Key result
Midlife black women identified exercise, faith, self-care, sisterhood, volunteerism, and mindfulness as stress reduction strategies, with barriers including time, finances, and physical limitations.
Why the study?
Midlife black women face high cardiovascular risk and disparities driven by chronic life stress, highlighting the need to identify relevant stress reduction strategies and barriers to inform wellness interventions.
What stress reduction strategies, barriers, and intervention delivery modes are relevant to midlife black women for targeting cardiovascular risk?
What stress reduction strategies, barriers, and intervention delivery modes are relevant to midlife black women for targeting cardiovascular risk?
Qualitative insights from midlife black women identified specific stress reduction strategies, barriers, and preferred delivery modes that can inform the development of targeted cardiovascular wellness interventions.
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May inform culturally tailored stress interventions for midlife Black women; leaves open efficacy for CVD risk reduction.
Jones et al. (2019) studied Cardiovascular risk and chronic life stress (n=11). Stress reduction strategies was evaluated on Stress reduction strategies, barriers, and ideas for wellness intervention development. Midlife black women identified exercise, faith, self-care, sisterhood, volunteerism, and mindfulness as stress reduction strategies, with barriers including time, finances, and physical limitations.
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