African Americans statistically have poorer health outcomes than European Americans. How do the authors of the article summarized by the text explain the basis for this health disparity?
The authors of the article cited by the text reject the hypothesis that race alone could be a specific cause for the ongoing health problems that affect minority groups such as African Americans. They look to allostatic load as a concept that can be used to demonstrate how environmental stressors, including psychosocial stressors, can lead to a cumulative physiological toll on the body. In their view, allostatic load helps capture the cumulative wear and tear on the body that results from repeated exposures to stressful experiences, whether physical or psychosocial, and helps explain the impact of factors such as discrimination and economic and emotional deprivation on health. They appear to reject the hypothesis that origins rooted in slavery could affect the health outcomes of future generations.
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A) abbreviations B) acronyms C) eponyms D) constructed terms
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A. Third Degree B. Fourth Degree C. First Degree D. Second Degree
?"What is stressful to me is stressful to you." Explain why this is a myth as it relates to stress.
What will be an ideal response?