Hair Cut Check Up

From: Tanya Ott
Length: 05:07

African American women die of breast cancer at much higher rates than other women, but a unique program is turning African American hair dressers into breast cancer educators. Read the full description.

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Playing: Hair Cut Check Up
From: Tanya Ott

Haircutcheckup_small African Americans die from cancer at proportionally higher rates that whites or Latinos. And that has health care workers looking for new ways to reach African Americans with messages about prevention. In Birmingham, Alabama - a one-of-a-kind program takes that message to an unlikely place? as Tanya Ott (TAWN-yuh AWT) reports.

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African Americans die from cancer at proportionally higher rates that whites or Latinos. And that has health care workers looking for new ways to reach African Americans with messages about prevention. In Birmingham, Alabama - a one-of-a-kind program takes that message to an unlikely place? as Tanya Ott (TAWN-yuh AWT) reports.