title: From the Bench to the Barbershop: Community Engagement to Raise Awareness About Community-Acquired Methicillin-ResistantStaphylococcus aureusand Hepatitis C Virus Infection.
abstract: Infectious diseases, such as hepatitis C and community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA), are emerging health issues.
  
  
  
  The CA-MRSA Project (CAMP1) extended its learning collaborative to the barbershop/hair salon settings to increase awareness and prevention of CA-MRSA and hepatitis C infections.
  
  
  
  Education sessions on CA-MRSA and hepatitis C were conducted with 43 estheticians at nine barbershop/hair salons in New York City. All completed pre-post intervention knowledge tests. Low-cost primary care referral cards were also distributed in the CA-MRSA education project.
  
  
  
  Knowledge about CA-MRSA risks (p < .0003) and infection prevention measures (p < .0001), as well as hepatitis C knowledge and prevention (both p < .0001) increased. Nine shops received referral cards (n = 500) and 4% of the cards (n = 19) were distributed to clients. No self-referrals were reported.
  
  
  
  CAMP1 successfully recruited and trained a cadre of estheticians on CA-MRSA and hepatitis C prevention increasing their health knowledge deepening our engagement with the community.
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mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001364:Awareness; D001505:Beauty Culture; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus; D008875:Middle Aged; D009519:New York City; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control*