ House Calls

Past and Present Investors

   • Johnson and Johnson & Office of Women's Health through National Center
     of Excellence in Women's Health
   • Illinois Department of Health Services
   • UIC Office of Community Engagement and Neighborhood Health Partnerships