A Community-Engaged Approach for Assessment of Cortisol Dynamic Range and Multilevel Chronic Stress in African Americans: FAITH! Heart Health+ Ancillary Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chronic stress in African American individuals is multilayered amid the context of experiences of racism and discrimination. Cortisol dynamic range (CDR) may be an indicator of chronic stress, but CDR is understudied in African American populations compared with White populations, and is hypothesized to differ by sex.

Objective

Using a community-engaged approach within the Fostering African-American Improvement in Total Health! (FAITH!) Heart Health+ ancillary study, we assessed the feasibility of participant-centric CDR collection, and its association with measures for individual, interpersonal, and structural stress and exposure to racism in medically underserved African American women and men.

Methods

Participants residing in the Minneapolis-St Paul and

SUBMITTER: Ortiz R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12706454 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature