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This document summarizes research on the negative health impacts of feeling powerless. It discusses studies that have found links between low social status and poor health outcomes in both human and non-human primates. Feeling a lack of control or being discriminated against can activate stress responses that increase blood pressure and weaken the immune system over time. The document also profiles a neighborhood in San Francisco where residents face multiple factors that can contribute to feelings of power

Author

NguyễnMinhQuân

Language

EN