The Jackson Heart Study Community Engagement Center (CEC)

Engages barbershops to provide blood pressure screenings, health education, and referrals, using trusted community spaces to reduce cardiovascular risk and promote healthy behaviors among Black men.

Expands access to cardiovascular screenings, education, and referrals by delivering services directly to communities, increasing reach and supporting early detection and prevention efforts.

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Ensures community voices remain central to CEC's work. Meets quarterly and includes JHS cohort participants, CEC program representatives, CHAN members, and community stakeholders.

Empowers community members to serve as trusted health advocates who share information, promote heart health, and connect people to screenings and resources.

Equips community members with research knowledge and skills to increase participation in public health initiatives.

Partners with faith-based organizations to establish health ministries, deliver cardiovascular screenings and education, and promote healthy lifestyle policies.

Works with housing communities to reduce cardiovascular risk by providing screenings, health education, and referrals for low-income and vulnerable populations.

In partnership with Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., engages members to serve as health ambassadors, promoting cardiovascular health awareness and connecting individuals to screenings and resources.

Engages municipal leaders to create healthier communities through policy, systems, and environmental changes that increase access to physical activity, healthy foods, and tobacco-free spaces.

• Gilmer Grooming Services LLC – Jackson, MS
• Presidential Studios LLC – Jackson, MS
• The Executive Barber College – Jackson, MS
• Superior Barber and Beauty Shop LLC – Ridgeland, MS
• Goat Edition Barbershop – Pickens, MS

• Pearl Street Community Development Corporation, Inc. – Jackson, MS
• New Kingdom MB Church – Jackson, MS
• Greater Antioch Church – Jackson, MS
• Cathedral AME Zion Church – Jackson, MS
• Sweet Rest Church – Pearl, MS

• Town of Edwards | Mayor LeKentric Caston
• City of Byram | Mayor Richard White
• City of Gluckstadt | Mayor Walter C. Morrison, IV
• Town of Pickens | Mayor William Edwards
• City of Canton | Mayor Tim Scott Taylor

• City of Canton Housing Authority
• Central Mississippi Housing & Development Corporation (CMHDC)

• Bolton/Edwards – 2nd Monday, Edwards Community Center / Asbury United Methodist Church
• Canton – 3rd Monday, Canton Public Library
• Jackson – 3rd Monday, Virtual
• Pearl – 4th Monday, Camp Pioneer
• Clinton – 4th Monday, Private residence (105 Los Pueblos Dr.)
• Raymond – 1st Wednesday, Raymond Public Library
• Terry – 2nd Thursday, Ella Bess Austin Library
• Utica – TBA, Evelyn Taylor Majure Library