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Spirituality And Religiosity In Adolescents Living With Sickle Cell Disease, Dora L. Clayton-Jones, Kristin Haglund, Ruth Belknap, Jame Schaefer, Alexis A. Thompson

College of Nursing Faculty Research and Publications

This study purports to address paucity in the literature regarding how adolescents with sickle cell disease (SCD) describe and experience spirituality and religiosity (S/R). This was a qualitative descriptive study. Two semi-structured interviews were conducted with nine adolescents (M_age = 16.2 years). Data were analyzed using a template analysis style and a concurrent analysis process of data reduction. Three major themes encompassed the participants’ descriptions of the relationships between S/R, health and illness in their lives including S/R as sources for coping, influence of S/R beliefs on health and illness, and sharing S/R with Health Care Providers (HCPs). …

Feasibility Of Hair Collection For Cortisol Measurement In Population Research On Adolescent Health, Jodi L. Ford, Samantha J. Boch, Donna O. Mccarthy

College of Nursing Faculty Research and Publications

Background: Black–White disparities in adolescent health are widespread and thought to be explained, in part, by exposure to chronic stress. Cortisol assayed from hair is increasingly recognized as a valid and reliable measure for chronic physiological stress, but the feasibility of collecting hair among large probability samples of diverse adolescents is unknown.

Purpose: The aim of the study was to investigate participation in hair collection for cortisol analyses in a probability sample of racially and socioeconomically diverse adolescents, including the extent to which sociodemographic factors and adverse exposures were associated with participation.

Methods: The study included a probability sample of …