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Pepe, Margaret V. – Health Education (Washington D.C.), 1989
Offering hypertension screening within the Black community in a convenient, nonthreatening environment can aid in reduction of morbidity and mortality attributable to high blood pressure in Black men. This article describes a successful pilot program which used volunteer barbers to perform on-site hypertension screening for their customers. (IAH)
Descriptors: Adults, Barbers, Blacks, Health Programs

Cheadle, Allen; And Others – American Journal of Public Health, 1990
Describes pilot test of survey of grocery store product displays to measure the amount of health education information provided and the proportion of the display devoted to "healthier" products. Finds that inter-rate reliability ranged between 0.73 and 0.78 for the healthiness indices and between 0.30 and 0.67 for the health education measures.…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Food Stores, Health Programs, Health Promotion