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Real-time racial discrimination, affective states, salivary cortisol and alpha-amylase in Black adults
Nam S, Jeon S, Lee SJ, Ash G, Nelson LE, Granger DA. Real-time racial discrimination, affective states, salivary cortisol and alpha-amylase in Black adults. PLOS ONE 2022, 17: e0273081. PMID: 36103465, PMCID: PMC9473392, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0273081.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAutonomic nervous systemEcological momentary assessmentDiurnal slopeCortisol levelsPhysiological stress responseBlack adultsMajor stress response systemsHealthy black adultsFlatter diurnal slopeDiurnal cortisol slopeNervous systemSalivary biomarkersHealth outcomesLarger sample sizeCortisol slopeSalivary cortisolConcurrent useBaseline surveyStress response systemStress responseCross-sectional dataCortisolSame dayFurther studiesAlpha-amylase
2022
Racial and Ethnic Variation in COVID-19 Vaccination Uptake Among Medicare Beneficiaries with Cancer History
Poghosyan H, Dinan MA, Tamamyan G, Nelson L, Jeon S. Racial and Ethnic Variation in COVID-19 Vaccination Uptake Among Medicare Beneficiaries with Cancer History. Journal Of Racial And Ethnic Health Disparities 2022, 10: 2354-2362. PMID: 36149576, PMCID: PMC9510246, DOI: 10.1007/s40615-022-01415-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-Hispanic white beneficiariesCancer historyVaccine doseMedicare beneficiariesWhite beneficiariesVaccine uptakeHispanic beneficiariesMultivariable logistic regression analysisCOVID-19 vaccination uptakeSelf-reported cancer historyCOVID-19 vaccine uptakeSelf-reported receiptCOVID-19 vaccination ratesLogistic regression analysisNon-Hispanic blacksSelf-reported raceUnvaccinated beneficiariesVaccination uptakeVaccine dosesVaccination ratesVaccine confidenceVaccine availabilitySupplement surveyCross-sectional dataEthnic variation