Clean Beauty in Newark, NJ

Rutgers The State University of New Jersey

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Health Disparities; Education

Treatments: Behavioral: Chemical Exposure Prevention

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT07216898

P30ES005022 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Pro2025001147

Details and patient eligibility

About

Every day, consumers use personal care products containing thousands of manmade chemicals. Growing evidence suggests that personal care products specifically marketed to Black women (e.g., hair straighteners and oils, skin lighteners) often contain potentially hazardous chemicals that can interfere with hormones or increase cancer risks. This research focuses on how the investigators can educate and activate community members in Newark, NJ to reduce disparities in exposures occurring through hair products. Leveraging educational clean beauty events hosted by collaborators at Clean Water Action, the investigators will administer surveys on hair product use and attitudes immediately before and after a clean beauty educational intervention. Participants will also complete surveys 3 months post-event to examine any changes in attitudes or behaviors around hair products and their use and safety.

Full description

The investigators will evaluate hair product perceptions, knowledge, and use among community members before and after an educational intervention. At the beginning of Clean Beauty events hosted by Clean Water Action, the investigators will collect survey data on hair product use as well as knowledge and perceptions around product safety from attendees. The investigators will administer a post-workshop survey to evaluate changes in knowledge and perceptions from pre- to post-workshop. Three months after the workshop, the investigators will distribute a follow-up survey to examine whether the intervention had sustained impacts on hair product perceptions, knowledge, or use.

Enrollment: 120 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Attendees of clean beauty events hosted by Clean Water Action, age 18 and older

Exclusion criteria

• Not applicable

Trial design

120 participants in 1 patient group

Clean Beauty Event Attendees

Description:

Participants in clean beauty events will be educated on the risks of toxic chemicals in personal care products and safer alternatives. They will be invited to provide information on their personal care product use and buying habits immediately before and after the educational events. Three months after the events, participants will complete surveys on any sustained changes in product use behaviors.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Chemical Exposure Prevention