Study finds reasons for accumulated stress levels more complicated than thought

TORONTO, Nov. 17, 2016–African-American and Latina women have a higher accumulated stress level than Caucasian women, but a new study found that less than half the differences could be explained by expected factors such as poverty, neighbourhoods, stress and support systems.

Study author Dr. Pat O’Campo, a researcher with the Centre for Urban Health Solutions of St. Michael’s Hospital, said there was growing interest in the impact of stress on women’s health, including lifetime accumulated stress and the psychological toll of having to repeatedly respond to stress.

In a study published today in the journal Social Science & Medicine, Dr. O’Campo compared the “allostatic load” of African-American, Latina and Caucasian women enrolled in a large longitudinal health disparities study in the United States. For the full article click here 

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