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.
Wright, K. D., Ford, J. L., Perazzo, J., Jones, L. M., Mahari, S., Sullenbarger, B. A., Laudenslager, M. L. Collecting Hair Samples for Hair Cortisol Analysis in African Americans. J. Vis. Exp. (136), e57288, doi:10.3791/57288 (2018).