Characterizing the influence of racism-related stress and pandemic-related changes in social connections on cardiovascular health: Study protocol and theoretical framework

Jewel Scott; Victoria Money; Charles Ellis; Chanita Hughes-Halbert; Michelle A. Birkett; Gayenell Magwood

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0324839

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Characterizing the influence of racism-related stress and pandemic-related changes in social connections on cardiovascular health: Study protocol and theoretical framework

Jewel Scott ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: jewelscott@sc.edu

Affiliation Department of Biobehavioral Health & Nursing Science, University of South Carolina College of Nursing, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5103-6087

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Victoria Money,

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Sociology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America
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Charles Ellis,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Communication Equity and Outcomes Laboratory, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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Chanita Hughes-Halbert,

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, University of Southern California, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America
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Michelle A. Birkett,

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medical Social Sciences and Center for Computational and Social Sciences in Health (COMPASS), Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America
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Gayenell Magwood

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biobehavioral Health & Nursing Science, University of South Carolina College of Nursing, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2451-4888

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Characterizing the influence of racism-related stress and pandemic-related changes in social connections on cardiovascular health: Study protocol and theoretical framework

Jewel Scott,
Victoria Money,
Charles Ellis,
Chanita Hughes-Halbert,
Michelle A. Birkett,
Gayenell Magwood

Published: July 17, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0324839

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