PLEASE TYPE YOUR RESPONSE You are working with a medical non-profit organization

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PLEASE TYPE YOUR RESPONSE

You are working with a medical non-profit organization is starting a campaign to combat Type 2 diabetes among poor single mothers in Chicago. Recent studies have found that this is a particularly high risk group, and you are looking for ways to combat it. One factor that your group has found is that individuals who are under high levels of stress in their lives are more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes.

1. What sorts of stressors affect this group?

2. Explain why high levels of stress could lead to Type 2 diabetes. Consider both behavioral and metabolic factors

3. Do you think the interventions that you proposed are going to increase or decrease this group’s stress levels? Why?

Explanation / Answer

1). According to Selye, stress is a body’s condition caused by “diverse nocuous agents,” and is manifested by a set of changes. A stressor is an agent that produces stress.

The stress response is a non-specific response provided by the body against several stressors. The stress and its associated negative effects can be caused by various physical, mental or emotional events that are generally undesirable or threatening to an individual.

The stressors in poor single mothers include,

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