Barber Shops Offering Blood Pressure Checks
Black men have the highest risk of developing high blood pressure in America. That's why this black-owned barber shop is offering blood pressure checks to help prevent heart attacks and strokes.
Trims and Blood Pressure Checks at Local Barbershops
Black men have the highest risk of developing high blood pressure in the U.S. to fight the problem; some barbershops in predominantly black communities are offering blood pressure health checks to prevent heart attacks and strokes. Eric Muhammad is the owner of A New You Barber & Beauty Salon in Inglewood, California.
“The problem with hypertension is it's the silent killer. So, you don't feel any symptoms. Knowing what your blood pressure is monumental in your effect of trying to bring your blood pressure down. Because if you don't know it's high, you don't know to bring it down. Clients are coming to the barber shop a lot more frequently than they're going to their doctor. Most clients, on average, would come to the barbershop at least twice a month, if not every week. No one sees their doctor that often. If black men knew that that was the number one cause of death, then maybe they would [check]. And it was something that was treatable, and is something that is easily treatable, something that's affordably treatable, something that's naturally treatable. I would hope that the mass majority of them would choose life over death.”
The death of filmmaker John Singleton from a stroke at 51 drew attention to the deadly impact of hypertension health. Singleton's family is urging members of the black community to check their blood pressure regularly. Muhammad first offered screenings as part of a program in L.A. by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and the National Institutes of Health. Barbershops worked with pharmacists and doctors to lower the blood pressure of clients with hypertension.
Men treated under the program reduced their systolic blood pressure by an average of 20 points. Its success supports solution community relation-based approaches to health care.
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130 comments
Brooks P.
09/21/2019 20:38Good job!
Ahsan I.
07/01/2019 03:34he looks like you visit him and give some tips how you make people laugh without any Reason. It will supliment his job
Ahsan I.
07/01/2019 03:32see him
Emma A.
07/01/2019 03:27Buen dato DLB SIEMPRE
Hasina A.
07/01/2019 03:24Allah bless you so nice you brother.
Mamie Y.
07/01/2019 03:20Good initiative.
Royel M.
07/01/2019 03:02Great Great
Robin W.
07/01/2019 02:31Our salons also should do this
Nishat A.
06/29/2019 15:14May ALLAH bless you brother.
Afnan A.
06/28/2019 09:55Eat less chicken
Waleed M.
06/27/2019 22:18فكره رائعه جدا بس عثهل ياتري سيكون منها نسخه عربيه
Darmawan H.
06/25/2019 01:55And brother is in the right religion that helps control blood pressure with the regularly fasting ritual, but not all the believers really commit to do it.
Senén B.
06/24/2019 22:02Lucky they are!
صفيان ت.
06/23/2019 13:42الله
MaNeam M.
06/23/2019 01:12مو يشبه سعد؟
Blanca C.
06/22/2019 20:45Felicitaciones a este señor por su labor en la salud.
ايمن م.
06/22/2019 16:16كيف يعني
Abdi A.
06/22/2019 13:11Allah bless you brother. 👍
Liban D.
06/22/2019 12:51Magnificent job and every society needs to follow this path in order to check everyone's health before considering doing something to the body
Tayeb P.
06/21/2019 21:08تحفيفة تاع 5 الاف ودارو عليه فيديو عالمي