Exposure to police-related deaths and physiological stress among urban black youth.
Exposure to police-related deaths and physiological stress among urban black youth.
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10.1016/j.psyneuen.2020.104884
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发表时间：
2021-03
影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
Ford JL
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作者：
Browning CR;Tarrence J;LaPlant E;Boettner B;Schmeer KK;Calder CA;Way BM;Ford JL
新的证据表明，接触与警察有关的死亡与黑人的负面健康和福祉结果有关。然而，迄今为止还没有研究直接检验城市黑人青年因警察死亡而产生的生物学后果。我们采用 2014-16 年青少年健康与发展背景 (AHDC) 研究的独特数据——居住在俄亥俄州哥伦布地区 11 至 17 岁青少年的代表性样本。参与者的子样本在长达六天的时间内提供了夜间唾液样本的皮质醇，从而提供了将居住县内最近接触的警察相关死亡事件与研究期间的生理压力结果联系起来的机会（N = 585）。我们研究了同一县最近发生的与警察有关的死亡事件对黑人青年生理压力（夜间皮质醇）水平的影响。我们发现证据表明，在收集受试者皮质醇之前 30 天内，接触过与警察相关的黑人受害者死亡事件的黑人男孩，其夜间皮质醇平均水平升高（46%）。我们没有发现任何证据表明与警察有关的死亡会对黑人女孩或白人青少年的生理压力水平产生影响。这些分析表明，与警察有关的死亡会影响黑人男孩的生物功能，对健康产生潜在的负面影响。我们考虑黑人男孩遭受致命警察暴力对更广泛地理解健康方面的种族差异的影响。
Emerging evidence indicates that exposure to police-related deaths is associated with negative health and wellbeing outcomes among blacks. Yet, no study to date has directly examined the biological consequences of exposure to police-related deaths for urban black youth. We employ unique data from the 2014-16 Adolescent Health and Development in Context (AHDC) study – a representative sample of youth ages 11 to 17 residing in the Columbus, OH area. A subsample of participants contributed nightly saliva samples for cortisol for up to six days, providing an opportunity to link recent exposures to police-related deaths within the residential county to physiological stress outcomes during the study period (N=585). We examine the effect of exposure to a recent police-related death in the same county on the physiological stress (nightly cortisol) levels of black youth. We find evidence of elevated average levels of nightly cortisol (by 46%) for black boys exposed to a police-related death of a black victim in the 30 days prior to the subject’s cortisol collection. We find no evidence of police-related death effects on the physiological stress levels of black girls or white youth. These analyses indicate that police-related deaths influence the biological functioning of black boys, with potential negative consequences for health. We consider the implications of exposure to lethal police violence among black boys for understanding racial disparities in health more broadly.
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