Table 1.

Study Characteristics

First Author, Year, Ref	Title	Sample Size	Mean Age/ Age Range	SES	Geographic Location	Study Design	Disease State/Focus	Setting
Hess, 2007 [21]	Barbershops as Hypertension Detection, Referral, and Follow-Up Centers for Black Men	n = 94	40–60	mostly insured or have access to public health care system	Dallas, Texas	Non-Randomized Feasibility	Cardiovascular Disease	Barbershop
Hess, 2007 [21]	Barbershops as Hypertension Detection, Referral, and Follow-Up Centers for Black Men	n = 321	40–60	mostly insured or have access to public health care system	Dallas, Texas	Non-Randomized Feasibility	Cardiovascular Disease	Barbershop
Wilson, 2008 [27]	Hair Salon Stylists as Breast Cancer Prevention Lay Health Advisors for African American and Afro-Caribbean Women	n = 1185	38	Not reported	Brooklyn, New York	Cluster Randomized Control Trial	Cancer	Hair Salon
Holt, 2010 [49]	Cancer Awareness in Alternative Settings: Lessons Learned and Evaluation of the Barbershop Men’s Health Project	n = 163	45+	Not reported	Birmingham, Alabama	2 group Pretest-Posttest	Cancer	Barbershop
Johnson, 2010 [20]	Beauty Salon Health Intervention Increases Fruit and Vegetable Consumption in African-American Women	n = 20	18–70	> 50% (11/20) High School Diploma	Rural South Carolina	2 group Pretest-Posttest	Obesity	Hair Salon
Luque, 2011 [50]	Barbershop communications on prostate cancer screening using barber health advisers	n = 40	53	mean education = 14 years, mean household income <$70 k, 78% privately insured	Tampa, Florida	1 group Posttest only	Cancer	Barbershop
Sadler, 2011 [29]	A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial to Increase Breast Cancer Screening Among African American Women: The Black Cosmetologists Promoting Health Program	n = 984	40.6 20–88	mostly college educated (52% some college, 34% complete college)	San Diego, California	Cluster Randomized Control Trial	Cancer	Hair Salon
Victor, 2011 [27]	Effectiveness of a Barber-Based Intervention for Improving Hypertension Control in Black Men	n = 1297	Intervention: 49.5 Control: 51.2	85% middle income and insured	Dallas, Texas	Cluster Randomized Control Trial	Cardiovascular Disease	Barbershop
Odedina, 2014 [51]	Development and assessment of an evidence-based prostate cancer intervention programme for black men: the W.O.R.D. on prostate cancer video	n = 142	50–59	> 50%: <$20 k, H.S. diploma, had insurance, had PCP	Florida	1 group Pretest-Posttest	Cancer	Barbershop
Sadler, 2014 [30]	Lessons learned from The Black Cosmetologists Promoting Health Program: A randomized controlled trial testing a diabetes education program	n = 984	40.6 20–88	mostly college educated (52% some college, 34% complete college)	San Diego, California	Cluster Randomized Control Trial	Type 2 Diabetes	Hair Salon
Frencher, 2016 [52]	PEP Talk: Prostate Education Program, Cutting Through the Uncertainty of Prostate Cancer for Black Men Using Decision Support Instruments in Barbershops	n = 120	40+	majority income<$24 k; uninsured, college or more	South Los Angeles, California	2 group Pretest-Posttest	Cancer	Barbershop
Cole, 2017 [53]	Community-Based, Preclinical Patient Navigation for Colorectal Cancer Screening Among Older Black Men Recruited From Barbershops: The MISTER B Trial	n = 731	57.4 50+	mean annual income = $16,726, 1/3 < High School diploma, ~ 50% unemployed	New York, New York	Randomized Control Trial	Cancer	Barbershop
Victor, 2018 [45]	A Cluster-Randomized Trial of Blood- Pressure Reduction in Black Barbershops	n = 319	Intervention: 54.4 Control: 54.6 35–79	mostly college educated, have regular medical provider and insured	Los Angeles, California	Cluster Randomized Control Trial	Cardiovascular Disease	Barbershop
Victor, 2019 [46]	Sustainability of Blood Pressure Reduction in Black Barbershops	n = 319	I: 54.4 C: 54.6 35–79	mostly college educated, have regular medical provider and insured	Los Angeles, California	Cluster Randomized Control Trial	Cardiovascular Disease	Barbershop