Collecting Hair Samples for Hair Cortisol Analysis in African Americans

Kathy D. Wright; Jodi L. Ford; Joseph Perazzo; Lenette M. Jones; Sherrilynn Mahari; Brent A. Sullenbarger; Mark L. Laudenslager

doi:10.3791/57288

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Collecting Hair Samples for Hair Cortisol Analysis in African Americans

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Collecting Hair Samples for Hair Cortisol Analysis in African Americans

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06:01 min

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June 10, 2018

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10.3791/57288-v

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June 10, 2018

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Kathy D. Wright¹, Jodi L. Ford¹, Joseph Perazzo², Lenette M. Jones³, Sherrilynn Mahari⁴, Brent A. Sullenbarger^5,6,7, Mark L. Laudenslager⁸

¹College of Nursing,The Ohio State University ²College of Nursing,University of Cincinnati ³School of Nursing,University of Michigan ⁴Licensed Cosmetologist Consultant ⁵Clinical Research Manager,The Ohio State University ⁶Biomedical Core Research Coordinator,The Ohio State University ⁷College of Nursing Biomedical Core Research Laboratory,The Ohio State University ⁸Department of Psychiatry, Behavioral Immunology & Endocrinology Laboratory,University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus

Summary

Hair cortisol concentration analysis provides an alternative to traditional measures of cortisol; however, to collect hair samples from African Americans, scientists need to be culturally informed and competent. The purpose of this protocol is to demonstrate a culturally informed technique to collect hair samples for cortisol analysis from African Americans.