Social risk factors play an important role in minority health and cancer health disparities. Exposure to stress and stress responses are important social factors that are now included in conceptual models of cancer health disparities. This report summarizes results from studies that examined stress exposure and responses among African Americans. Data from studies that were conducted as part of a transdisciplinary and translational research center are also presented to provide additional insight about the nature of racial differences in specific stressors among African American and White prostate cancer patients.
Cancer journal (Sudbury, Mass.). 0000 Dec [Epub]
Chanita Hughes Halbert
From the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, University of Southern California; and Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles.