Laying the groundwork for participatory research with a Rohingya refugee community.

Unlabelled: Laying the groundwork in preparation for community-based participatory research (CBPR) is critical, particularly for academic-community partnerships with refugees and immigrants who have not yet engaged in CBPR.

Objective: In this article, we describe the process of developing and nurturing a CBPR partnership between university researchers and a newly arrived Rohingya refugee community, providing background on the community and our collaborative efforts to date.

Method: Co-occurring, interdependent, and iterative processes related to relationship building, capacity building, and research and informal data gathering helped to develop and promote the partnership.

The Role of Chronic Psychosocial Stress in Explaining Racial Differences in Stress Reactivity and Pain Sensitivity.

Objective: To examine the role of psychosocial factors in mediating the relationship between African American (AA) race and both increased pain sensitivity and blunted stress reactivity.

Methods: Participants included 133 AA and non-Hispanic white (nHW) individuals (mean [SD] age, 37 [9]) matched for age, sex, and socioeconomic status. Participants underwent mental stress testing (Trier Social Stress Test) while cardiovascular, hemodynamic, and neuroendocrine reactivity were measured.