Among the subjects claiming to be normotensive or who did not know their hypertension status, 31.7 had a BP 135 85 mmHg. Only 42 of the subjects with an elevated BP contacted their physician within 3 months, although hypertension was confirmed in of them. ...The rate of BP monitoring in known hypertensive individuals was 42.7 in France and 17.1 in Morocco. The procedure was very well accepted and considered to be useful in both countries.Conclusion: BP screening at hairdressers is feasible and well accepted, although it does suffer somewhat from a relatively low efficacy....