The Jackson Heart Study
Country: United States
Study Design: Observational cohort with repeated measurements over time
Participant age range:​
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Early adulthood or midlife
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Aging adults
Number of participants at baseline: 5,306 African American adults aged 35-84
Year of initial enrollment: 2000
Number of data collection waves: 3 primary waves; data collection ongoing
Measures of well-being:
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Optimism
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Mastery
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Social support / integration / cohesion
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Prosocial behavior or attitudes (e.g., volunteering, helping others)
Quantity of well-being measures (e.g., number of constructs, number of times of well-being was assessed: Moderate
Quality of well-being measures (e.g., were measures reliable and valid in the study population): High
Measures of physical health: ​
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Self-rated / questionnaire-based health
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Self-report medical history or medication use
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Measured anthropometrics, e.g., weight
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Biomarkers
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Genetics
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Adjudicated health outcomes
Access information:
This dataset is available to all researchers.
Researchers are required to submit an application to access this data. No fees are required to access this dataset.
Notable Citation: Lee H, Kubzansky L, Okuzono S, Trudel-Fitzgerald C, James P, Koga H, Kim E, Glover L, Sims M & Grodstein F. (2022). Optimism and risk of mortality among African-Americans: The Jackson heart study. Preventive medicine, 154, 106899.