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Hairstylists Get Serious About Prevention of Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Published in Women's Health Weekly, July 6th, 2000

Atop a candy vending machine in Tom Jacobs' barber shop in Charlotte, North Carolina, sits a glass jar with freebies for customers. But it's not filled with free combs or candy.

Jacobs is giving away condoms.

Customers at LaPorsha's Hair Studio in Charlotte are invited to take as many as they need - part of a program adopted by hairstylists in five North Carolina counties to combat HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases among blacks.

"The barber shop is the kind of place where the guys come in and talk about what's really happening in their lives," said one male LaPorsha customer. "It's not like church where you hold back a...

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