ArticleInfant behavior & development2020
Hair sampling for cortisol analysis with mother-toddler dyads living in low-income homes.
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- Sociodemographic factors are related to hair sample collection in economically marginalized families.Future science OA · 2024Article
- Psychological and Physiological Stress and Stressors in Early Childhood Educators: An Observational Pilot Study.Psychology in the schools · 2024Article
- Multidimensional Profiling of Human Body Hairs Using Qualitative and Semi-Quantitative Approaches with SR-XRF, ATR-FTIR, DSC, and SEM-EDX.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Recruitment and Feasibility of Hair Cortisol Collection in a Sample of Ethnically and Sexually Diverse, Low-Income Adults: A Qualitative Community-Partnered Participatory Research Study.Journal of health care for the poor and underserved · 2023Article
- Sociodemographics and chronic stress in mother-toddler dyads living in poverty.Developmental psychobiology · 2021Article
- Relationships among caregiving, stress, and self-regulation in toddlers living in poverty.Journal of pediatric nursingObservational
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backgroundA first step to advance stress science research in young children is understanding the relationship between chronic stress in a mother and chronic stress in her child. One non-invasive measure of chronic stress is hair cortisol. However, little is known about strategies for hair sampling in mother-toddler dyads living in low-income homes in the U.S. To address prior limitations, the purpose of this study was to understand the feasibility of sampling hair for cortisol analysis in mother-toddler dyads living in low-income homes in the U.S. We examined feasibility related to participation, eligibility, and gathering an adequate hair sample weight.
methodsWe approached 142 low-income, racially diverse, urban-dwelling mothers who were participating in an ongoing longitudinal birth cohort study for informed consent to cut approximately 150 hairs from the posterior vertex of their scalp and their toddlers' (20-24 months) scalp. We demonstrated the process of sampling hair with a hairstyling doll during home visits to the mother and toddler using rounded-end thinning shears.
resultsOverall, 94 of 142 mother-toddler dyads (66 %) participated in hair sampling. The most common reason for participation refusal was related to hairstyle. All but three hair samples were of adequate weight for cortisol extraction. DISCUSSION: The findings from this study can help researchers address sampling feasibility concerns in hair for cortisol analysis research in mother-toddler dyads living in low-income homes in the U.S.
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