Health Disparities

Health Disparities

Native Americans and African Americans in particular die from prostate cancer more than any other group in North Carolina. But African-American women too, struggle with high rates of breast cancer. Host Anita Brown-Graham first looks at a unique partnership of local barbers in Edgecombe County working to increase prostate cancer awareness.

Digital Extra 1: Edgecombe County barbers spread Prostate Cancer awareness

Digital Extra 2:More African-American women are fighting breast cancer

ncIMPACT looks at how 42 percent more African-American women die from breast cancer than white women.

Overcoming Health Disparities: For More Information 

• The Challenge – What is the problem communities are facing?  

• North Carolina Institute of Medicine—Racial Differences in Prostate Cancer (page 130-135) 
• CDC report details health disparities between rural minorities 

• Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities In North Carolina—North Carolina Health Equity Report 2018 

• The Solution – What is the innovative solution we want to highlight? 

• Vidant Edgecombe Hospital Cancer Care 2017 Report to the Community—Edgecombe County Barbershop Partnership on Page 4 
• In Focus: Reducing Racial Disparities in Health Care by Confronting Racism 

• The Players – Who did what to make the innovative solution work in the community?  

• Edgecombe County Barbershop Partnership – Real Men Get Checked: One community’s effort to increase prostate screening 
• Vidant Edgecombe Hospital  

• The Promise – Why do we think this solution holds promise for other communities?  

• Health from a Trusted Source: Barbershops Bring Health Services to African American Men (Maryland)  
• Barbers start mental health conversations with clients (Arkansas)  

• Barbershop interventions improving health outcomes: Studies support community involvement 
• A Little Healthcare with your Haircut? (Wilson, NC)