Assistant Professors Schenita Randolph and Ragan Johnson were featured in the Nurse.com article "HIV Prevention Efforts Utilize Salons in Black Communities" by Marcia Frellick. The article discussed a project led by Randolph and Johnson based on Randolph's proposal entitled "A Salon-Based, Multi-level Intervention to Improve PrEP Uptake Among Black Women Living in the United States South."

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Researchers from Duke University School of Nursing in Durham, N.C., are turning to a ubiquitous locale — beauty salons — to help raise HIV prevention awareness among Black women in the South. Salons are often considered safe spaces for intimate conversations.

The numbers highlight the stark need: Black women, who make up 13% of the U.S. population, account for 64% of new HIV infections among U.S. women. They also make up 69% of all new HIV infections in the South, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.