Breast Cancer Awareness with Beauty Salons | Career Development

Posted: Tuesday, May 15th, 2012
Category: Cosmetology

This Mother?s Day, beauty salons in some parts of the U.S. are joining the fight to stamp out breast cancer.

The campaign, close on the heels of news of carcinogenic substances in beauty products, enjoins professional cosmetologists?such as those who have a Kentucky Cosmetology CE or a CosmetologyCampus WI Cosmetology CE, for instance?to participate in spreading breast-cancer awareness.

In the Chicago area, for instance, a ?Mammograms for Mother?s Day? initiative will have nurses from Loyola University Medical Center and Loretto Hospital joining Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford and the senator?s 4th District Gentlemen?s Committee visit 16 beauty salons. Two teams will drop by beauty salons in Austin, Bellwood, Berwyn, Broadview, Forest Park, Oak Park, Westchester and other communities in Lightford?s 4th District.

Nurse educators and some members of the 4th District Gentlemen?s Committee will talk on the importance of regular breast exams and mammograms to cancer detection and prevention and will distribute educational materials to promote breast-cancer awareness among salon workers in hopes that they will help spread the word to their clients.

A study appearing in the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved reported that hair salons ?are a potentially important venue for promotion of health behaviors related to breast cancer detection.?

?Beauty salons are great places to get the word out about breast-cancer prevention and the critical need for early detection,? stressed Sen. Lightford, adding that in helping propagate messages that can save lives, men (referring to 4th District Gentlemen?s Committee) are ?showing their love and concern for the women of our community.?

In return, according to Sen. Lightford?s office, on the day before Father?s Day, women from the 4th District will visit barbershops to talk on and promote prostate-cancer screenings and early detection. Loretto and Loyola nurses will likewise accompany the visiting team.

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