Doctoral Dissertation Research: Skin Color, Culture, and Blood Pressure in Southeastern Puerto Rico

摘要0078793伯纳德/格雷夫利这个项目将调查导致非洲裔人群血压高于平均水平的因素。虽然人们普遍认为这些人群中存在高血压的种族遗传易感性，但该项目将评估可能导致高血压的社会和文化因素。较深的肤色通常与较低的社会和经济地位有关，这是导致慢性压力和持续高血压的因素。这位研究人员将分离肤色作为表型的影响，并将肤色作为衡量波多黎各社会地位的标准，在波多黎各，社会归属感(因此社会地位)不一定与表型种族重合。研究方法包括参与式观察法、密集访谈法和结构化启发式方法。这项研究将有助于我们理解“种族”和“文化”在健康方面的差异。

Abstract 0078793 Bernard/GravleeThis project will investigate the factors responsible for higher than average blood pressures among populations of African descent. While it is commonly assumed that there is a racial-genetic predisposition for high blood pressure among these groups, this project will evaluate social and cultural factors that may promote high blood pressure. Darker skin color is often associated with lower social and economic status, factors that promote chronic stress and sustained high blood pressure. The researcher will isolate the effects of skin color as a phenotype and skin color as a criterion of social status in Puerto Rico where social ascriptions of "color" (and thus social status) do not necessarily coincide with phenotypic race. Methods include participant observation, intensive interviewing and structured elicitation techniques among samples of Puerto Ricans. The study will contribute to our understanding of "racial" and "cultural" differences in health.