The Effect of a Race-Based Stress Reduction Intervention on Sleep Quality, Melatonin Onset, and Inflammation in African American Women: Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Sueyeon Lee, Linda Janusek, Sirimon Reutrakul, Alana Biggers, Herbert L. Mathews, Chang Gi Park, Jacquelyn Y Taylor, Karen L Saban, Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing, Loyola University Chicago, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, College of Nursing, University of Illinois Chicago, Columbia University School of Nursing, Columbia University, New York

Biological Research For Nursing: Integrating Biobehavioral Research into Health Care

Published online on March 10, 2026

Abstract

Biological Research For Nursing, Volume 28, Issue 3, Page 455-463, July 2026.
African American women carry a disproportionate burden of cardiometabolic disease (CMD) risk and experience higher rates of sleep disturbances compared to other racial and ethnic groups. Sleep and the sleep-regulating hormone melatonin play key roles in ...