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      JAMA Dermatology: "Hair and Scalp Care in African American Women Who Exercise"
    
      Nielsen: "BLACK IMPACT: CONSUMER CATEGORIES WHERE AFRICAN AMERICANS MOVE MARKETS"
    
      Journal of American Board of Family Medicine: "Primary Care Provider Understanding of Hair Care Maintenance as a Barrier to Physical Activity in African American Women"
    




Hair care can be a barrier to exercise for many Black women, but it doesn't have to be.

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How Our Health Care System Fails Black Women, and What You Can Do to Be a More Empowered Patient

      JAMA Dermatology: "Hair and Scalp Care in African American Women Who Exercise"
    
      Nielsen: "BLACK IMPACT: CONSUMER CATEGORIES WHERE AFRICAN AMERICANS MOVE MARKETS"
    
      Journal of American Board of Family Medicine: "Primary Care Provider Understanding of Hair Care Maintenance as a Barrier to Physical Activity in African American Women"