Neural Processing and Perceived Discrimination Stress in African Americans. 2020

Kathy D Wright, and Anthony I Jack, and Jared P Friedman, and Lenette M Jones, and Abdus Sattar, and David M Fresco, and Shirley M Moore
Kathy D. Wright, PhD, RN, PMHCNS-BC, KL2 Awardee, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. She is now Assistant Professor, College of Nursing Center for Healthy Aging, Self-Management and Complex Care, Discovery Themes Traumatic Brain Injury, The Ohio State University, Columbus. Anthony I. Jack, PhD, is Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, and Director, the Brain, Mind and Consciousness Laboratory, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. Jared P. Friedman, BA, is Doctoral Student, Organizational Behavior, and Research Associate, Brain, Mind and Consciousness Laboratory, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. Lenette M. Jones, PhD, RN, CNS, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. She is now Assistant Professor, University of Michigan School of Nursing, Ann Arbor. Abdus Sattar, PhD, is Associate Professor, Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. David M. Fresco, PhD, is Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Research Professor, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Shirley M. Moore, PhD, RN, FAAN, is Edward J. and Louise Mellen Professor of Nursing Emerita, and Director, SMART Center II: Brain-Behavior Connections in Self-Management Science, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.

Racial discrimination is one of many barriers experienced by African Americans that interfere with health self-care management. Discrimination stress may decrease the tendency for individuals to resonate with the social-emotional appeals embedded in persuasive health information, which are known to play a key role in producing behavior change. Understanding the neurobehavioral underpinnings of discrimination stress experienced by African Americans may help reduce or resolve this important health disparity. The purpose of this secondary analysis was to examine the association between neural processing of health information and perceived discrimination. In particular, we focused on three previously identified measures of health information processing associated with distinct brain areas: analytic network, empathy network, and the ventral medial prefrontal cortex. Data were obtained from 24 African Americans enrolled in a blood pressure self-care management study. Participants completed surveys assessing racial discrimination and global stress, as well as a 40-minute functional magnetic resonance imaging protocol used to measure neural activation associated with processing different types of health information. Discrimination stress was significantly related to reduced activation of the empathy network and ventral medial prefrontal cortex, whereas there was a nonsignificant positive relationship with activity in the analytic network. Uncovering associations between patient experiences, such as racial discrimination, and their neural processing of health information can lead to the development of tailored health messages and self-care management interventions. This may inform strategies to close the gap on health outcomes.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D011594 Psychometrics Assessment of psychological variables by the application of mathematical procedures. Psychometric
D011795 Surveys and Questionnaires Collections of data obtained from voluntary subjects. The information usually takes the form of answers to questions, or suggestions. Community Survey,Nonrespondent,Questionnaire,Questionnaires,Respondent,Survey,Survey Method,Survey Methods,Surveys,Baseline Survey,Community Surveys,Methodology, Survey,Nonrespondents,Questionnaire Design,Randomized Response Technique,Repeated Rounds of Survey,Respondents,Survey Methodology,Baseline Surveys,Design, Questionnaire,Designs, Questionnaire,Methods, Survey,Questionnaire Designs,Questionnaires and Surveys,Randomized Response Techniques,Response Technique, Randomized,Response Techniques, Randomized,Survey, Baseline,Survey, Community,Surveys, Baseline,Surveys, Community,Techniques, Randomized Response
D001741 Black or African American A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1997/10/30/97-28653/revisions-to-the-standards-for-the classification-of-federal-data-on-race-and-ethnicity). In the United States it is used for classification of federal government data on race and ethnicity. Race and ethnicity terms are self-identified social construct and may include terms outdated and offensive in MeSH to assist users who are interested in retrieving comprehensive search results for studies such as in longitudinal studies. African American,African Americans,African-American,Afro-American,Afro-Americans,Black Americans,Blacks,Negroes,African-Americans,Negro,Afro American,Afro Americans,American, African,American, Black,Black American
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D016638 Critical Illness A disease or state in which death is possible or imminent. Critically Ill,Critical Illnesses,Illness, Critical,Illnesses, Critical

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