Fayetteville barbers have joined with health officials to inform their customers about the risks of prostate cancer. Cumberland County is one of seven counties in North Carolina with a prostate cancer rate higher than the national average. Barber shops serve as a social hub for many minority communities. Officials hope a barber's suggestion will motivate customers to get a prostate-cancer test. Douglas Dolberry of the Konnecte Kut Barber shop in Fayetteville, says the response so far has been great.
Douglas Dolberry:" It's just amazing how people start to talk once someone knows that the person they're sitting beside is experiencing it. It's ironic how it turns into a brush fire, everyone starts to talk about it."
More than 200,000 Americans were diagnosed with prostate cancer last year. African Americans are twice as likely to die from the disease.
