title: Most Black women have a regular source of hair care--but not medical care.
abstract: In this issue, Brown, Naman, Homel et al. present the results of an innovative community-based health education program that the Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health has conducted in African-American beauty salons since 1996. Black Pearls: The Health and Beauty of the Black Woman is a beauty-salon-based health education and screening program in Brooklyn, NY that has recently been replicated in West Philadelphia, PA.
authors.forename: Ruth C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Browne
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American; D001504:Beauty; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health; D014481:United States; D016387:Women's Health / Q000191:economics*