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Skin Tone, Discrimination, and Allostatic Load in Middle-Aged and Older Puerto Ricans.
Cuevas, Adolfo G; Abuelezam, Nadia N; Chan, Sze Wan Celine; Carvalho, Keri; Flores, Cecilia; Wang, Kaipeng; Mattei, Josiemer; Tucker, Katherine L; Falcon, Luis M.
Afiliação
  • Cuevas AG; From the Department of Community Health (Cuevas, Chan, Carvalho, Flores) Tufts University, Medford; Boston College William F. Connell School of Nursing (Abuelezam), Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts; Graduate School of Social Work (Wang), University of Denver, Denver, Colorado; Department of Nutrition (Mattei), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston; and Department of Biomedical and Nutritional Sciences (Tucker) and College of Fine Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (Falcon), University
Psychosom Med ; 83(7): 805-812, 2021 09 01.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34297007
OBJECTIVE: A growing body of research suggests that skin tone may be a health risk indicator for Hispanics. Black and darker-skinned Hispanics have worse mental and physical outcomes than White and lighter-skinned Hispanics. Discrimination exposure has been implicated as a risk factor that may explain the association between skin tone and health. However, there is scant research examining the interrelationship between skin tone, discrimination, and health, particularly among Puerto Ricans. We examine the interrelationships between two measures of skin tone, two measures of discrimination, and allostatic load (AL) among Puerto Rican adults. METHODS: Using cross-sectional data from wave 3 of the Boston Puerto Rican Health Study (n = 882), we examined the indirect association (IA) of skin tone on physiological dysregulated systems, also known as AL, through major discrimination and everyday discrimination. We tested these associations using two distinct measures of skin tone: interviewer-ascribed skin tone and spectrophotometer-measured skin tone. RESULTS: Interviewer-ascribed skin tone was indirectly associated with AL through major discrimination (IA = 0.03, 95% confidence interval = 0.004 to 0.06). However, there was no evidence of an IA of interviewer-ascribed skin tone on AL through everyday discrimination (IA = -0.01, 95% confidence interval = -0.03 to 0.01). In addition, there was no evidence that spectrophotometer-measured skin tone was indirectly associated with AL through major discrimination or everyday discrimination. CONCLUSIONS: The sociocultural significance of skin tone may affect how Puerto Ricans are perceived and treated by others, which can, in turn, have physiological health consequences. Future research is needed to replicate these findings and examine the interrelationship between skin tone, discrimination, and other health outcomes.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Alostase Tipo de estudo: Observational_studies / Prevalence_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Adult / Aged / Humans / Middle aged País/Região como assunto: Caribe / Puerto rico Idioma: En Revista: Psychosom Med Ano de publicação: 2021 Tipo de documento: Article País de publicação: Estados Unidos

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Alostase Tipo de estudo: Observational_studies / Prevalence_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Adult / Aged / Humans / Middle aged País/Região como assunto: Caribe / Puerto rico Idioma: En Revista: Psychosom Med Ano de publicação: 2021 Tipo de documento: Article País de publicação: Estados Unidos