Community-Based Hemoglobin A1C Testing in Barbershops to Identify Black Men With Undiagnosed Diabetes

Marcela Osorio; Joseph E Ravenell; Mary A Sevick; Yonathan Ararso; Ta'Loria Young; Stephen P Wall; David C Lee

doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.6867

Community-Based Hemoglobin A1C Testing in Barbershops to Identify Black Men With Undiagnosed Diabetes

JAMA Intern Med. 2020 Apr 1;180(4):596-597. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.6867.

Authors

Marcela Osorio¹, Joseph E Ravenell², Mary A Sevick², Yonathan Ararso¹, Ta'Loria Young³, Stephen P Wall², David C Lee^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Ronald O. Perelman Department of Emergency Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York.
² Department of Population Health, New York University School of Medicine, New York.
³ Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, New York, New York.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study evaluates the use of hemoglobin A_1c testing at barbershops owned by black individuals for timely diagnosis of diabetes among black men and suggests appropriate methods for care.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Barbering
Black or African American*
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / diagnosis*
Glycated Hemoglobin / analysis*
Humans
Male
Mass Screening / methods
Middle Aged
New York City
Prediabetic State / diagnosis
United States

Substances

Glycated Hemoglobin A

Grants and funding

K23 DK110316/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States