2022
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
2014
Social networks and future direction for obesity research: A scoping review
Nam S, Redeker N, Whittemore R. Social networks and future direction for obesity research: A scoping review. Nursing Outlook 2014, 63: 299-317. PMID: 25982770, PMCID: PMC4438261, DOI: 10.1016/j.outlook.2014.11.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObesity risk behaviorsRisk behaviorsHealth behaviorsObesity researchPrevalence of obesityHIV risk behaviorsIndividual health behaviorsCardiovascular mortalityPhysical inactivityObesity preventionObesity ratesAlcohol consumptionHealth outcomesSleep deprivationObesityUnhealthy eatingLimited informationSociocontextual factorsFuture directionsSmokingReviewMortalityPrevalencePathologyIndividual approach